Moonshine & Mistletoe (Black Rebel Devils MC 1)

Ainsley get ups from the bed looking too damn good wearing my shirt.

I should have used better judgement. I should have asked more questions. I should have fucking known. Fucking hell.

My phone goes off again. I now he will keep trying until I answer. I move from the bed and grab my pants from earlier. My phone continues to buzz I snatch it out of the pocket. I swipe my finger across the screen not bothering to check who is calling.

“What?” I snap.

“Glad to hear you are still alive.” My younger brother chuckles at my grumpy tone. “Told the old fart that I would make sure you made it to Texas in one piece.”

“I’m here.”

“You sound fucked up. What’s wrong, bro?”

“Too much to get into over the phone. Let’s just say I ran into a complication.”

“What’s her name?” He knows me too damn well.

I let out a sigh and debate on telling him what I have gotten myself into this time. I decide to keep it to myself for now. I don’t need him going and blabbing it behind my back. The fucker can’t keep a secret to save his life.

“I’m fucking wiped. I’ll check in later once I have gotten some fucking sleep.”

“Later.”

“Yeah.” I end the call and look up to see Ainsley standing in the doorway. “What?” I growl, and she jerks. I shake my head. “I’m sorry. It?

?s not you. I’m tired. Please, come in.”

She takes a few tentative steps in my direction. “Would you mind if I slept in here tonight with you?” I raise a brow and she offers me a weak smile. “It’s just this house is new to me. I’ve never spent the night here before or alone for that matter. I am used to my roommate being across the room and I…”

I have so many questions but decide they can wait. We both need to get some rest. It’s been a damn weird night.

“Sure.” I excuse myself to brush my teeth. When I come back to the room she is sleeping in the fetal position in the middle of the bed. I climb in next to her and brush her hair back from her face and she grins in her sleep. It’s cute. She is beautiful. But she already drives me fucking insane.

I shouldn’t be entertaining further thoughts of her, but she rolls to her other side and the t-shirt rides up her hip, exposing her bare skin to me. Red fingerprints…my fingerprints mark her golden skin.

I won’t claim her. I can’t.

However, the thought of starting over fresh here with her would be a challenge. I’ve got enough on my plate though. I damn sure shouldn’t be getting into bed with a cartel princess.

Chapter 7

Ainsley

I awaken pinned to the bed. I blink my eyes but the light streaming in from the window hurts my vision. My head throbs like there are tiny men with axes swinging them at my temples. A large arm is wrapped around my midsection and I pop my eyes open, forcing myself to deal with the blinding pain of the light. I move my head, looking over my shoulder.

Axel. I am in bed with the biker who randomly showed up at my door last night. My stomach tightens. We had the best sex of my life. But we also had unprotected sex like complete fools. I know he regrets it, part of me does too but there is this other part of me that says what if this is the start of something new. Something that is mine. Something no one can take away from me. I don’t even know if I like the guy, but I can’t stop the fantasy from playing in my head that he will wake up and declare his undying attraction to me and tell me that it doesn’t matter, that he wants to be with me. I know it is childish and dumb, but yet there is this tiny flicker of hope that maybe I won’t be alone anymore. I have tragic abandonment and daddy issues thanks to my late father.

I leave my fantasy and crash back down to reality. I stare at the man sleeping next to me and my chest squeezes tight. I have my whole life ahead of me. I should be more careful. I slide out from under him and tiptoe from the room to the bathroom. He doesn’t budge, and I don’t bother with waking him. By the time he notices I have left I will hopefully be on my way back to school where I belong. I use a black scrunchy from my purse to pull my hair up into a ponytail. Dressed in his t-shirt and my jeans I take one last look at the home. I’ll probably never see the place again. Which is too bad. The landscape is gorgeous and the house itself looks like a capital building or something. The architecture is English inspired. Large windows, round rooms, with a sprawling yard that looks more like a park.

I always wondered what it would be like to live in a house like this and be part of a real family. With a heavy sigh, I slide in the driver’s seat and go to start my car when nothing happens. I try three more times until I get pissed and scream while smacking my hands on the steering wheel. When I look at the house, I see Axel leaning against the front door smirking at me.

He strolls over to me and I open my door. “What the hell are you grinning at me like that for?”

Sticking his tongue out he wets his lips, before pulling a cigarette out and sliding it between them. He runs a hand through his hair then lights up his cigarette. He takes a puff before speaking as he squints at me. “Did you really think I would let you just drive off without making sure you get that pill. I don’t need no surprise in nine months.”

I roll my eyes. “Ha. Ha. Funny. Where do you think I was going?”

“Then you won’t mind if I come with you.” He smirks and tells me to pop the hood. I do, and he does something and magically my car starts again. Jerk. I can’t believe he snuck out while I was sleeping and disabled my car.