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She nodded.“I was.Hammer said if I tried to tell Claw, Dad would just give him one of my sisters.Or both of them.He said if Claw didn’t, he had plenty of men in Grim Road who’d take care of Sunshine and Rainbow.If I ran from him, I knew it would be the same.It wasn’t something sexual, Mars.He never touched me, and I have no idea why.He was punishing me.He wanted to hurt me but seemed to think I was… I don’t know.Dirty?Not someone he wanted to touch?He never said, really.He threatened to let his brothers in Grim have me if I tried to run, but he never touched me.Sexually, that is.”She winced, tears spilling from her eyes now.“I thought that, if I… well, if I killed myself, I could get away from him and my sisters would still be safe.”
“That bastard is gonna get everything he deserves when I get my hands on him.I promised you I’d make him suffer and that’s a promise I intend to keep.”
“I wish I could tell you I didn’t want you to.I can see that it might take a piece of your soul when you do it.But I’m just selfish enough to let you do it anyway.But my promise to you is that I’ll find a way to put your soul back together.”
I couldn’t help but smile at her.“Baby, I think you already have.”
She leaned in to kiss me and this time, I took that kiss where I really wanted to go.I swept my tongue across the seam of her lips and she opened willingly, meeting my tongue with a tentative stroke of her own.She shivered again, letting go of a small whimper.When she continued lapping at the inside of my mouth with an experimental stroke, I knew she wasn’t afraid.Still, I needed to make sure.
“I don’t want to frighten or hurt you, Scarlet.”
“You won’t,” she breathed.“You’re not.”
“Tell me what you want from me, honey.I have to hear the words.”
“I want you to make me yours.All the way, Mars.It’s selfish, I know.But it’s what I want.”
“So I can keep you safe from Hammer.”
“No.”She smiled at me.A beautiful, tender smile.“Because you’re the man who gave me hope.I’d never expect you to do something you didn’t want, but I’m telling you right now, I never want to be with another man.Couldnever be with another man.Not in any sense of the word.I’d always compare him to you and that’s not fair to anyone.”
“Fuck.Me.”It was my prayer.The only thing I could think of.“I’ll be good to you, honey.I’ll protect you with my life and I’ll never cheat.”
“I’ll be your partner and always have your back.I’ll be whatever you need.”
“Together.”I put my forehead against hers once again.
“Yes, Mars.Together.”
I kissed her again because I had to.Unexpectedly, she tugged at my shirt until I moved my arms to let her pull it free from my body.She leaned in to nuzzle the notch in my chest just below my throat, then she licked up my neck and nipped my chin.My fucking cock shot rock-fucking-hard.I tried to shift away from her, but she just followed me with her hips.There was no doubt what she wanted.She wasn’t being shy or even the least bit hesitant.No.She took this biker and brought it to him.
“I know you think I’m fragile, Mars.I promise you I’m not.I’ve been beaten down, and yes, I hurt myself, but not because I didn’t want to live.Never that.But I’d do anything to protect the people I love.Anything.”
“Never again, Scarlet,” I whispered harshly.At the thought, my heart pounded and I broke out in a sweat.“Christ!I never want to see you like that again!”I pulled her to me again, holding her tight.It was all I ever seemed to do.“I’m afraid I’m gonna squeeze you too hard.”
“You could never be too hard, Mars.Your fierceness is what I need.Your tight hold on me kept me from flying apart.I was scared and broken.Still am in some ways.But you held me together.You still do.”
“Takin’ you to bed.I want to hold you.You don’t have to do anything else, but I need the closeness.”I stood, Scarlet still in my arms.
“Take me wherever you want.And I have a feeling that I’ll love anything else you want to do with me.”She smiled up at me as I carried her to the bedroom and sat with her on the bed.I scooted around until my back was against the headboard.Scarlet still straddled my lap.“You know, I never wanted to leave you that night Stitches had to look me over.You were so possessive, but in a protective way.I loved it when you growled at him.”The smile she gave me then was glorious.I could tell she really had enjoyed that side of me.“I loved the sound and the threat that growl implied if he hurt me again.”
“Bloodthirsty little thing.”
“I’m the daughter of the vice president of Grim Road MC.I was born bloodthirsty.”
That got a laugh from me.“You’re like a honey badger, ain’t you?I’m guessing Hammer didn’t sleep much, or he’d be dead right now.”
“No.He was usually up drinking.Must have gone somewhere else to sleep, because I’d’ve loved to have caught him passed out.But then, none of this would have happened and I’d never have met you.”
“Honey, if I could have spared you any of that, I’d have done it.ThenI’dhave foundyou.In a way, I think I’ve been looking for you all my life.It’s why I put myself in situations where I saw so many abused women.”
“I want to hear about that.I need to know what happened.”
“I go with Rocket sometimes when he’s on the trail of traffickers.I do it because my younger sister was taken when she was barely a teenager.”
“Oh, no.”She gasped and smuggled closer to me as she gazed up into my face with sorrow.“I’m so sorry, Mars.”
“She was a beautiful girl.A mini version of our mother.”I smiled at the memory of my family.“I lost both of them in one night, Scarlet.It’s when I met your father.Rocket caught me hunting those bastards and let me come with him and Grim Road if I promised to always come when he called me.I did and he took me with him.I wasn’t much more than a kid.I’d have done everything I had to to save my sister, but the reality was that I’d probably have died if I’d tried to get her myself.
