Raging Barons MC – Book Three – Silver

-:- EDEN -:-

Back in the kitchen, Meat places the bread in the pantry. I think it’s to stop the brothers cutting into it before lunch. Giving him a quirk of the eyebrow and a grin, he shakes his head, then nods at the back door.

Once outside I quickly follow Meat to the pile of wood that we moved previously. This time, I see he has tools lying around at the ready. Now I’ve never used tools as such, just a screwdriver or a hammer, so I hope he doesn’t want me to use a drill or saw.

Meat turns to me, takes out three bandanas from his back pocket, and wraps one around his head, then does the same to mine, placing the third back in his pocket. I have to giggle as I think we look ridiculous, but I keep that opinion to myself.

Pointing at a stool, “Sit,” Meat tells me, then sits on a pile of wood himself. Taking a sheet of paper out of his front jeans pocket, he hands it to me, then leans forward with his elbows on his knees.

Looking at the sheet he’s handed to me, I can see they are blueprints of what we’re going to be building, and a smile stretches across my face. It’s a treehouse, a stunning treehouse at that. Before I can say anything, Mia is dashing across the compound towards us. “Hey, don’t start without me.” She shouts and comes to a halt with a grin on her face.

I hand the blueprint over to Mia and as she’s looking it over Meat wraps the third bandana around her head. Now we look like the three amigos.

We spend the next few hours watching Meat cut pieces of wood to length, then he teaches us how to hammer, drill and use the screwdriver correctly, by the time we’ve finished we missed lunch, but Meat told us he’d left a note for the brothers, to leave enough bread for us to have a sandwich when we’ve finished. We have a frame built now, that is going to be the platform where everything else will build from.

Something smacks me on the butt and as I turn around Mia is grinning, while holding a length of wood in her gloved hands. Without thinking, I pick up a similar piece and we get into sword play with our pretend swords. Meat is now sitting grinning at us and every time one of us taps the other he’s counting hits, and I’m winning at the moment 6 to 4. When Axel shouts Mia, and we realize we’re done, I shout and jump around in victory, much to Mia’s disgust and promise of retribution.

“Come on Eden, we need to get you something to eat so you can get changed and ready for Silver to pick you up.” Meat states, throwing his arm around my shoulders and I place my arm around his waist as we walk back to the clubhouse.

Meat cuts fresh bread and before I know it, he has a ham salad sandwich, a bag of chips and an iced-tea before me. Thanking him, I take my first bite and have to moan at the taste because he has obviously cooked the ham in something; it has so much flavor.

“This ham is awesome. I love the taste. What did you do with it?” I ask and he gives me a wink, but doesn’t give me the answer I’m looking for. “Okay, I’ll not tell you how I make the best cinnamon rolls you ever tasted.” Passing my plate to him, I wink and hurry out of the kitchen, giggling to myself as I head back to my room.

Showered, changed and ready for Silver to pick me up I walk back downstairs and everyone who is around seems to be busy doing something so I sit on a stool at the bar, “What can I get you Eden?” Beer asks, giving me one of his bright smiles.

“Just a can of soda, please. I’m waiting for Silver to pick me up.” I tell him, and take the can which he has opened for me.

“Are you going to the club?”

“Yeah, my first time back since, you know, what happened to me.”

“You’ll be okay, Eden. Don’t go outside the club on your own. Let someone else take the garbage out.” He taps my hand with a finger, then points at me, “No excuses, you can’t take a risk, you may not survive another beating like that.”

“I won’t go out alone. I’m staying indoors, behind the bar.”

“Yes, you will.” is said behind me, and when I turn Silver is standing there with his arms crossed over his chest. “Are you ready?”

I stand from the stool and hand Beer my empty can, “Thanks, Beer.”

“You’re welcome, Eden.” He smiles, earning a growl from Silver, who smirks when I give him a dirty look.

Entering Club Whisky, I’m overwhelmed as I walk through the back door. The car parking area had me wanting to gag with the memories of what had happened, but I shake it off quickly because I will not let this get me down. I’ve had enough shit happen to me and I’m going to fight back from now on.

