2. Jaxson & Ralynn
3. Maxum & Lily
New Beginnings (with Darlene Tallman)
1. Reclaiming Maysen
2. Reviving Luca
3. Restoring Tig
Nelson Brothers (with Darlene Tallman)
1. Seeking Our Revenge
2. Seeking Our Forever
3. Seeking Our Destiny
Twisted Iron MC (with Kayce Kyle)
1. Mercenary And His Outlaw
2. Fueling The Edge
3. Sandman’s Awakening
4. Fox’s Lair
5. Pyro’s Final Flame… TBA
Old Ladies Club (with Kayce Kyle, Erin Osborne and Darlene Tallman)
1. OLC - Wild Kings
2. OLC - Soul Shifters
3. OLC - Rebel Guardians
4. OLC - Rage Ryders
Part XVI
Shocking Destiny
West Texas Dark Leopards MC
By L. Firminger
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Prologue
(Kane)
Once upon a time there was a boy and a girl who fell madly in love with each other. They lived a long, happy life surrounded by children and grandchildren until it came time for them to peacefully pass away and leave this world.
Fuck that bedtime story and the happy ending bullshit. Fuck those stories about fate and finding that one person mated for everyone. Fuck the beginning, show me the end already. This wasn’t some fairy-tale that you tell your kids at night. This was real life. This was people interfering where they had no business to, and me being cursed. My parents told me growing up that what I had was a gift. I let my guard down and began to believe them. That was until my ‘gift’ took their lives when I shifted and accidentally killed my father. We didn’t know that it was still active when I shifted and when it happened, I couldn’t get myself to calm down to shift back and help him. The loss of her mate resulted in my mother’s death. She couldn’t get over the loss and I had run away, leaving her all alone. When I look back now, I wish I could take that back. Maybe if I had stayed then she would still be around, and I wouldn’t have turned into this messed up shell of a supernatural being. So now, I keep myself guarded.
I, Kane Jacobs, never thought I would find a place living with my curse, but I found it in the Dark Leopards MC club. Not only that, I was made Vice President. After everything that had happened though, I really only let one person in and that was my brother from another mother, our MC President, Blaze. Even him I kept at arm’s length. After I had come across them in West Texas, I had started out with the club as a prospect and did what I had to do to make ranks. I kept my head down, my mouth shut and my hands to myself. After my prospect time was up, I was patched in. There was a lot of fighting over me becoming an officer for the club as I was a jaguar and not a leopard like it was stated in the rules. After a lot of back and forth, I became the VP. Blaze had my back through the whole ordeal. I had earned his trust saving his life and in return he had my back, just I had his. Sure the rest of the club would watch out for us, but he was my Pres. He kept a roof over my head and stopped me from giving in to the dark thoughts in my head. I tried not to give him a reason to have to babysit me. He had enough on his plate so I never added to that. He would pull me aside though if something worried him.
Other than the club whores that paid me a visit when I needed them for a fuck, I kept to myself. I never wanted anyone to get caught up and pay for a mistake that I couldn’t undo. Every night, before I went home to stare at my ceiling, something most people referred to as sleep, I went and had few drinks at a bar near my place. It was enough distance for me to park at home and walk to. I had seen what happened when people got on a bike after drinking and it was not pretty. It was enough to turn me off drinking altogether but I needed the numb that followed my buzz every night. I needed to stop the thoughts, even if it was only a temporary fix. The night I met her was no different. I went home, parked my bike, locking it up before going to the bar. I didn’t even bother going further than the garage. There was no point. Nothing was waiting for me. Chelsea, the main bartender during the week, gave me a nod as I walked in and got me my usual scotch on the rocks. I went and sat in my usual spot at the end of the bar. Chelsea sat the drink in front of me and leaned on her elbows. You could see the tops of her boobs just peeking out of her singlet top but when she was like this,
