“I’m kinda hungry, are you?” she asked, snapping me out of my thoughts. “I never finished that sandwich. Do you want one?”
All I could do was nod. It was like fucking her had forced me into silence. I couldn’t find my own voice and it was messing with my head. I watched her leave my room, butt-naked and beautiful, her perfect little tits swinging gently as she walked out.
I got off the floor and rubbed my cock down with one of the towels on the floor. Then I went and crashed down on the bed. When was the last time I’d got some sleep?
I could hear her out there in the kitchen, making a sandwich, pouring iced tea into two glasses. I wanted to stay awake and fuck her again when she came back to the room. I wanted to ask her what she was thinking, but it felt like I was sinking into the bed now.
I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I was exhausted and I didn’t even realize it. I was asleep before Mercy returned to the room.
* * *
When I woke up, the light in the room was less bright so I knew it was later in the day. How long was I sleeping? I lifted myself up on my elbows to see that I was sprawled out in the middle of my bed. I was about to call out for her when I saw her sitting by the window, cross-legged on the carpet. There was an empty plate beside her with crumbs. She was flipping the pages of a book. The best part was that she was still completely naked.
She must have heard me stir because she looked up and smiled when she met my eyes.
“I thought I’d let you sleep. You looked like you needed it. There’s food next to you on the bed. You must be hungry too.”
I reached for the plate of sandwich and the water, drinking and eating greedily while she watched me in silence.
“What are you reading?” I asked and she brightened up again.
“The oven’s manual,” she replied, shrugging. “Doesn’t seem like your cabin is exactly filled with books.”
“I don’t have the time to read,” I said and she nodded.
I sat up straight in bed, still wolfing down the sandwich. When she stood up I was stunned once again. Like I’d never seen a woman’s naked body before. What the heck was wrong with me? I was embarrassing myself. But I couldn’t look away.
Mercy walked over to me and sat down on the edge of the bed.
“Ghost, I don’t know how to thank you for what you did for me. For rescuing me from Eagle. I wasn’t expecting you to.”
“You thought I would just let you go? Let that motherfucker do whatever he wanted to do to you?”
She gulped. Her eyes looked sad.
“I’ve…had…nobody has really been there for me. Except my grandma. I’ve pretty much been alone all my life. So I guess it’s difficult for me to wrap this idea around my head that somebody else could possibly want to help me. Watch out for me.”
“I told you about our code. Our rules. None of us would let anything happen to you when you’re working with us.”
As I said the words, I was reminded of how the rest of my MC viewed her. I knew I couldn’t keep her in the dark about it. She would figure out the vibe directed at her the moment she walked into Fifth Gear the next time.
“But things are a little complicated at the moment,” I added and she agreed.
“Yeah, I know, until you guys find Eagle and bring him to task, things are going to be complicated and difficult. Don’t worry, I’ll stay out of your way, but I want to help in any way I can. How is Crash?”
I clenched my jaws and nodded.
“I think he’s okay. Mary-Beth is watching him.”
“Maybe I should check up on him.”
“Before we go to the clubhouse, there is something you should probably be aware of,” I said.
I was momentarily distracted by her tits again, but I forced myself to focus. This was important. She was watching me closely, maybe expecting bad news.
“The guys at my MC aren’t sure of you yet. I guess they just don’t trust anybody who worked for the Silver Knights and they don’t know you…”
“They think I’m working with Eagle. They think that is the reason why I disappeared, right?” she asked. Smart girl.
“But now I can tell them the truth. That I found you imprisoned. They’ll see what Eagle did to your face.”
Mercy remained silent but only nodded gently. I reached for her, touching her bare shoulder softly. I saw the way the color rose in her cheeks. I trusted this girl and wanted her to trust me too.
“I want to prove myself to you and to the Iron Thunder. I am not the girl they think I am. I’m not one of the other strippers from Teasers. I had a different life before this. I have skills…I could have been a nurse!”
“Mercy, you still can,” I said. The tip of her nose had gone red and I wondered if she was going to cry. Please. Don’t. Fuckin’. Cry! I would give her anything she wanted and do everything she needed me to do…if it meant I would never have to see her cry again.
“I don’t know if that is true. I don’t know how I could possibly be a nurse now. How I could go back to school.”
“Do you need your degree? Because we don’t. We need someone like you on our team and as long
