The parking lot was even fuller as she made her way to her van with her head down, only looking up when she reached her vehicle “Evening, Willa.”
Shade was sitting on his bike. She could have sworn there was a black one parked there when she pulled up, not the cherry red he was sitting on. Rider was standing next to him with two twelve-packs of beer under his arms.
“Shade, Rider.” She gave them a nod.
Rider gave her a wink.
“They’re waiting for the beer,” Shade reminded him with a frown.
“Oh, yeah. Later, Willa.”
“Good night, Rider.”
Shade remained sitting on the motorcycle with his blue eyes on her. She was about to get into her van when she looked at the bike he was sitting on again.
“That looks like Lucky’s bike.”
“It used to be. It’s a club bike now until someone claims it.”
Willa froze. “A club bike?”
“It’s a rule—when you leave the Last Rider’s, you give up the bike you joined with.”
“That’s not fair.”
“I hate to tell you this, Willa, but biker clubs aren’t known to be fair.”
Willa swallowed hard. She should get back in her van and drive into town, but she didn’t.
Her hand holding her keys dropped to her side. “Do you know what’s bothering Lucky?”
Shade stared back at her, his expression impassive. It was the only one she saw him wear unless Lily was there. Several times, she had been brave enough to look into his eyes and seen … nothing—no emotion, no soul—and she was terrified that, unless she found a way to reach Lucky one day, she would wake and see the same thing in his eyes.
“Yeah.”
Willa licked her dry lips. “He’s dying inside, isn’t he?”
“He died a long time ago and doesn’t want to admit it. That’s his problem.”
“What’s wrong with him?” she whispered.
“How bad do you want to know?”
Willa blinked back tears. “Please, Shade … help me.”
“He’ll hate me if I tell you … Not that I care a rat’s ass, but what I tell you could just as easily destroy your marriage as save it. Are you willing to take the risk?”
“I love Lucky, Shade. Nothing you tell me is going to change that.”
“We’ll see.” Shade stood up from the bike, motioning her up the steps to the clubhouse.
Willa went up the steep steps in front of Shade, and two bikers she didn’t recognize were standing in front of the front door when she reached the top. Both looked intimidating, blocking the doorway.
“It’s cool, RIP, Fang.”
The two men moved out of the way.
“They’re recruits from Ohio,” Shade explained.
Willa didn’t ever want to visit Ohio if that’s where they lived. She hoped they went home soon.
Shade moved to stand in front of the door. The music was even louder than when she had arrived.
“Lucky tell you about the Friday parties?”
Willa nodded her head.
Shade opened the door, motioning for her to go inside. From what she could see, she didn’t want to go in any farther, even though no one in the hallway paid her any attention. They were too busy having sex.
She recognized Jewell with her legs wrapped around Train’s hips as he bucked against her. Jewell was holding onto the rails of the steps with her T-shirt pulled up over her breasts, and she wasn’t wearing anything from the waist down. Train wasn’t wearing a shirt, and his jeans were unzipped as his cock thrust into Jewell.
“You coming in?” Shade asked.
Willa stared at him wildly, her face going pale at what else she could see in the room.
“No one will touch you,” Shade promised, Willa didn’t doubt his assurance.
She stepped hesitantly inside, and Shade closed the door behind her.
“This way.” Shade made a path for her through the crowded room that she imagined was what Sodom and Gomorrah would have looked like. She was afraid lightning would strike any second as she walked across the room.
She was almost at the kitchen when her eyes were caught by a couple on the couch. Winter was sitting on Viper’s lap with his hand under her skirt. You couldn’t see anything, but from both their expressions, you could tell what was going on between the married couple.
Willa almost fell as she rushed into the kitchen behind Shade where it went from bad to worse. Raci was on Crash’s lap, bouncing up and down on his cock. Her back was to the door, but Willa easily recognized her face because it was turned to the side, giving Rider a blowjob. Several members were standing around in the other room in various stages of undress.
Shade opened a door on the wall of the kitchen. When she would have rushed through it, Shade caught her arm.
“Be careful.”
She made herself slow down as she went down the wooden steps. Downstairs, she saw several different exercise machines and weights against one wall, and there was also a couch and chair. The room was large with a metal pole in the center. Thankfully, this part of the house was empty, and she was able to catch her breath.