Page 48 of Bolt (Iron Thunder MC 1)
I hadn’t told any of them that she’d already snuck in a meeting with Chip the previous night. That would definitely not have gone down well with them. They wouldn’t be as forgiving of her as I was.
“She’s seen the light. She gets that her brother did something stupid. She knows the kind of trouble he caused us.”
Flash sniggered like it was all a hoax. I tried to ignore it even though it pissed me off. Drax grunted as he ate.
We already had a quick meeting the previous night after the raid. After we’d managed to sell our shipment off to the buyers. Our mission was successful, but the Club was still on high alert. It was very likely that the Silver Knights would try and strike us again soon.
The prospects were out on the streets, trying to gather intel on it.
I glanced at Spike and turned to Drax again.
“In fact, there was something about Cassie I wanted to discuss with you.”
“Cassie? Who the fuck is Cassie?” Drax asked, wiping his mouth with a tissue.
“The girl,” Flash supplied, and Drax looked at me questioningly.
“She is…I trust her,” I began, but I didn’t know what to say exactly.
“Really?” Flash asked, and I ignored him again.
“Okay, that’s good to know,” Drax said, ignoring him too.
“I claimed her as mine,” I said. It took some effort to get the words out, but I did it. It was the first time I’d claimed any woman officially and I could see it stunned them. Drax, Flash and Spike all stared at me like I was speaking in a foreign tongue.
“What’s up?” Ghost limped over to us in a good mood.
“He’s fucking that chick,” Spike said.
“Which chick? Chip’s sister?” Ghost stared at me.
“I’m not just fucking her. I’ve claimed her as my woman. I want you guys to accept her into the Club.” I turned to Drax again to see his reaction.
He’d forgotten about his food and shook his head slowly.
“Chip betrayed us,” he growled.
“I know.”
“She was going to rat on us to the cops!” Flash retorted.
“Yes, I know that too. But that was before we…got together. She sees things differently now,” I said.
Flash opened his mouth. He was about to say something but Drax held up a hand to silence him.
“Bring her over here, I want to speak to her,” he said.
I looked in her direction. She was standing next to Sophie but staring at us. I could see the nervousness in her eyes. I didn’t have to say or do anything, and Cassie knew she was to come over.
Meekly, she walked to us. All of us were watching her closely.
“Your name is Cassie?” Drax asked.
“Yes,” she said, standing before us. She was doing her best to keep her head up, to stare us down. I was actually proud of her.
“And you agree to be with Bolt?” he continued.
Cassie looked at me and nodded.
“I want to be with him. It’s a mutual decision,” she replied.
That made Drax grin.
“You realize what your brother’s done?” Flash snapped.
“Yes, and I’m embarrassed of him. I was trying to be protective of him at first, but that was before I even knew what he actually did. I’m ashamed he betrayed you. That he was disloyal. I wish I could do something to reverse his actions, but I can’t.”
Drax was listening to her intently. I knew he was trying to assess her as she spoke.
“How are we supposed to trust you? We don’t know you,” Ghost stated.
Cassie gulped. She glanced at me again and I nodded. This was awesome, I didn’t have to do much. She was brave enough to do all the talking.
“No, you don’t know me, and I don’t know any of you either. But I have gotten to know Bolt, and I trust him. Maybe you guys can trust him too.”
Ghost looked at Flash. Spike looked at me and smiled. Drax didn’t take his eyes off Cassie.
“You make sense,” he said. He turned to me finally. “You vouch for her?” he asked.
“I vouch for her.”
“Then welcome to the Club, Cassie. You will have our protection as long as you follow our rules and remain loyal to Bolt and our MC.”
She was smiling now and came toward me. I took her in my arms and turned to Flash. He didn’t look as angry now as he did a few minutes ago.
“You willing to give her a chance?” I asked. Flash looked at me and then at Cassie.
“Yes, for your sake. Welcome to the Club, Cassie,” he said. I knew he would have my back and Cassie’s.
She squeezed my hand in secret and I knew she was feeling just as relieved as I was.Now that the Club accepted her and Drax promised Cassie our protection, I knew I could take her away from the Clubhouse for a while. I wanted to show her what a normal life for the two of us would look like. When we weren’t in the middle of a crisis situation.
