Reapers Creed MC: Damon's Salvation Read online

  I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn’t realize someone was coming over until it was too late. When I looked up, there was trashy Barbie and three more trashy minions. All of them were dressed like they were on their way to a slut festival.

  “Get the fuck out of here before I kick your sorry fat ass,” she started yelling at me. Before I had a chance to respond, she suddenly looked to the side and saw my daughter playing with a stick she found on the ground. Then she turned and started walking in her direction, and before I could move, the prospect came running outside and got in her face.

  “Don’t be stupid, Gina. If you do something to the little girl, Damon is going to kill you,” he warned.

  “Why? What does it matter to him? That’s just a stupid whore and her little brat.” she yelled looking my way.

  I jumped out of my seat and headed towards the crazy bitch. I was going to kill her for talking about my daughter like that. Thankfully, while all of this was happening Leslie was oblivious to it. I knew Gina Whorina was so stupid she didn’t realize Leslie was Damon’s. The prospect pushed her inside the club and I decided to let it go—for now. This time I was going to allow Damon to kick her ass when he found out. It was okay. He was already familiar with her stinky ass anyway.

  Since yesterday, everything with his daughter had been rainbows and unicorns. It was coming to an end. Let’s see how he would handle the surprise. I would just have to wait up until seven. It’s always at seven.

  Damon

  It’s scary how your life can change drastically in less than twenty-four hours. Yesterday at this time, I was a single guy with no intention of having a family of my own, except for my club. My whole life was dedicated to my job as the VP, and to fuck anybody I felt like. No relationships. I’ve never been good at those.

  One chance meeting changed everything. I have a beautiful daughter but unfortunately I can’t communicate with her. I don’t have a fucking clue how to talk to her the way her mother does. Last night, when we arrived my dad was waiting for us. He freaked out when he saw my little angel in my arms but I didn’t have time to explain then. As soon as I put her to bed I went to talk to him and my mom. I explained everything the best that I could. I didn’t understand much about Leslie’s condition and I was so angry with her mother that I didn’t want to talk to her until my head was a little clearer. Regardless, I don’t see us talking soon. I haven’t exactly made this thing easy for either of them. I knew I had fucked up when I heard my baby girl screaming bloody murder in the hallway. I found her beautiful, pain in the ass mother trying to sneak out and ended up locking them in the bedroom. I had to make sure she stayed put until I could figure out what to do. When I saw Lyra last night standing in that hall holding my little girl, my heart felt like it was going to explode. I had felt that woman in my arms just once but the connection will be there forever. I was getting ready for the day when my dad came barreling into my room to let me know that he was taking my sister to the doctor and needed me to conduct church today. He asked my mom to make breakfast for Leslie and then he wanted her to meet them at the doctor’s office. As soon as I walked out of my room, I decided to check on the girls. When I opened the door Lyra was peacefully sleeping on one side of the bed while my girl was sitting next to her sucking her thumb and looking around. When she saw me standing at the door, I put my finger up to my mouth, so she didn’t wake up her mom and went over to pick her up. She put her eyes close to mine and blinked a couple of times, then she rubbed her nose against mine, and finished by giving me a kiss on the lips.

  God it was so hard. She was amazing, but I didn’t know what to do with her. I carried her into the kitchen where Ani and my mom were cooking. Leslie smiled at Ani, but didn’t move from my arms. Mom came to us and kissed her on the top of her head.

  “Ani, I need you to ask my girl what she wants for breakfast,” I told her while I was taking a seat with Leslie on my lap.

  “She only eats pancakes in the morning,” she answered as she sat by my side. “Where’s Lyra? I need to talk to her. She must be very confused.”

  “I need you to do me a favor. Don’t go near her for a couple of days, please. I need to see where this thing is going, and with you close, she is going to hide behind you.”

  “That’s not fair. She’s like my sister, and I’m not about to throw her under the bus like that,” she snapped with her fucking attitude that was common from her.

  “Well, too fucking bad. That’s the way this is going to go. You owe me that. You knew I was the father and you hid it from me,” I growled and the tone of my voice was final.

  Leslie looked at my mom and smiled. “Who you?” she asked with her thumb still in her mouth and a strand of my hair wrapped around her finger.

  “I’m your grandma,” my mom answered as she went to her knees and waited for Ani to sign for her.

  “Gamma. Like Gamma Jowdan?”

  “Yes, baby girl,” my mother told her, and when I looked at my mom she was holding back her tears.

  “Gamma. Me huwngy,” she smiled.

  “Okay, baby. Let’s eat. You have to eat everything, so you can grow big and strong.”

  Thank God Ani was here to communicate with Leslie on our behalf because it was very hard to talk to her. When I sat Leslie down on the chair, I realized the table was too tall for her. I walked with her in my arms over to the front room and sat her on top of the bar. My mom came behind me with a big plate for me, and she said as soon as she finished with Kat at the doctor’s office she was going to go and get a high chair along with other things for Leslie. Ani realized she was going to have to do what I told her and asked me to let Lyra know that she was spending time with my sister because she was sick. She also asked me to tell Lyra she would be back in a couple of days.

