KNOW ME (DEFIANT Motorcycle Club)(23)

I felt a little uncertain.
“You,” Teague pointed an oil-stained finger in my direction.  “Don’t go far.”
I rolled my eyes.  “I know.  Orion already warned me.”
He didn’t like me.  I could tell.   He took a step closer and spoke in a poisonous

voice. “Well, I’m warning you again.”
He slapped Adele hard on her ass and left the way he came.
Adele glanced at me.  “He’s really not so bad as he comes off,” she said.
“Yeah,” I grumbled.  “I’m sure deep down he’s just a bottle of awesome sauce.”
She laughed.




Chapter Ten


Rachel hated paperwork so I fell into the chore of sorting through the bar’s receipts.

It was nice, though. I was glad to have something to keep my mind off Orion.  In the

odd, empty moments my mind would inevitably wander to places that made me blush.  The

way he felt inside of me.  The way we moved together.  The way he dominated me but

wouldn’t indulge himself until he’d made me scream my pleasure.  Then I wondered what

he was doing at that moment, what sort of danger might have found him, and the thrill

was gone.
The small office was in the back so I could stay out of sight, which had the effect of

pre-empting any questions from the locals who frequently ducked in.  Rachel wandered

back there frequently to chat and even though I knew she did it as a kindness I was

glad for the company.
On the second day I was growing weary of squinting at an Excel spreadsheet full of

numbers.  It was late in the afternoon and as I listened carefully I didn’t hear any

voices other than Talia’s complaint about the state of her manicured nails so I exited

the office.
Talia looked up from moodily regarding her hands to smile at me sweetly.  “You missing

your man yet?”
I warily walked right by.  I remembered what Rachel had said about her and besides I

had ears enough to hear the hiss of a snake myself.  “I guess,” I grumbled.
She widened her eyes.  “Well I would think so.  Orion Jackson’s got the biggest cock

in La Paz County.”
Adele spoke up from a dark corner.  “Cut the shit, Tal.”
Talia swiveled.  “What?  We’ve all had a taste of that beef, isn’t that right, big

sister?  Rachel?”  Adele shook her head in disgust while Rachel stared with silent

ice.  Talia squeezed her skinny arm through mine.  “Girls can talk.  So tell me, did

he put it to you over his bike yet?”
I felt my jaw drop and Talia grinned in quiet triumph.
Rachel threw down her towel and stood toe to toe with Talia.  “He ever move you into

his f*cking house?  No.  Nor will he.  Let it lie, dammit.”
Adele adopted a bored look.  “You forget I’m Grayson’s now?”
“Like hell you are.  I’d bet a year of tips he’ll tire of your tricks soon enough.”
I heard Adele chuckle in the background.  Talia’s eyes had none of her sister’s

warmth.  The look she gave Rachel was ferocious.  “Rachel, how about you tell us whose

bastard bled out of your hole about a year and a half ago?”
Rachel reared back and slapped Talia full on the face.  Adele gasped and jumped out of

her chair.  Talia righted her head and glared at Rachel.  Blood trickled out of her

nose.
“Crazy bitch,” she muttered, sniffing and searching for a napkin.
But Rachel didn’t seem to hear.  She ran out the door of Riverbottom, slamming it

behind her.
Adele looked at her sister with loathing. “For f*ck’s sake, Talia.”
I had winced over Rachel’s look of agony.  She was nowhere in sight as I scanned the

sandy parking lot in front of the bar.  I headed around the building toward the trailer

she called home.  I could well imagine what Talia was getting at with her cruel dig and

tried not to let it get to me.   It wasn’t any of my business.
The door was unlocked so I walked in without knocking.  A beaded curtain separated the

bedroom from the rest of the place and Rachel was curled up on the bed behind it.  As I

sat on the edge she gave no sign that she realized I was there.
I bit a nail, wondering what the hell I should say.  Sometimes it was just best to

state the obvious.
“God,” I said loudly.  “What a cunt.”
Rachel sat up.  She wiped the tears from her beautiful face and smiled at me slowly.
“Yeah,” she said.  “I told you she was a cunt.”
“You okay?”
She nodded, then sprang out of the bed, wrapping an arm around my shoulders and leading

me toward the door.  “Come on, Miss Kasey Kira or whatever the f*ck we’re calling you

today.   You’re having a drink with me.”
***
Brandon and Teague didn’t talk to me much but they were forever lurking about.  Once I

happened to walk in the living room as Teague stood in a corner with a phone pressed to

his ear.  He scowled at me and stalked outside.  I wondered if Orion was on the other