Page 44 of Ghost (Iron Thunder MC 4)
“I don’t have the time to read,” I said and she nodded.
I sat up straight in bed, still wolfing down the sandwich. When she stood up I was stunned once again. Like I’d never seen a woman’s naked body before. What the heck was wrong with me? I was embarrassing myself. But I couldn’t look away.
Mercy walked over to me and sat down on the edge of the bed.
“Ghost, I don’t know how to thank you for what you did for me. For rescuing me from Eagle. I wasn’t expecting you to.”
“You thought I would just let you go? Let that motherfucker do whatever he wanted to do to you?”
She gulped. Her eyes looked sad.
“I’ve…had…nobody has really been there for me. Except my grandma. I’ve pretty much been alone all my life. So I guess it’s difficult for me to wrap this idea around my head that somebody else could possibly want to help me. Watch out for me.”
“I told you about our code. Our rules. None of us would let anything happen to you when you’re working with us.”
As I said the words, I was reminded of how the rest of my MC viewed her. I knew I couldn’t keep her in the dark about it. She would figure out the vibe directed at her the moment she walked into Fifth Gear the next time.
“But things are a little complicated at the moment,” I added and she agreed.
“Yeah, I know, until you guys find Eagle and bring him to task, things are going to be complicated and difficult. Don’t worry, I’ll stay out of your way, but I want to help in any way I can. How is Crash?”
I clenched my jaws and nodded.
“I think he’s okay. Mary-Beth is watching him.”
“Maybe I should check up on him.”
“Before we go to the clubhouse, there is something you should probably be aware of,” I said.
I was momentarily distracted by her tits again, but I forced myself to focus. This was important. She was watching me closely, maybe expecting bad news.
“The guys at my MC aren’t sure of you yet. I guess they just don’t trust anybody who worked for the Silver Knights and they don’t know you…”
“They think I’m working with Eagle. They think that is the reason why I disappeared, right?” she asked. Smart girl.
“But now I can tell them the truth. That I found you imprisoned. They’ll see what Eagle did to your face.”
Mercy remained silent but only nodded gently. I reached for her, touching her bare shoulder softly. I saw the way the color rose in her cheeks. I trusted this girl and wanted her to trust me too.
“I want to prove myself to you and to the Iron Thunder. I am not the girl they think I am. I’m not one of the other strippers from Teasers. I had a different life before this. I have skills…I could have been a nurse!”
“Mercy, you still can,” I said. The tip of her nose had gone red and I wondered if she was going to cry. Please. Don’t. Fuckin’. Cry! I would give her anything she wanted and do everything she needed me to do…if it meant I would never have to see her cry again.
“I don’t know if that is true. I don’t know how I could possibly be a nurse now. How I could go back to school.”
“Do you need your degree? Because we don’t. We need someone like you on our team and as long as you’re good at your job, it doesn’t matter which school you went to and what you scored in your last test.”
Her eyes started glowing with excitement.
“Are you serious? Are you offering me a job? This means I wouldn’t have to strip anymore?”
“Let’s face it, you’re not exactly the best stripper out there,” I replied.
She burst out laughing and I was grinning too. Then she threw herself at me, wrapping her arms around my neck. I took her mouth in mine, kissing her hard again, making her breathless as I tasted every small piece of her.
When she pulled away from me, her eyes were bright and she couldn’t stop smiling.
“Now all we have to do is convince the rest of your friends that I’m harmless,” she said.
“And find Eagle and put an end to this fuckin’ war,” I grumbled.
She bit down on her lip, and I could sense she had something on her mind.
“Ghost…what does this mean for us?”
“It means that I’m never going to let anything happen to you,” I replied. I surprised myself with how easily the words came to me. I’d never said anything like that before. Especially not to a chick.
Mercy was glowing. She looked grateful and relieved and happy.
“And I won’t let anything happen to you!” she declared, and that made me laugh again.I pulled her to me so I could kiss her harder. She wrapped her body around mine and I pressed into her so I could feel every part of her. Supple. Soft. Luscious. I licked the length of her neck and down the front of her chest, taking one nipple in my mouth, then the other. Sucking and teasing while I pulled on the other one till she hissed with desire.