  Just as she turned to leave, my cell started buzzing in my pocket. I reached for it and saw it was Nate calling, one of the brothers from the Pullman chapter. After we left Lyra’s place yesterday, I texted him asking to get the license plate of the guy that was trying to talk to Lyra. Thinking he might have information for me, I answered the call. He explained to me there wasn’t much they could find. I asked him to text whatever he got to James, our computer guru, and hung up. I looked up to find a fork in front of my face.

  “Eat, Papa Pwetty. To gwow big,” she said with a gorgeous smile on her face.

  It was then I noticed my brothers standing there admiring my daughter and asking questions. She looked over at all of them with fascination while she kept feeding me. Without warning, Lyra entered the room and what I saw left me speechless. There she was in all her glory. She was only wearing a T-shirt and fuck, she was gorgeous. My dick was stone hard in two seconds flat. I tried to control it, since my baby girl was right there with me, but damn. I’m a hot-blooded man and she was one hell of a hot woman. I was so lost in my thoughts, that I didn’t realize my baby was talking to her mother. My imagination was running wild and I could only think of my head between her legs while I was eating her and enjoying her cream on my tongue. My dick was taking over, only thinking of being balls deep in her hot, tight pussy. That motherfucker has a mind of his own. God, I was so pussy-whipped over this woman. I needed to stop, until I could secure the situation. But there I was thinking how I would like to fuck her hard and long. Fuck. We hadn’t even had a proper conversation yet.

  When she realized she was half naked, she rushed back to the room to change. Then she came back and grabbed our baby to get her dressed.

  By the time they left the room, it was time for church. I gave the prospect some instructions, including letting him know that his balls were on the line if anything happened to my girls. Once I knew he understood, I headed to church.

  “Okay. Let’s do this. Prez isn’t going to be here this morning, so we’re just going to go over the basics.” I looked over to all my brothers, trying not to kick their asses because of the way they were looking at me.

  “Okay. Let’s get it all out there. By now you all know
I have a daughter,” I confessed. My eyes turned hard when I said, “You better take good care of her. She and her mother are going to be staying in the clubhouse for now.”

  Alex, who was sitting on my left with a smirk on his face dared to ask, “What about the mom? Is she fair game?”

  I instantly saw red and growled, “Absolutely fucking not!”

  “Why?” James asked. “You claiming her as your old lady? Because I don’t recall you claiming her before.”

  “Don’t go there. If you or any other fucker get close to her I’ll put you all down. About me claiming her we’ll talk about that later. Now we need to prepare everything for this lockdown.” I stood up and left. I had to get out of there before I ended up killing one of these assholes. I trusted my brothers, and knew they’d have my back. I just wasn’t in the mood for their pestering today.

  When I walked into the living area, I heard Gina yelling at the prospect, and when she saw me she came directly to me.

  “Love, we need to talk. You need to get that cow and her stupid kid out of here. We don’t have enough space in here for straight people. I don’t want her in this place and as your old lady, I have the right to demand that she leaves.” Then the idiot had the nerve to kiss me. What the fuck is up with this woman? She knows better than anybody that I don’t kiss.

  I pushed her off of me and when I looked behind her, what I saw turned my insides out. There was Lyra standing in the door looking like somebody kicked her puppy. After a second, she turned and left through the back door. Then she came back with Leslie in her arms and went up the stairs to their room.

  I tried to follow her, but Gina was hanging from my arm trying to hold me back.

  “Gina, let me go. Get this into your tiny head. They aren’t going anywhere. That is my woman and my kid, and if you ever talk like that about them again, I’m putting you in the ground. Keep at it and your ass is going to be out on the street. You’ve been with the club a long time, so if you want to keep living here you better keep your skanky ass away from me and my family. Now get the fuck out.” Her mouth clamped shut, and I wanted to believe she finally got it, but I was no fool. This woman wasn’t going to let it go without a fight. With that, I turned and went to the office.

  After almost an hour, I went outside looking for Lyra. She was sitting at one of the picnic tables talking to my dad. Her back was to me and when my dad looked up, he moved his head letting me know it wasn’t a good time. Instead of going to them, I got on my bike and left. There was nothing better in the world to clear your head than having your bike between your legs and the air hitting your face.

  It was almost seven when I got back to the clubhouse, and it was utter chaos. All the brothers were back with their families, and they were grilling out back. The smell of food and the noise made me realize I was coming back home. I looked around, but couldn’t see Lyra anywhere. Leslie was sitting on my dad’s lap looking around. When she saw me, she came running over to me. I grabbed her up and held her in my arms as I hugged her. She smelled like lilacs—like my baby. She looked up at me and said,

  “Papa Pwetty, music.” She started to wiggle in my arms, letting me know that she wanted down.

  I put her on the floor and went to turn up the music, so she could dance. After two seconds, all hell broke loose. She started yelling that she wanted to dance, and I kept raising the volume. That didn’t make her stop. Suddenly Lyra appeared and went directly to a crying Leslie, and after signaling something to her, picked her up and started walking back inside. Leslie didn’t stop crying and yelling until she got inside. I had no idea what the fuck that was all about, but I was going to find out.

