Ride with the Wind [The Ghost Riders 1] (14 page)

Raven helped with the dishes after dinner was over then returned to Reece’s bedroom to write. She lost herself in her writing and yelped when the door opened sometime later.

“Can you stop what you’re working on for a little while?” Reece held the door open. “We need to talk about something.”

She frowned but saved her work and stood up. “Sure. What’s up?”

“Come on. We’re going to meet in the sanctuary.” He escorted her down the hall and through the kitchen

When they reached their meeting room, he closed the door behind them and locked it. Dominic stood up and pulled out a chair for her next to him. Reece took the one across the table from Turk. Irish had been standing guard outside the room with Vernon. She looked from Reece to Dominic, wondering what this was all about.

“Raven, we’ve been looking into your problem. It looks like your ex is still looking for you. There are several private detectives out there searching for you. So far, they haven’t even come close to where you’ve been these last few years.” Dominic nodded over toward Turk. “Turk is pulling together some things we think we might be able to get Michael Teller arrested for.”

“You’ll never find any evidence that he’s a pedophile. He covers his tracks too well.”

“We’re working on some illegal things he has a hand in. We think he’s laundering dirty money through Family Values in the way of donations.” Reece spoke up. “If we can prove that, he goes to jail.”

“He used to spend a lot of time around a man named Emilio Cortez. I never liked that man, but he was obviously wealthy. He always had a couple of men with him that looked like bodyguards.”

Reece and Dominic exchanged looks. They obviously recognized the name.

“What?” she asked.

“How is he getting away with associating with him, I wonder?” Dominic looked over at Turk. “Find out everything on him you can.”

Turk nodded and got up to leave. Reece locked the door behind the other man. He sat down again and leaned back in the chair.

“Emilio Cortez is a member of a drug cartel out of South America. He has been under investigation by the DEA for several years now. I didn’t realize he was even in the States anymore.”

“Well, he and Michael had a lot of meetings together. I was never allowed to attend any of the dinners he attended with the man. At the time, I was just grateful not to have to be around him. He creeped me out.”

Dominic frowned. She could tell that he wasn’t pleased to find out about Emilio being friends with Michael. She wasn’t sure why, other than it meant that Michael would have some drug connections.

“Reece, how stable are Rhodes and Vernon right now with The Skulls being in town?”

“They are okay right now. I don’t know how much longer they’re going to hold off though. It’s really weighing heavy on Rhodes.”

“Fuck!” Dominic looked across the room, obviously thinking about the situation.

No one spoke for several minutes of strained silence. Then Dominic slapped his hand on the table and stood up.

“Okay, we need to settle this with them first. I can’t have them working on something with only half their brain on the game. Pull them in here. Raven, we’ll talk to you again when we have more information on Emilio.”

She stood up and nodded. Dominic reached out and took her hand, pulling her down for a kiss. She smiled and kissed him back before pulling away and heading toward the door. Reece held it open for her. She heard him call for Rhodes and Vernon, and then the door shut behind them. She sighed and returned to her writing.

It dawned on her that this meant that they would probably end up fighting with the Sons of Satan. It worried her that they would end up hurt. She didn’t want them to go but knew they had to. Rhodes and Vernon would end up going alone, and that would be a bad thing. She sat down and pushed everything to the back of her mind in order to concentrate on writing. Deep down, she wished she was a part of the meeting so she would know what was going on. Something told her that there was going to be more trouble than they were planning for.

* * * *

Dominic watched Vernon and Rhodes leave the sanctuary several hours later. The two men looked a little less stressed with the news that they were going to make a move on getting Jessie away from Ray and her brother. He still wasn’t convinced they would succeed, but with The Skulls in town and things happening with Raven’s ex, he didn’t want to put it off any longer.

“Think they will hold off ’til tomorrow night?” Reece wasn’t as comfortable with the entire operation as he’d portrayed to the other two men earlier.

“Yes. They would rather operate within the gang if possible. They know their likelihood of success without our support is next to nothing.”

“Hell, the likelihood of getting her away from them with the entire gang along isn’t great.”

“I think if we time it right, we’ll have a good chance at rescuing her, Reece.”

