Taming Blaze Read online

  “I didn’t say anything.”

  “Dani,” he said. “I love you. I’ve known it since the first time I saw you.”

  Yes, he does. “I love you,” I said. For the first time.

  “Wait,” he said. “Here.” He slid out of me, cock glistening with my wetness, and stepped out of his clothes. He lifted my dress over my head and led me to the bed. “I love you.”

  “I love you.” I didn’t believe in this love shit, right? And we hadn't known each other long enough. This was too crazy.

  Blaze slid back inside me, back where he was before. Back where he belonged. My safety. This time, we made love slowly, tenderly, for what seemed like forever, in sync, like we were part of each other.

  “Blaze,” I gasped. “I’m so close.” He thrust into me, short bursts, bringing me further and further until I was past the point of no return, and I climaxed as he came inside me, the heat from my orgasm radiating from my belly, an explosion so strong I could barely hang on. I bit down on his shoulder to muffle my cries.

  Afterward, Blaze looked at me, my pussy still throbbing as I came down from my climax. “I love you,” he said again.

  “You know what? You didn’t even wait until I finished saying it before,” I said. “What if I was saying something else? Like how I loved your cock?”

  “I knew you weren’t saying that.”

  “How do you know?” I teased. “You have no idea.”

  “It’s obvious you love my cock. It doesn’t need to be said.” He grinned. “Now, it’s obvious you love me too.”

  “You’re all kinds of cocky now, aren’t you?”

  “Not cocky. It’s a fact. It’s not arrogance if it’s true.”

  “You’re going to be insufferable now, aren’t you?”

  “That’s right, sweetheart,” Blaze said, kissing me. “And I’m all yours.”

  I groaned loudly, in mock protest. “Can I take it back?”

  “Nope, sorry. No refunds, no returns.”

  “Damn it.” I was silent, hanging on to him, wanting this moment to last just a little longer. I knew what waited for me on the other side of the door, what we had to do. “Blaze?”

  “Yeah, sweetheart.” Somehow his use of sweetheart didn’t sound so sarcastic anymore.

  “We have to talk to Benicio.”

  He nodded. “While you were in here, we were talking. We have a plan.”

  “Will she be okay, do you think?” Benicio asked, nodding in the direction of the bedroom. We sat in his office drinking scotch. Right now, I could drink a bottle myself.

  “She’ll be okay. She’s a strong girl. She just needs some space.”

  “You and her,” he said. “Do you love her?”

  “Yes.” It came out, an automatic response. Do I? It's only been a few weeks.

  Benicio nodded. “I can see that. You look at her the same way I used to look at her mother. Dani is very much like her mother, I think- not just in looks. Her mother was so strong, through everything. So fiery. You should have seen her in the beginning. Guillermo took some of that from her, even before…” His voice trailed off.

  “That’s Dani,” I said. “She’s all fire.”

  “Your club-” Benicio said.

  “The Inferno MC.”

  “You’re involved with Guillermo now, on his payroll. Yes?”

  “We’re tied to him now,” I admitted. “We made a deal with him to start providing security for his business.”

  “What if I made you a better offer?” Benicio asked.

  “Are you sticking around here?”

  “I would like to stick around, provided I am able to get rid of certain problems. I’d like to get to know my daughter.”

  “I’d have to bring it to the club.” Benicio seemed different than Guillermo, but I wasn’t about to consider another deal without some research first. Without knowing whether we were making another deal with the devil.

  “Fair enough,” he said. “Now, let’s talk. I have a plan. Can you call your club, set up a meeting?”

  I nodded. “You get my bike back here and it’s done. But get somebody that won’t fuck it up. If that bike has the tiniest scratch, I’ll cut the guy who's responsible for it.” Shit. I couldn't believe I was about to let someone ride ride my bike back here. But I needed to see Dani. I had things I needed to say.

  “Are you nervous?” I gripped Dani’s hand as we walked toward the clubhouse, and she squeezed it tightly.

  “Not at all,” she said. “I mean, there’s nothing to be worried about, right? It’s only my first time being inside a motorcycle clubhouse and the first time meeting your family, where you’re about to discuss a plan that probably involves killing the only father I’ve ever known. No, I’m not nervous at all.”

  “It’s going to be okay,” Blaze said.

  “So you say.”

  We walked in, flanked by an army of Benicio’s personal security, still dressed in suits. They were way overdressed for this shithole. The clubhouse was nothing more than an old warehouse we had re-converted and it didn’t look all that far removed from its original appearance. I glanced at Dani, watching her expression as she looked around. Thank God it was not a party night. As wild as I thought Dani had the potential to be, there was no way I’d want her first exposure to the club to be one of those nights. I was afraid she’d turn around and walk straight out the door.

  The brothers were congregating, waiting for us. It wasn’t scheduled, but Mad Dog had called an emergency meeting of voting members of the club. That meant thirty or so guys sitting around the house. Not a party night, but loud and raucous, like any time everyone was in a room together.

  “This is your place,” she said.

  “Yep.”

  “Jesus fucking Christ, it’s about time!” Tank clapped me on the shoulder. “It’s been weeks. Thought you must have gotten lost in pussy.”

  Goat wolf-whistled as he walked over, his eyes appraising Dani. “I’d get lost in that pussy anytime.”

  I felt heat on my cheeks, even though I knew Goat was harmless. Behind me, Benicio cleared his throat. That was his daughter Goat was talking about, and Benicio was armed. But before I could say anything, Dani’s voice rang loudly above the din of the clubhouse.

  “Honey, I imagine you’d get lost in any girl’s pussy, what with that tiny little prick of yours,” she said as she stepped close to him and cupped his crotch.

  Goat bellowed, slapping his knee amid the hoots and hollers of the guys. “She don’t take no shit! You better watch yourself. Protecting this one could be trouble.”

  Tank motioned toward the group. “Everyone’s here, Veep.”

  “What about Mad Dog?”

  “He’s in the back. I’ll get him.”

  I turned to Dani. “I wanted you to see the place, but you can’t be here while we meet.” We’d already discussed it in the car, but I didn’t know if she’d take kindly to being told she couldn’t be there, especially since this involved her so much.

  She shrugged. “Yeah, I know. Show me where I’m supposed to wait.”

  “In the back,” I said, gesturing to one of Benicio’s men to escort her. It was part of the rules, no women at a vote. Even having her wait in the back was unusual, but then having Benicio here was unusual as well. Besides, I wasn’t going to leave Dani behind, even with Benicio’s men on her. It was too dangerous right now. I didn’t want her out of my sight.

  “Here’s the situation,” Mad Dog said. “We voted on the job with Guillermo Arias, the protection we’ve been providing at the warehouses the past few weeks. Blaze has been protecting the daughter-”

  A few whistles and snickers rippled through the group and I glared in the direction of the noise.

  “But he’d asked for a hit on this kid, played it off as an easy hit on a college kid who’d beat up his daughter. College kid’s not any regular college schmuck. He’s a Randolph. Who are these people again?”

  “Think the Kennedys. He’s from that kind