HavocI watched her as she gazed around the small run-down house that had been my childhood home. I had a lot of memories here. Some of them good, most of them bad. And it felt strange to have a stranger, a woman no less, looking around, running her fingertips over the sides covered in the framed photographs. Leaving trails in the dust.“Is this your mum?”For a second, I could do nothing but stare at her as she stood there awkwardly with the photograph in her hand, and my heart hammered in my chest.This was a bad idea. I hated being here, but I hated anyone else being here more. Especially her. “Yeah.” I plucked the frame from her hands, setting it back down where it belonged. She had to stop touching things; otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to cope with her being here. Something so sweet amongst all the nightmare memories of my past. “Stop touching my stuff.” I didn’t mean for my voice to come out quite so angry. I definitely didn’t mean to cause the fear that swept into her eyes.
DarcieStirring the sauce that was bubbling on the stove with one hand, I pressed the other one to my lips.They still felt swollen from Havoc’s kiss at the farmers’ market. I had walked straight into that one. He had known that I had wanted to wander around the market badly enough that I would have done almost anything.It wasn’t even like I had minded kissing him. He was a good looking man after all, but it just felt wrong. No, that wasn’t even it. His kiss had been hot. It wasn’t the kiss that had been the problem. It was just wrong to be kissing someone in public only days after splitting up with my fiancé.Especially when they were brothers.I couldn’t go lusting after someone who was related to my ex. It just wasn’t the kind of woman I was. Or at least it wasn’t the kind of woman I used to be. “Something smells amazing.” I jumped, my hand flapping in front of my face as I screamed. I hadn’t heard anyone come through the front door. I whirled, and my hand made contact with th
Darcie“Hey.” Havoc’s voice was barely a whisper when he closed the bedroom door softly a few hours later. He wouldn’t have woken me if I was asleep. But sleep had eluded me, leaving me lying on my back staring at the ceiling in the darkness.There wasn’t even a book in the room for me to rifle through, and surfing the Internet on my phone was out. Which left me aimless, staring and counting the minutes in my head.“You’re still awake?”There was something scary about his whispered voice.This was his house. Why was he whispering anyway?Unless his unwanted guest was still here and he didn’t want to be overheard. The thought made me sit upright. “Yeah, I couldn’t sleep; I was worried about you.”The bed dipped as he sat on the very edge with a loud sigh. “You were worried about me?” Even in the darkness, I could see the glint in his eyes. The weight of them was almost unbearable as he studied me. “Of course I was; you didn’t seem too happy to see your friend.” I kept my voice low, j
HavocI hated having him here. In my kitchen with his eyes on her. It didn’t matter that she was dressed like a homeless person; part of me hated the fact he was looking at her like her sweat pants were see-through lingerie.He was the god damn Judge. Although judge, jury and executioner was more like it. If he decided that Darcie was guilty of crossing the family, even by association, there would be very little the club or I could do about it. “The Judge?” Her voice didn’t shake like I had expected it to. She was either oblivious to the danger she was in - and if that was the case, I was glad of it - or she was a real good actress. “Is that like your road name?” She gave me a look, a question clear in her eyes, and I gave her the smallest of nods. His laugh was condescending. “Do I look like a biker to you?”She didn’t say a word as she pushed the bacon from the pan onto plates. “No, you definitely don’t look like a biker. Havoc definitely doesn’t take as much care of his appearanc
DarcieHavoc was in a mood with me. That much was clear. I had been with him less than three days, and we were already fighting like an old married couple. I wasn’t even sure what I had said that had set him off, but something definitely had. I had spent the entire day in his bedroom alone. I half expected him to come and pin me to the bed in his anger. Or at least chew me out a little more, but he didn’t come. I could hear him talking downstairs. The dull drone of male voices filtered up from the kitchen, along with the chink of beer bottles. I could really have done with a cold beer, but I wasn’t about to go down and ask for one. I spent the day exploring his room; some people would have called it snooping. There really wasn’t anything else to do. When the sun started dipping below the horizon, sending a bright orange shaft of light filtering through the chink of the curtains, I had explored every single inch of the room.Fang had said there was a party tonight. A party I was e
HavocThere were two familiar figures leaning against the clubhouse wall smoking something that obviously wasn’t a cigarette when I pulled my bike to a stop.I had rushed the drop, eager to get back to the compound and Darcie. But I had the envelope securely in my inside pocket. There was absolutely no need for them to meet me. It wasn’t like this was my first run. Pulling the helmet from my head, I bristled as the club’s sergeant at arms frowned at me. Cyber didn’t say anything, but he didn’t have to. It was pretty clear that they were waiting for me.“Havoc,” Fang called. Never one for being subtle, his voice carried even over the music that was pounding out of the open windows. “Everything ok?”Stuffing my hands into my pockets, I sauntered over to them. My eyebrows pinched together. Something was obviously up. Either that or they suddenly didn’t trust me. “Yeah.” I searched both of their faces in the orange glow of whatever it was they were smoking. “It was easy…no drama.” I shr
DarcieAt first, I thought he had touched me by accident, but the moment his fingers slipped into my panties, I knew he had meant every touch. My head shot up in surprise as he pressed his thumb against my tender flesh. And it took everything I had not to buck against his hand. Applying just the right amount of pressure, his fingers played over me.Biting back a moan, I shot a look at the men and women around us. I had been half expecting them to be staring at us, but no one was looking. Not one person had stopped to stare. Even Havoc himself was deep in conversation with Fang. I couldn’t take my eyes from his face, though. This seemed to be the most natural thing in the world for him. Just how many times had he fingered a girl like this? I shook the thought away. I couldn’t let myself dwell on the past. We both had a past. I had been his brother’s fiancée only a few days ago. I had shared his bed and…Any thought left me as one thick finger pushed its way into my body—curling at j
HavocI lead her by the hand, and she followed close behind, giggling like a schoolgirl. I kept throwing glances over my shoulder at her, not quite making sure she was still there because I knew she was. More the fact that I couldn’t believe my luck.A man like me, and a woman like her? It was almost comical. We were so desperately different. But as she had said. She was still here. Still wearing my cut and most definitely craving my touch. Which was a good thing because I fucking craved her more than I craved food and drink. I wasn’t even sure when it had happened, when I had started looking at her as more than a woman I wanted to bang or as a way to get one over my brother. All I knew was that I was starting to have real, honest to god feelings for this woman.I didn’t know what would happen in the future, but I did know she was mine, right here and now. And I planned on enjoying my time with her. I was planning on enjoying every single second of HER.I stopped dead, whirling aroun