“I wish I had your confidence on this.”

Dominic smiled. “I’ve got enough for both of us.” He stood up and stretched. “I’m ready for some Raven time. What about you?”

“Hell, yeah. I can’t get enough of her. I wish there wasn’t anything going on right now. I’d like to spend at least a week in bed with her. She has me so hot all the time that riding is pure torture.”

Dominic shook his head. “She’s more than just sex, Reece.”

“I know, but once she has the freedom to do what she wants again, do you honestly think she’s going to stay around us? She’ll be out of here so fast we’ll wonder what hit us.”

“If we show her how much she means to us, maybe she won’t.”

“Right, and pigs fly.”

“I have to try, Reece. I love her.”

Reece stared at him for a few seconds then shook his head. Dominic didn’t say anything. It was time for Reece to make up his mind about how he really felt about her.

“Man, she’s going to screw us both up. I’m already in over my head with her. Thinking about her leaving eats me up inside, and it’s been all of what, two weeks.”

“Sometimes love happens overnight. I’m not fighting it. I want her, Reece, and so do you.”

“It doesn’t change the fact that we have nothing to give her once she doesn’t need us for bodyguards anymore.”

“There’s where I think you’re wrong. With us, she gets two men to love her and take care of her. We’ll build a house like we talked about and give her a home. She can have her own office.”

Reece looked hopeful for a few seconds. Then he laughed and headed for the door.

“I guess it doesn’t hurt to dream. We’ve got her for now. That’s all I’m going to think about. Let’s go pull her away from that damn computer.”

Dominic sighed and, after thinking about it for a few minutes, followed behind him, shutting the door to the sanctuary on his way out. The den was nearly deserted. He didn’t see either Rhodes or Vernon anywhere. He hoped they had bunked down for the night and weren’t stewing about Jessie anymore. He passed Jugs in the kitchen drinking a glass of water.

“Night, Jugs.”

“Dom. Are Rhodes and Vernon okay?”

“Yeah. We’ve got things under control. Don’t worry about them.”

“I’m more worried about you and Reece.”

“How’s that?” He stopped and watched her from across the bar.

“She’s tying you and Reece up in knots and pulling you apart.”

“Who are you talking about, Jugs?”

“You know damn well who I’m talking about, Raven. You’ve either got to settle down with her or get rid of her. You’ve got too much going on to be pussy whipped.”

“Jugs, I respect you and depend on you for a lot of things, but I’m not going to discuss my personal life with you. Stay out of it.”

She started to say something, but Dominic raised his hand and stopped her.

“She’s the best thing that’s ever happened to us. Give us time to work things out. Like you said, we’ve got a lot going on right now. We sure has hell don’t need more shit happening at home.”

She finally nodded and turned from him to set the glass in the sink. Dominic left her there with a scowl on her face and walked down the hall to his bedroom. He hoped that Reece had moved them over to it. His room was cleaner and less crowded.

Sure enough, when he opened the bedroom door it was to find Raven peeling off her clothes by the side of the bed. Reece had already climbed into bed on one side. He watched her with a hungry expression on his face. His eyes followed her movements as she stepped out of her jeans. She walked across the room in nothing but her underwear and folded her jeans, placing them on the chair.

She turned when Dominic made a slight noise behind her. When she saw him, she smiled. It reached her eyes and gave them a shiny twinkle that interrupted his heartbeat for a second.

“Come on, Dom. It’s time for bed. I didn’t realize how late it was until Reece came and got me. I should have gotten an alarm clock so I could measure my writing time.”

“Why would you do that?” He didn’t really care. He just wanted to hear her talk.

“Because I need to get up and move around the room some every couple of hours or I get stiff. Plus, if I don’t get on a regime and stick to it, I’ll be writing at all hours of the night and sleeping during the day. I tend to do that when I don’t discipline myself.”

“Hmmm, speaking of discipline…”

“We owe you some,” Reece interrupted Dominic with a hoarse voice.

“Me? Why?” She didn’t look too worried about it.

