Chapter 14

Merigold
" You don't mind brothers?" Viper asks. I'm trying to hide the fact that my breathing has sped up and I'm getting wet just thinking of spending some alone time with these two. Yes, I know I don't know them. Yes, I'm probably not their type. Yes, I'm their Prez's little sister so that's how they probably see me as the little sister. But hey a girl can fantasize can't she. And damn what fantasy material they are.
" No. We are a family and we should be helping. You would do it for any of us," Axel says as he runs his hand through his hair. I'd like to get my hands running through that hair. Rake my nails along his scalp as he kisses my neck. " Merigold? That's good with you?" Viper asks. Shit, I zoned out. " Huh. Yea, that's fine." Someone snickers. Yep, someone busted me zoning out staring at Axel. " Ask them any questions you want. Make sure they give you a tour of the shop and talk to the guys that work there. " Viper says. He looks at Rowdy and nods " I owe you, brother." Rowdy just nods. Viper hugs me and kisses me on the forehead and says “ I’ll make it up to you. I promise.” When Viper goes back to his office I give Tank a quick hug " See you Sunday?" " Wouldn't miss it," he says.
I turn to Rowdy and Axel " Ready when you are." Rowdy opens the door for me and Axel follows behind. I'm heading to my truck when Axel takes my elbow. " You're riding with us baby girl." and points towards the motorcycles. I walk with him over to his bike. He pulls out a helmet from his saddlebag and hands it to me. " Ever ridden before?" he asks. " A few times," I say as I put the helmet on. He throws his leg over the bike and sits down offering me a hand " Good. Make sure you hold on real tight to me." he says with a smirk as I climb up. I wrap my arms around his waist and we take off.

Rowdy
We are sitting at a booth at the little diner in town. Axel has Merigold in between us and I notice she doesn't look nervous around us. Which is a good thing. I want her to be comfortable with Axel and me. " Merigold. Tell us about what Viper was gonna talk to you about." Axel tells her. She takes a sip of her water " Something about Old ladies and the club girls. I don't remember what he called them. And something about the politics or rankings." she says.
I'm more than happy to explain Old Ladies to her because she will be ours even if she doesn't know it yet. Axel and I want her and we will make her ours. We just have to ease her into it. " Old Ladies are much like a wife but more. When a patched member claims an Old Lady it is like a marriage without the ring. He claims her in front of the club and she has a kutte similar to ours but hers will say property of and the name of the guy claiming her, on it as well as getting a tattoo that says the same. He is pledging his protection, his loyalty, fidelity, and his life to her.”
“Some do get married, some don't but marriage isn't a requirement. Old Ladies are completely off-limits to the guys. No one can mess with them. The club girls, or what we call bunnies, are a group of girls that hang around the club. The party with us and make themselves available to handle our member’s and guest’s needs. Whatever those needs are. And we take care of them. They have a few rooms in the dorm they can use if they don’t want to get a place in town. Most are hoping to be Old Ladies. But that is never going to happen."
" So club bunny are fuck toys. And being an Old Lady is an honor." she says bluntly." Pretty much, " I say glade she isn’t freaking out. '' So since I'm neither where do I fit in. If my Viper thinks he is going to turn me into a club bunny I'll gut him like a fish. I’m no whore and I’ll kill anyone who thinks they are going to make me one." Hell no she won't be a club girl. I'll kill anyone other than Axel that tries to put their hands on her. No one touches what is ours.
" First of all, Viper would never let you be a bunny. He would go after anyone who even tries to touch you. Same for any of the brothers. Second, you are club royalty. The MC Princess. That is the highest-ranking you could get besides Viper. You are untouchable." Axel says. " Great as if my dating life wasn't none existent already. Now I'm untouchable, thanks to a lot Viper," she mumbles so low I don't think she wanted us to hear her.
Our food arrives and we eat in silence for a few minutes before she asks " Are there any questions that are off-limits?" I finish chewing then say" Nope. Ask away," " What’s the deal with you two? Do you have an Old Lady or do you just play with the worn-out toys," she asks. Now I could lie to her and tell her that I haven't touched a club bunny. But she is going to be ours and starting arelationship with a lie isn't what I want to do. " We don't have an Old Lady. Yes, in the past we have used a club girl or two." I let her absorb what I just said and see if she picks up on how I said "We."
" So you two haven't found an Old Lady yet or are you more in love with them and leave them to type?" she asks. Not even batting an eye. As if I just told her the sky was blue she just accepted it. I look at Axel. He picked up on it too. " We just haven't found one that fits in our style," Axel says. This gets her cracking up " Seriously. You can’t find a single woman to fuck the both of you. I find that very hard to believe.``
I slide closer to her and put my arm around her shoulder " Finding a woman that wants to try something different. Have a fling or a one-nighter. That's the easy part. Finding one that wants to commit to it for the long term. Not so easy." She shrugs her shoulders " Their loss. You seem like good guys from the little I have seen. " Axel puts his arm around her other shoulder " What about you? Why don't you have an Old Man?" he asks. She tenses for a second and grabs the pendant on her necklace I didn’t notice her wearing, rubbing it. We know Viper said her fiance died but we wanted to see if she is comfortable enough to tell us. " After burying my fiance, and having the twins it wasn't a priority. I need time to heal. And the whole single mom thing I have to be careful who I bring around. And then you add my very protective best friends that are like family to me. It made dating difficult. And if a guy couldn't man up to get past Alaric and Mac who are built like Viper and just as protective he wasn't worth my time. After my last bad date, I just put all my focus on the twins and my work."
Shit, I feel like an ass for bringing up sad memories. " When was your last date?" I ask because I want to know when the last time a guy touched our girl. " About two years ago," she says. Axel's eyes go big " You haven't had sex in two years?" he asks. Merigold laughs at the look on Axel’s face, " We clearly have different opinions as to what a date is. I didn't say I had sex with him. I didn't even kiss the guy goodnight. If you are that curious. The last time I had sex was two nights before the twin’s father was deployed on his last mission. "
Holy Fucking Shit. Merigold was practically a virgin. She has only been with one man in her life. I can’t wrap my head around guys not banging down her door to claim her. But I’m also happy they haven’t. Because she is going to ours. We talked openly about club girls, about the fact that Axel and I share women like it is, was no big deal. To Axel and me it wasn’t. She didn’t look at us with disgust or shy away. But her saying she hasn't had sex in four years seems to embarrass her because her cheeks suddenly turn red and she is ready to leave. I paid our bill and we took her to the auto shop.
When we got there we introduced her to the guys that worked there. She already knew Brick so he took her on a tour of the shop. And answered all her questions. She wanted to know how it was run. She checked to make sure all the certificates were up to date and that the guys were happy working there. Asking if they had any complaints or problems that she needs to know about. She may only own half the shop she wanted to know all that goes into it. I can see she has a mind for business. I couldn’t help but smile at the care she took with the guys to make sure they were happy. She didn’t act like she was going to take over; she was genuinely concerned. Just one more thing to like about her.