booze and smoke and everyone in there seemed to be euphoric and in lust with the person they were with. Hawk squeezed her hand tightly as he led her toward the bar and she looked around nervously, just hoping that there was no one there who would want to start a fight.
“Are you okay?” Hawk asked as he pulled out a stool at the bar and let Destiny slip up onto it. He put his arms around her on either side in a protective V and kept her close to him. She felt her heart racing in anticipation, she could feel the intensity building between them. With each second they were getting closer and closer.
“Yes,” she said. “I’m just nervous, maybe this was too soon…”
She looked at some of the eyes watching her from the other side of the bar and she knew what they all must be thinking… that’s the girl who betrayed the Forsaken… what the fuck is she doing here?
“The sooner you immerse yourself around here, the better,” he said as he ran a soft hand through her hair. “No one will touch you when you’re with me, and soon the word will spread about what really happened. No one has anything on you.”
Destiny nodded and looked into his eyes. She had to trust him. Even though she didn’t know him well, she felt as if she knew that he wouldn’t betray her or put her in harm’s way.
A girl wandered over to them and nodded at Hawk.
“Usual?” she asked as she chewed a stick of gum harshly.
“Sure,” Hawk said. “And for the lady?” he looked down at Destiny.
“No thanks,” she smiled. “I don’t drink.”
Hawk’s eyes lit up and he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close.
“Neither do I,” he whispered.
Destiny looked up at him. She didn’t know whether he was joking or not… she was yet to meet a biker that didn’t love knocking back a gallon of booze most evenings.
“Come on,” he said. “Let’s get out of here… I wanted to bring you down and show you the place, get you out of the clubhouse, but now I know that was the wrong move… I don’t want to share you with all of these people… I want it to be just us. With no complications or outside influences. I want to get to know you properly, one on one… not what I’ve just observed for months on end.”
“So I guess you must feel like you know me pretty well huh?” Destiny said cheekily.
“All I truly know is that I’ve been waiting for a moment like this since the second I lay eyes on you.”
His eyes were so dark and enveloping, and as he ran his hands through her hair Destiny felt her body quiver.
“Take me back to the clubhouse,” she whispered.
She didn’t know where she had got her bravery from. Maybe it was because he had been so kind to her and made her feel so at ease with him and the situation, but she just wanted to be with him, as he had said, one on one.
He slipped his hand into hers and pulled her from the stool. The barmaid rolled her eyes as Hawk shook his head to cancel his drinks order and flashed her a wicked grin as he dragged Destiny into the crowd and toward the doorway.
***
He kicked open the door of the clubhouse and pulled Destiny in behind him. There was noise and the sounds of men talking and joking in one of the rooms downstairs, but Hawk had no intention of stopping to chat to them. He clearly had only one thing on his mind.
Destiny felt her pulse quicken. She was so nervous, she felt as if she had never been with a man before. The way he was making her feel was like nothing she had ever experienced. He seemed genuine and kind and not only that but he had a killer body and a bad boy edge that was driving her so wild she found it hard to contain herself whenever she was around him.
He pulled her further into the house and they climbed the stairs all the way up to the top floor. Destiny’s room was right in the eaves of the house and the thought of her warm, welcoming bed, and this incredible man being in it with her was like the most exciting dream she could ever
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