Dominic began to slowly undress, standing there in the middle of the room. With each article of clothing he removed, her breathing became more rapid. He enjoyed watching the swift rise and fall of her breasts as she drew in one breath at a time. She moved closer to him, then, as if realizing she was in the bedroom with two naked men while she still had on her underwear, Raven quickly removed it and hurried over to the bed and crawled in.

He merely chuckled and finished getting ready for bed. Then he padded over to the bed and pulled back the covers to reveal Raven snuggling up in a ball at the bottom corner of the bed.

“Come on, Raven, and stand by the bed for me.” He watched while she slowly stood at the side of the bed, waiting for them to decide what to do to her.

“You deliberately forced Reece to take you to town this afternoon and ran straight into The Skulls. What do you have to say for yourself?

Raven made a face. “It’s not my fault they were there. I behaved. I didn’t cause any trouble.” She nibbled on her bottom lip.

“Still, you shouldn’t have pushed Reece.” Dominic looked at his partner. “How many should we give her?”

“I think five for talking back and another five for arguing about her punishment.”

He nodded, holding up his hand when Raven started to say something else.

“Do you want to make it fifteen?”

She closed her mouth with a snap and stared daggers at him. He chuckled and crooked his finger to have her walk around the bed. Reece sat up on the side of the bed next to her and ran his hand over her ass. She didn’t move.

“Bend over Reece’s lap, baby. He’s going to spank that pretty ass.”

“I’m doing this under protest.” She frowned but bent over the other man’s lap.

Reece adjusted her until her butt was up in the air and her feet didn’t touch the ground. She grasped his calves in an effort to remain still. Dominic smiled at Reece. He watched as his friend rubbed her ass cheeks with his hand several seconds before landing the first swat. She didn’t say a word.

Dominic palmed his hard cock and squeezed as Reece landed a second pop to her ass. He watched his partner pepper her ass, moving from one side to the other until her cheeks were a rosy red. Reece dipped his fingers between her legs and smiled.

“She likes being spanked. She’s soaking wet.” He stuck his fingers into his mouth and closed his eyes, obviously enjoying her taste.

Dominic walked over and ran his hand over her red cheeks, feeling their warmth. She hadn’t moved since Reece had started. He bent down and lifted her head with his hand cupping her chin. There were tears in her eyes, but she wasn’t crying.

“Did you enjoy your spanking, Raven?”

She didn’t say anything, just stared at him. He popped her tender ass twice more, and she nodded quickly.

“Let me hear you say it.”

“Yes. I liked it,” she almost shouted.

He helped her stand up, catching her when her legs proved to be wobbly. He eased her into bed and followed, with Reece walking around to the other side to get in. Raven’s skin felt so damn good against his as he ran his hands up and down her arms. Her dusky nipples poked up at him as he bent over and took her lips in a kiss.

She responded immediately, sucking at his tongue the second it breeched her mouth. He ate at her before plunging his tongue back in. Then she was moaning and pulling on his hair. Reece had to be playing with her wet pussy for her to suddenly go wild like that. He gently pulled away and looked down where the sight of Reece’s face buried in her pussy had his cock jerking. Seeing his best friend pleasuring her turned him on. The only thing that could compare with it was watching her face when she climaxed. Seeing the pleasure suffuse her face flat did it for him.

Dominic moved from her hot mouth to her beautiful breasts. He suckled at one nipple while pinching and pulling on the other one. Her soft mews and moans tightened his balls even more. He looked up into her face once more and knew he would never be able to let her go.

Fire raced through her veins as Reece sucked on her pussy lips. The sensations he and Dominic were generating took her breath. A soft whimper escaped her mouth when Reece circled her clit without touching it. She tried to maneuver her hips to force his mouth to her clit, but he was too quick for her and soon had her pelvis anchored with his big hand splayed across it.

Raven tossed her head back and forth as the two men eased her closer and closer to climax. Her body didn’t feel like her own anymore as they overwhelmed her with sensations that built higher and higher inside her.

Reece licked from the bottom of her slit to the top before circling her clit and moving back down. He separated her pussy lips and lapped at her juices before pushing two fingers deep inside her cunt. Finally she had something substantial for her pussy to grasp. Still, it wasn’t enough. She needed more. She needed a big thick cock to fill her up.