approaches us.
“Hey.” Maci greets us both. Lauren’s back stiffens and I can see why she’s acting the way she is. After all these club whore and bunnies are after the men in the club and Grim is a very handsome man.
“Hey Maci.” I smile up at her and gesture for her to join us. “Maci, this is Lauren.”
“Oh I know.” Maci beams. “Everyone knows who you are around here Lauren. I mean, why wouldn’t they? You’re the VPs old lady and you’re flipping gorgeous!”
Maci’s words make me giggle and Lauren looks a little awkward.
“Shit, was I not supposed to say that?” Maci asks, looking at Lauren’s expression worryingly.
“No, it’s ok.” Lauren smiles. “I haven’t seen you much around here.”
Maci smiles a little. “I’m kind of new around here.”
“Maci is a new bunny.” I add.
“I still get confused by all these terms.” Lauren shakes her head.
“I know, it can get tricky but I was bought up around MCs so I’m used to it. They all have their different terms but here it’s pretty simple.” Maci explains. “There’s the biker men of course and they have their own ranking system. You obviously know the family system because you’re in it already and then there’s girls like me, the bunnies. We are the younger girls around here that want to be taken care of by the club and will offer services in return, however those services are not sexual unless we want to. We help the old ladies clean and help with gatherings and parties, babysitting you name it.”
“And of course the club whores.” Lauren adds to Maci’s explanation.
“Yeah.” Maci laughs. “The women who have always clung to the men around here and are so desperate to get their claws into them they will do just about anything, including abandoning their children.”
I stare at Maci, shocked at her outburst. The last time I spoke to her she did seem like an open book with no filter, but I didn’t expect that.
“Are you ok?” Lauren immediately turn towards her. I sit back and smile, See, she is perfect for her role in the club.
“Don’t mind me.” Maci shrugs it off. “My mother was a club whore. Not for the Kings, another club in central London and she always left me with anyone available so she could try and trap any biker available.”
“I’m sorry.” I frown.
“Don’t be.” Maci smiles. “I grew up and managed to escape her, she wanted me to be just like her but like many club brats, I didn’t like being away from a club so when I heard about The Kings of Rebellion, I asked to join. Like mother like daughter.”
“No, not at all.” Lauren snaps. “You’re not at all like that, I can already tell.” I really feel for Maci, she’s really young and I wouldn’t say she’s hit her twenties yet. I’m glad she chose to be a bunny and not a whore, she wouldn’t do well in that group.
“Like I was telling Natasha the other day as horrible as it sounds, I can now breathe that Dyson isn’t here anymore. She was always pushing the bunnies to do more and become more of a club whore and that isn’t me. I saw what it did to my mother and I hate her, I don’t want to become her.”
“That’s awful!” Lauren frowns. “Hearing that, I’m glad Dyson isn’t here any longer too.”
Maci looks up at Lauren, really studying her and then breaks out in a smile. “The girls around here said you were nice, I was a little afraid to talk to you but I can see they were right.”
“Thank you.” Lauren answers, looking a little honoured.
Well done girl.
“No problem.” Maci smiles back and I see her eyes shine through her tears. In that moment we all strike a bond and I know why. Even if I hadn’t had heard Maci’s story from her hard past, I would recognise it from the look in her eyes and the way she observes everything. Yes she’s young, but her troubled life has made her mature faster and for good reason.
“I was so shocked when I came here.” Maci laughs. “I’m treated so
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