Prologue
Anastasia
Five years ago…
Today is the day I marry Maverick. It is one of the best days of my life. I don’t remember ever being so happy. I spent so much of my life waiting for someone to love me the way I had always envisioned; the way my parents loved one another. Sadly, my parents didn’t approve of Maverick or, as everyone else calls him, Viking. He looked every bit like a Viking with his long hair. He also lets me put it in braids which, paired with his beard, is very sexy. He is also tall at six foot five.
He stares at me with his dress shirt and club vest on. Those green eyes watch me with so much love and possessiveness that I can’t help the shiver that runs through my body. This man looks at me like he has been waiting his whole life for me, and I know that I have been waiting my entire life for him.
I only met him a few months ago. We fell for each other hard and fast, and I never stopped falling for him. Every day, he made me crazier about him, and I found more things that I loved about him. I felt like everything would be alright as long as I was in his arms.
The downside was that my family wasn’t here, and I didn’t have many friends since I was awkward and shy when I met people. I had one person who I thought was my friend. She would have been here too if she hadn’t decided to try to seduce Maverick a couple weeks ago. I was sick, and she came to Maverick’s house pretending to check on me when I was delirious with fever. She pulled out all of the stops, but he immediately shot her down and threw her out. She came over once I felt better to convince me to leave Maverick by saying that he was the one who had hit on her. One thing she didn’t know was that Maverick has cameras all over the house. When he told me what happened, he showed me the video footage of what had occurred. The sad part was that I wasn’t the least bit surprised.
She had always tried to take any boyfriends I had growing up. Sometimes I had believed that it was their fault. Once it started happening more often, I started to see the pattern. I just didn’t know how to stop being her friend after so many years. She was the only friend I had, and I guess I didn’t want to lose that.
Maverick never gave in to any of her advances. He had told me about, and showed me, texts that she had sent him. I knew he was the one I could trust.
All I needed was Maverick.
Fuck what anyone else thinks.
Maverick “Viking”
I watch the only woman for me walking down the aisle towards me.
I’m one lucky fucking bastard to have someone like her love me.
She’s very fucking curvy in all the right places. I didn’t like skinny ass bitches. I needed women with meat on their bones, and my woman fit the bill completely.
From the fucking moment I saw her, I knew she was mine. I did everything I could to make her mine. There was no way I was ever going to let her go.
I was very persistent in trying to get her to go out with me. I could tell she was wary at first, but it was a fucking amazing day when she finally said yes.
That woman is my home.
When her bitch of a friend tried hitting on me, I knew she needed to go. That wasn’t the first time she tried to flirt with me, and I didn’t know why Ana kept her around. I knew she would never be a true friend to my woman, if she ever had been. I needed proof that her best friend was a backstabbing bitch as Ana was a very loyal friend. I was lucky that I had plenty of proof to show Ana when she approached me about the allegations her friend had thrown at me.
Ana was practically living with me. I told her about the cameras so she wouldn’t feel like her privacy was invaded, and I had kept them up in case anyone tried to break into my house. After awhile, Ana and I both liked having the cameras there so that I could get a chance to see her while I was on the road. Sometimes runs took a couple of weeks. I hated being away from her, but there was no way for me to bring her. Sometimes club business was dangerous, and there was no way that I was ever going to put her in any danger.
She was the only woman for me.
I knew that without a doubt.
Ice “Levi”
Four years later…
I was heading into the clubhouse of the mother chapter of the Devious Eagles MC.
My Prez had to come down to see me three times a year. This time, it was my turn to come and see him.
Honestly, I was grateful for the change of scenery.
I had a woman who I was serious about once. I thought about making her my Old Lady, but I was hesitant. Then she ended up falling for one of my club brothers when I was away on a run.
Sometimes I feel like it was my fault. I like both men and women. I knew my club brother did as well.
I suggested bringing him into the relationship. First, it was just sexual; but the more I was away, the closer they got.
