Page 7 of Saige (Renegade Vipers MC #1)

Five

Cotton

“Tires, where is Stone?”

He looks up at me from the bike he is working on, taking his mask off. “I don’t know, man. What’s going on?”

“We need to call an emergency church. Get on the phone vine.” He nods and starts calling people. I go into the front part of the garage to see Saige on the phone talking to a customer. I make a motion with my hand for her to hurry, get off the phone.

“I can assure you that your bike will be ready by the end of the month, Mr. Howard. I just had a customer walk in, so I really must go. You have a great day. Bye, hun. Okay, Cotton, what’s going on, not that I really don’t appreciate the help of getting off the phone with him.” She smiles at me .

I can’t help but to smile back, “We need to call an emergency church. We need to go. Did you ride out here?”

“No, I walked actually.” I hear Tires start up his bike and take off.

“Mind riding back with me? Will be quicker.”

“Okay.” We lock up the garage and go to my bike.

I get on and lean it a little so that she can get on behind me.

I give her my helmet. Saige puts her arms around my waist and her head on my shoulder.

I am in heaven. Damn if I don’t get hard.

I can’t stop the little shiver that runs through me and I hope that she doesn’t feel it.

“You okay?” she asks. I nod as we take off.

She tightens her arms around me a little and I feel a shiver run through her.

Glad to know I’m not the only one affected.

When we pull up to the clubhouse gate, a prospect lets us in and we park beside Tire’s bike.

Saige slowly gets off the bike, handing me my helmet.

“Cotton, before we go in, I need to thank you. I haven’t had a chance to really thank you in person for my necklace you got me, then for what you did for me the other night.

You don’t know how much that means to me.

If you hadn’t helped me, it would have gotten so much worse.

” Saige hugs me and again I am enveloped by her scent.

I could drown in her. I hug her back, when she loosens up on the hug and starts to back away, I look down and see a mischievous grin on her face.

She tiptoes up, kisses me on the mouth and walks away.

So, she wants to play. I love to play. I start to follow her inside to church.

Stone is already at the head of the table.

Cruz is to his right; I sit to the left.

Saige is beside me. Loki beside his dad.

Tires is on the other side of Saige. We wait for everyone to get inside before Stone starts.

“Okay, sorry to drag everyone in here in the middle of the work day, but this seems to be pretty damn important. So Cotton, take the floor.”

I look around at everyone. “Y’all may remember a gang that we have had a run in with a few times, Ghosts of Darkness.

They have been seen in town a few times the past couple of days.

They are causing havoc, breaking into places, vandalism, spreading word that they are coming for us.

They’re still pissed that their last Pres and Sargent of Arms went to prison, where both were murdered by rival gangs.

The new Pres from what little I have learned is the son of the old one.

I’ve had Tech looking into all the cameras from town, including the traffic cams, to see if we can see where they are going or coming from, but so far, nothing.

” I turn to look at Saige then back to Stone, silently conveying that she may be in danger.

He gives me a chin lift, so I know he got it.

Stone looks at everyone before saying, “Okay, Tech, stay on the computer and cameras. Do whatever it is that you do. The rest of you, stay vigilant. We know what they’re like, what they’ll do.

The last time we tangled with them, we had a couple get shot while we were busting up a sex trafficking ring.

These are some sick sons of bitches, and if they want to come at us, they are more than welcome.

But this club’ll continue to fight for what is right.

For now, we’re going to go on a soft lockdown until we figure out what’s going on.

If the women go out, I always want at least two patched members with them.

Saige, that includes you. You go nowhere unless Tires, Cotton, or Loki are one of the patched with you. You got me, girl?”

Saige looks up, and nods yes to her dad.

I look around the room. No one seems shocked by this.

It’s always been this way during a lockdown, but the look on Pyro’s face, man, if looks could kill.

I just stare back at him with a smirk on my face until he looks away.

His black eye and busted lip look good on him, courtesy of Loki.

Stone looks from her to the rest of us, “Cruz, have Stella and Leilani make a list of everything we may need if we go on a hard lockdown. I want to be prepared. Tires, call Black Forest, let them know what’s going on.

We may need them to come back down. Grange, I need you to also help Cruz to check the weapons and ammo.

Lynch, will you and the nomads stick around for bit longer? ”

Lynch looks up at Stone, “Yeah Pres, we’re here for as long as you need us. You fight, we fight.”

“Good.” Stone bangs the gavel, dismissing us all for now.

I put my hand on Saige’s leg to still her for a minute.

She looks at me, confused. When everyone is gone, I let her up, grab her by the back of the head and kiss her.

I nip her bottom lip, then run my tongue over it.

She opens up for me, and I push my tongue in her mouth, tasting her.

She tastes of the little mints she loves and a taste that is purely her.

Heaven. She is my heaven, I think. She moans a little, that’s when I pull back, look into her eyes.

“I forgot to give you your keys back. I did have a copy made to your room though, I also had a copy to my room made for you. Never know when we might need to go and help each other out.” I place the keys in her hand, kissing her again.

A chair hitting the wall breaks us apart.

I look up to see Pyro walking down the hallway. Saige doesn’t see him.

“What was that?” she asks.

“Not sure. But that is how you kiss someone,” I say as I walk out of the room grinning.