Taming Blade (Kings Reapers MC Book 5) by Nicola Jane (mini ebook reader TXT) 📕

“You’re not so bad yahself,” I say, smirking. I follow him outside, spotting his bike, and I glance down at my dress and heels. “You brought your bike?”

“I love my bike. I take it everywhere,” he says. He sees me looking at my outfit and his mouth forms an O shape once he realises. “Right. I guess your heels aren’t really made for riding a bike. Erm . . .” He looks around, scratching his head. “We can walk. It isn’t too far from here.”

I guess I should have known he’d come on his bike. I press my lips into a firm line, but I find myself nodding anyway. He wouldn’t understand the pain of walking in heels.

After ten minutes of walking, I’m beginning to feel the blisters on my toes. “Much further?” I ask.

We turn the corner and I inwardly groan. The bar where he drinks with his biker friends is right there and I pray he isn’t taking me in there. “The Windsor?”

Blade grins at me. “Yeah. Best place for a party.”

I smile awkwardly. He doesn’t do dates, so I can’t complain, but I also can’t help feeling slightly disappointed that it isn’t just me and him. I was looking forward to getting to know him some more.

Inside, it’s heaving with men dressed in the same style of leather jacket as Blade and women draped around them in next to nothing. “I just gotta say hi to my Pres,” he says. “I’ll bring you a drink. Go join the ol’ ladies.” I look around, but I don’t see any old ladies in here. “At the table,” he adds. I see where Blade points and spot a group of women around my age. I’m hesitant to just rock up to these women when I don’t know them, though I do recognise a couple of them from when I sat at the club’s breakfast table that one time. “Come on, I’ll introduce you,” he adds. We approach the table and the conversation dies out as they all look up at us. “Ladies,” Blade croons.

“Where have you been? Riggs is in a shitty mood. You were meant to report back hours ago,” says one of the women.

“This little sour puss is Anna,” says Blade, grinning at me. “She’s the Pres’s ol’ lady.”

I give a little wave, then resist the urge to kick myself. Why the hell did I wave like the new kid at school?

“That’s Eva, Anna’s best friend,” he adds.

“Am I not a little more than just Anna’s best friend?” snaps Eva. “I mean, I’ve been a part of the club for some time now and I’m married to your VP.”

“I was getting to that part, beautiful.” He adds a grin. “Then we have the lovely Leia, Pres’s sister, and then Gia, Blu’s significant other.” The women all smile, and they seem friendly enough. “This is Sunshine. Guard her with your life,” says Blade before he turns and heads back into the crowd. I’m rooted to the spot, suddenly feeling abandoned. This has never happened to me on a date before.

“Don’t look so terrified,” says Anna, pulling out a stool beside her. “Take a seat. We don’t bite.”

Leia pours me a glass of wine from a bottle of white in the centre of the table. “Are you and Blade sleeping together?” she asks bluntly.

“Christ, Leia, at least stick with light chat to begin with,” snaps Eva.

“You’re so snippy today. Have you and Cree had a fallout?” asks Leia, and Eva scowls.

“No,” I interrupt before they can get into an argument. “This is our first date.”

They all turn to me with wide eyes. “Date?” Anna repeats, and I nod. “Blade never dates.”

“I’m not sure if that makes me feel better or worse,” I say, adding a grin. “But I kinda guessed he never dates because he brought me here.” When they don’t laugh, I realise I might have offended them so I add in, “Not that here is bad. I mean,” I pause and look around, “it’s . . . nice.”

The women break out into laughter and I relax knowing they were just kidding with me. “If this was my first date, I’d have walked out and gone home,” says Anna.

“Are you kidding?” asks Eva. “Blade isn’t exactly bad to look at. I’d at least entertain him until I worked out if he was worth a second date.”

“And where do you think a second date would be if the first was a backstreet bar full of bikers?” asks Leia, laughing.

Eva shrugs. “Maybe the chicken shop?” They laugh again and this time I join them.

“It’s not so bad,” I say. “I was just expecting to actually spend time getting to know him. We got here and he dumped me for his mates,” I add.

“Girl, that’s the life we lead. The only time I get to spend more than passing time with Cree is when he’s buried inside of me,” says Eva, and the women all groan, feigning disgust.

“It’s true,” adds Anna. “I know Riggs and I have our problems, but at least when he’s inside of me, he’s paying me some attention.” The women nod in agreement.

“You’re not exactly selling him to me,” I say.

“Let me break it down,” says Anna. “You want a guy who loves you unconditionally, uncontrollably, and fiercely, then Blade is the one for you. But, if you’re looking for one hundred percent attention, a guy who’s always around, then give up now. None of these guys can dedicate time to women.”

“This is so beyond first date chat,” I mutter. “I was honestly just looking at getting laid,” I joke, and they fall about laughing.

BLADE

“I need the collection done tonight. You let me down earlier and now you owe me.” Anna wasn’t kidding when she warned me Riggs was in a mood. I didn’t let him down, I just turned up late for a different collection. Ain’t my fault the guys had locked up and gone. I glance over to Tillie. She and the girls are laughing, so