Page 23 of Flash (Iron Thunder MC 2)
I smiled at him as I watched him headed toward the bar. When I saw him, I wanted to forget all about what Sophie told me. I decided I needed to speak to him first, discuss my situation with him, kiss him…but Flash didn’t smile back.
“Flash…” I said his name in a desperate murmur when he walked past me. He stopped and turned, with a questioning look. I searched his eyes for an answer. What was I doing wrong? What changed? Had he changed his mind about me?
“I’ve been waiting for you,” I said.
“I have shit to do. I need to speak to Drax and the others. I’ll talk to you later.” His voice was like a growl. He whipped away from me and hurried off to a different room.
I just stood there, staring after him, feeling lost. Since I met Flash, I hadn’t felt like this, but now I thought I was mistaken. Completely mistaken about him in every way. The only reason he had brought me here to his Clubhouse was so he could use me whenever he wanted.
And he didn’t want me now.
I stormed out of the bar and headed straight for the room upstairs. I didn’t know what my next steps were going to be but I just wanted to get away from him. From Sophie and the other guys.
I fumbled with the key to the room but eventually managed to let myself in, out of breath and confused. I rushed straight to the bathroom and locked myself in there. Desperate, I splashed my face with water and stared up at myself in the mirror.
I looked pale, and my eyes looked so tired, I didn’t even recognize myself.
“What am I going to do?” I said aloud.
I thought about Flash and how he ignored me. How he walked straight past me and said he didn’t have the time. To not even smile at me?
I reached for the bottom of my shirt and pulled it up to my bra. I tied it there, revealing my long flat stomach. I wasn’t entirely sure of what I was doing but just followed my instincts. Next, I pulled my jeans down low on my hips. I turned to the side to check out the shape of my butt. It looked provocative like this.
Makeup! I had some makeup in my bag. Makeup I hadn’t used in months and didn’t feel the need to before. I fished out some pink lipstick and green eyeshadow and dabbed it generously on my face.
Once done, I stared back at myself in the mirror. It was like I’d created a completely new person out of thin air. My breasts heaved as I tried to make up my mind.
Since I couldn’t leave this place and go looking for a job—I could do what Sophie did. Work at the bar for tips and hope I made enough to see me through the next few days. I didn’t intend on staying here long. Maybe it would be for the best if I put some serious distance between Flash and myself.9Flash“So you got nothing?” Drax growled angrily.
Bolt and I were standing there, along with Spike and Ghost, trying to land the blow as gently as possible. Tonight’s re-con hadn’t gone well.
“They’re in hiding,” I replied.
“They’re a bunch of pussies!” Ghost spoke up. I thought he was going to punch a wall, but instead he just smashed his fist into the palm of his other hand.
“All of them? You two couldn’t get a hold of a single Silver Knights member?” Drax continued. I could see how his neck was turning red with rage.
“No. They knew we were coming for them. Their plan was to clearly provoke us and then lie low till we stopped looking for them,” I explained. Bolt stood next to me, shaking his head.
We’d already spent the past hour cursing our luck.
“This is bullshit. This is bull fuckin’ shit!” Drax raged. “We are supposed to figure out what they have planned. We are supposed to counter-intuit them!”
“Maybe if we just give it some time, they’ll come out of hiding to get some air,” Bolt said.
“And what if they catch us by surprise before that?” Drax continued.
“Then we just have to be prepared for the worst at this point,” I answered. The others stared at me, expecting me to say more. “We wait, stay on guard, get the prospects as trained for combat as possible.”
“So we just sit around?” Spike grunted.
“Keep our ears to the ground,” Bolt added.
“Fuck!” Drax growled again. “We should have been here. There should have been more men at the store. More of us. Not the idiot prospects who don’t know the butt end of a gun from their own butts.”
Ghost grinned and the rest of us relaxed a little. This meant that Drax was finally warming to the idea. The last thing we needed was for us to blow our lids and go on a rampage. It would be wiser to wait and see what else the Silver Knights had in store for us before we went on the attack. Our priority right now was to defend our territory.
