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She grabbed her glass of water and slung it over him as Levi laughed.
“Bitch, you are banned from here. The owner is my prez’s old lady. Get your shit and leave. I’ll pick up the bill for your rabbit food!” Levi jeered, and Bimbo stormed out. “Thank God!” Levi sighed in relief.
A waitress came over and gave Levi the bill as he spotted Maddy sitting alone. He grabbed his bill and wiped his face as he saw her, sending him glances from under her eyelashes. Maddy couldn’t have missed the scene that’d happened.
“Hey, I’m Levi. How about we share a coffee, as our dates clearly did not wanna stick around,” Levi asked, stopping by her table.
“Hi. I am Madisen, um, I was about to go home and call it a night, but sure, I wouldn’t mind a coffee,” she said sweetly.
Levi made a note of her name. Maddy had been close enough. It was one woman’s name, Levi realised, he didn’t want to forget.
“Can I join you?” Levi asked, and Madisen nodded. “So we ended up with a pair of blowhards, didn’t we?”
“Oh, don’t get me started! He’s some idiot in banking and business and thought he could lecture me! Brooker was so insulting, and yet he did not even seem to realise it,” Madisen exclaimed, looking really put out. It was a cute look on her.
“Nothing worse than disrespecting an intelligent woman. What business are you opening?” Levi asked, captivated by how expressive her face was.
“Oh, a speakeasy…” Madisen began, and Levi found himself listening to every word she uttered. He loved how her expressions matched the emotions in her voice and how her hands also talked for her. Madisen was cute and not the usual woman that would have interested him.
“So what do you do?” Madisen asked, winding down.
Levi shifted uncomfortably in his seat.
Madisen raised an eyebrow.
“At the moment, I’m an artist. I have a studio in the Hellfire building at the top. I also take two days off a week to do tattoos,” Levi admitted.
“The Hellfire building? Next to me?” Madisen questioned innocently.
“Yeah, you pissed Prez off with buying that,” Levi said, noting how Madisen paled a little.
“Hellfire is a motorcycle club?” Madisen asked as if she’d just seen his cut.
“Yes. We’re the only one in Spearfish. So, if you see a group of bikers, it’s likely to be us. Although we have a brother club in Rapid City, they go by Rage MC. And we have a lot of allies, so it could also be one of them.”
“I didn’t realise,” Madisen said in thought, and Levi wondered what was going through that mind of hers. Madisen hadn’t closed down, but there was a wariness in her eyes now.
“Hellfire is pretty easygoing. Don’t go out of our way to cause trouble, but we defend our property,” Levi stated, watching for her reaction.
“And I purchased your property?” Madisen asked, looking concerned.
“No. We wanted it for a bar, but the asshole wouldn’t sell to an MC. Fucker thought Hellfire was trying to take over Spearfish, so he refused. Next thing we heard was you had bought the building. Kinda pissed us off, as it would have been great to have a bar there. We’d have had most of our businesses in one place. Hellfire also owns the car park and garage across the road,” Levi said as he felt his expression change.
A year ago, a whacked-out cult blew the Hellfire clubhouse sky high. Rooster lost half a leg in the explosion, and Phoe and Drake’s son nearly died from a damaged liver. The kid was one hundred per cent now, but everybody remembered the close call they’d had. Celt had badly broken his arm; Klutz donated part of his liver; Clio had gone into labour early and lost her womb as she’d begun to bleed out. Wraith and Slaughter had much lighter injuries. Pyro suffered a severe shoulder wound due to a pole stabbing through it.
They’d barely recovered when Fury surfaced. So far, most of Fury’s attention had been on Rage, but Hellfire had encountered a few of the Venomous Fangs, and there’d been scuffles. Hellfire and Spearfish PD were on alert. Lone riders or pairs had been spotted in the previous week, and Hellfire had been checking and re-checking their security. Shit, at church last night, Chance discussed bringing Slaughter, Wraith, Bone, and Smokey on early as full brothers. Fanatic was a year behind them and would wait.
The vote went in the prospect's favour, and Chance and Bear were now going through applications to Hellfire. They wanted at least six more solid prospects. Levi hoped they found someone. Hellfire would only grow if they recruited decent people. Chance was looking for a guy with hacking skills.
“Did I say something wrong?” Madisen’s soft voice interrupted his thoughts, and Levi shook himself.
“No. Our clubhouse used to be where the car park was. A cult blew the fuck out of it last year,” Levi said as Madisen’s eyes went wide.
“What?” Madisen gasped.
“Yeah. Alice, Diesel’s woman, escaped them as a teen. But her family was rich, and they wanted her for the money. In trying to get Alice, they attacked us. Motherfuckers thought we’d hand her over. They were wrong. Hellfire and the feds brought the cult down, and we rebuilt. Just every so often, memories kick in; we’d some badly injured,” Levi explained.
Madisen’s mouth dropped open in horror.