  I was on my way to ask Lyra about this music thing when my dad came up and stopped me.

  “Son, we need to talk,” he ordered as he motioned for me to follow him to his office.

  “Pop, not now. I need to go and be sure that Leslie is okay.” I tried to turn to leave, but he wasn’t having it. We entered his office.

  “Sit down, Damon” his voice was iron clad. “I need to tell you about my conversation with Lyra. When I finish you can decide what you want to do about it.”

  “Okay,” I answered as I sat on the chair in front of his desk.

  “First of all, that girl knows a lot of the dynamics of a club. With that being said, you need to know she is leaving tomorrow.”

  “The fuck she is!,” I roared as I stood from the chair and turned to leave.

  “Damon, sit your ass back on that chair,” he ordered as he took out a cigarette. After lighting it up, he took a long drag. “She knows we can’t force her to stay and she doesn’t have to do as you say because she’s not your old lady. She also knows there is no way we are going to keep Leslie here because we don’t have a way to communicate with her.”

  “They are in danger outside of this clubhouse, Pop,” I snapped. I was getting desperate.

  “She promises we can see the kid and she will stay as safe as she can.” Then, he stood close to me and said, “After telling you this, it's up to you. You have to decide how you want to deal with this situation. I know you will do what needs to be done.”

  “You can bet your ass I will. She won’t know what’s coming.” I stood up and opened the door.

  “Damon, one more thing,” my dad said. “If you do what I think you’re going to do, she won’t be able to leave. And because she has a daughter with you, she doesn’t have to agree according to our laws. You should also know she thinks Gina is with you and apparently she has reasons to believe it. Clear everything, break ties with Gina before you do anything else. I don’t want to see Lyra suffer.”

  “Consider it done,” I told him and then I walked directly to the bar. I grabbed a beer, and decided I needed to make a plan. The party was in full swing and the guys were having a great time. Thankfully because the families were here, it was contained. Leigh came over and stood by my side while waiting for a beer.

  “Are you okay, brother? What was with your girl and the screaming?”

  “I don’t know, but I’m planning to find out. Have you seen them?” I asked as I looked around.

  “They went to bed, I think. Your mom was talking to them in the kitchen when I came in.”

  “Have you seen Gina?” I asked him. He looked at me with a smirk on his face. “I need to make sure this shit with Gina is cleared up and she knows all my ties with her are broken.”

  “How are you going to do that? Gina isn’t going to be happy and Lyra is set on leaving. There is no way that you can avoid that, brother.” Suddenly he looked at me as if he realized everything and said, “Unless …”

  “Don’t worry, fucker. I’m going to do what I have to do. I’m going to bed now. You will find out about everything tomorrow at church.” And with that, I left a very confused Leigh and went to my bedroom.

  Lyra

  This morning, as soon as I walked inside the clubhouse and saw Gina kissing Damon, I knew what I had to do. What else can I expect? It’s not like he was mine. But even though I knew that, it didn’t prevent my heart from being broken. I have been dreaming about a man that hasn’t even known me for a long time. Now here I am, realizing it was all in my head. All those nights thinking he was going to come and claim me as his, like a knight in shining armor. I know I must be delusional but it was my dream and everybody has a right to dream whatever the fuck they want.

  After the nauseous display of affection I saw close to the bar, I went outside again. A big man approached the table I was sitting on while keeping an eye on Leslie. He introduced himself as Lucas, president of the Reapers Creed MC and Damon’s father. We talked for a little while. I explained to him that I had been a prisoner of the Diablos and that there was no way they would force me to stay in the club. He wasn’t too happy but he understood what I was getting at. I promised him I was going to stay for a couple of days, but I was going to start looking for a place that was safe for me and Leslie. Then he told me if I needed anything, I just have to ask. After we
exchanged phone numbers he stood and went directly to Cora. He kissed her with a passion that made me jealous. I would give anything to have that.

  Hours later, the place started filling up with a bunch of old ladies and kids. I saw Damon coming in but ignored him. Leslie was sitting on Lucas’ lap watching a little boy playing in the sand box.

  Suddenly it happened. My baby girl went running to her dad and after being in his arms for a little while, she told him that she wanted to dance. When she didn’t see the result she was looking for, she started screaming like a banshee. Poor bastard tried everything he could, raising the volume every time she asked to dance. I know I was being unfair because I didn’t explain to him about the vibrations but you know what, suffer mother fucker! I had told him to bring her table and he didn’t listen, so okay big ape I want to see how you get yourself out of this one.

  I let her scream for a few minutes before I went to her because even though it was very entertaining seeing how he was going crazy over this, I hated to see my daughter cry. When I picked her up, I stopped in the kitchen to get some milk for her. Cora poured some in a new sippy cup and we said our good nights. I took her directly to the bedroom and to my surprise as soon as her head hit the pillow she was sound asleep.