Page 48 of Ghost (Iron Thunder MC 4)
I took her back to Fifth Element and the way she held onto me on the bike wasn’t with the same force as before. She had clearly changed her mind about everything. Changed her mind about me?
When she got off my bike and started walking toward the clubhouse, I stopped her.
“Mercy!”
She turned to me and there was tiredness in her eyes.
“How is your grandmother?”
“She’ll be fine now that she has her meds, so thank you for that.”
“You don’t need to keep thanking me for it. You’ve earned it and you’re going to earn more of it from now.”
“I haven’t actually agreed to the job yet. I haven’t decided yet,” she replied.
The muscles in my arms tightened. I hadn’t been expecting this. I thought she was a part of the team. I’d been ready to introduce her to the MC as…as what? My old lady? I clenched my jaws and took in a deep breath.
“So when will you decide? We need a new medic for the team and if you’re not up for the job, we’ll have to look for someone else.” That wasn’t really true, as we weren’t looking for a new medic, but I had to say something to her.
Mercy nodded and glanced back at the clubhouse.
“Thank you again, Ghost, for the opportunity and the offer. But I just…I don’t know if this lifestyle is for me.” She was staring at me with her big puppy eyes. What did she fuckin’ want from me? I wanted to grab her by her shoulders and just shake her. What do you want? What the fuck do you want? Because I’ll fuckin’ give it to you. I’ll give you anything just to have you in my bed again.
But I said nothing. I remained silent and watched her stonily. She gulped and licked her lips nervously.
“I guess I just need a few days to figure it out. Do you think I can have that?” she asked.
I shrugged. “Sure,” I said and brushed past her and walked into the clubhouse. She followed me in. The rest of the guys in there turned to watch us. Drax was sitting at the bar counter beside Mary-Beth, and Sophie was serving them drinks. Mary-Beth jumped off her stool and came running toward us and put her arms around Mercy.
“You’re okay! Thank God! I was so worried. Did Ghost find you? What happened?”
There was a hushed silence in the bar now, everyone watching us. They were looking at Mercy with suspicion and maybe she could sense it. I wanted to hold her hand, declare to everyone that she was my woman now. But there was a cold distance between us.
Mercy glanced at me and then smiled at Mary-Beth.
“Eagle kidnapped me. He wanted information on you guys. Ghost found me and he got away.”
An angry murmur rang out in the room at the news that Eagle got away. A second time.
Mary-Beth peered at the bruise on Mercy’s face.
“That looks nasty, I’m sorry, hon.”
“It’s fine. I can barely feel it anymore. I’ll be okay.”
They were smiling at each other and then Drax called out from the bar.
“Well, come over here, you two, and have a fuckin’ drink.”“She’s alright,” Drax said. Duke was sitting on his other side, while I was trying not to stare at Mercy and Mary-Beth talking. They were in the other corner of the room.
“She’s been through some deep shit in the last few days,” I said and Drax nodded.
“And if you say she managed to keep her mouth shut to Eagle, then I believe you.”
“She hasn’t betrayed us. She never worked for him,” I said. Drax grunted in response and took a large gulp of his beer.
“And Mary-Beth seems to trust her too.”
“I offered her a job as our in-house medic,” I said.
“That’s a good idea. She did a good job with Crash. We could use that kind of help around here.”
“Yeah, I don’t know if she’s going to take the job,” I added quickly.
I was still staring at her, while Drax kept his eyes on me. I could sense him trying to decide what was going through my head.
“You fucked her yet?” he finally asked. I tightened my grip on my can of beer. I said nothing but that was all the answer Drax needed.
“She got you, didn’t she?” he added. I finally turned to face him and he was shaking his head.
“Fuck that. Fuck these women and their wily ways. You fuck them once and you can never get enough of them.”
I knew he was right. I just didn’t want to admit it. If Mercy was going, I was going to let her go. She deserved better than to stay stuck here in my world. She deserved to lead a calm and peaceful life away from all this.
“She is not my Mary-Beth,” I said sternly to Drax, but he had that glimmer in his eyes that told me he knew better.