The evening progresses quickly, and I was surprised with the flow of customers we had early in the evening. Meals are selling steadily; and they smell so good too.

Twig and Sue are working tonight, and I’m pleased we have little time to talk. I’m not sure either would be people I would make friends with. They both seem nice enough, but just not my type, doesn’t make them bad, just makes them different from my usual friends.

Silver walks behind the bar and leans an arm around my shoulders. “Time for you to eat, go in the kitchen and Tony or Fiona will fix you up.”

Entering the kitchen, I see Tony at the fryers, taking out some chicken that is coated in a batter. It looks so good that my mouth waters.

“You okay Eden? Ready to eat?” Fiona asks. “You can have anything on the menu. Silver already said you would come through.”

“Oh, I would love some of that chicken and fries. Can I sit here and eat?” I ask, as I don’t want to sit in the staff room on my own.

“You can. Sit yourself over at that corner table and I’ll come and have a drink while you eat. Keep you company.” Fiona smiles, and I instantly know I’m going to like her and we’ll get along. She has one of those smiles that warms your soul.

Tony brings me my meal and gives me a grin when I lick my lips. “Eat up girl, you need more strength.” He tells me, then laughs when I give him a frown. “You look like a good wind will knock you down.”

“Thank you, Tony. This looks great.” I take my first bite and my eyes open with surprise. The flavor bursts on my tongue and its spicey, but not hot and not the type of spice that gives you heartburn either. It’s warm and comforting. “Oh, my, this is amazing. I’ll give you my mamma’s recipe for really crispy onion rings if you give me the one for this?”

Tony gives me a good looking at, then crosses his arms over his chest, “hmm, so you bring me some to try and then I’ll decide.” He states, seriously too.

“Okay, that’s fair, I’ll do that.” I tell him with a smirk, because I know he’s gonna love them. Everyone loves mamma’s onion rings.

The evening behind the bar progresses well. I’m getting tired, but I will not let it show. Chaos and Target came in a while ago and now they are sitting at the bar, talking with me. They are two men I would never be frightened of; they are tough, you can see that just by looking at them. They also have this softness that they show to Mia, Shar and now myself that tells me they wouldn’t hurt women.

“Tomorrow morning, you’re training with me,” Target states. “Make sure you have your sweats on as we’ll start with a run. Then I’m taking you and Mia through hand-to-hand. I want you to throw a man if they make a grab at you. You up for being thrown around a bit, Chaos?”

“Yeah, I’m up for it. They can throw me around any time they like.” He grins, then winks at me, which has me giggling.

When Silver locks up, I’m well ready to get back to the clubhouse and into bed. My legs feel like they want to continue walking even when I’m standing still. That was a long night, but the amount of people that use the club shows we are doing well, and the meals have to be bringing in a good profit because they never stopped passing me all night as I was serving at the bar.

As soon as we get back to the clubhouse I go upstairs, have a quick shower and throw on a t-shirt to sleep in. My pj’s need washing and I really need to get my laundry done as most of what I have is in the laundry basket. I pick up the last pair of clean panties and drag them up my legs, then throw myself into bed, pulling the cover up to my waist before I drift off to sleep.

-:- SILVER -:-

Quietly opening the door, I can see Eden is fast asleep, and it has me smiling. She doesn’t really know that she is making a place for herself here, but the brothers are getting really attached to her. Meat especially is growing a soft spot, but I wouldn’t be brave enough to say it to his face.

Checking the time, I see it’s 2:30 am and I have to decide to go to my room or stay here with Eden, and staying here wins. I quickly shower and climb into bed, tucking Eden into my side. She mumbles something about what can I get you? Which has me smirking as she is obviously still serving drinks in her dreams. Closing my eyes, I take a deep breath of Eden and feel myself drifting to sleep.

My cellphone ringing wakes me and I quickly grab it from the bedside table where I’d left it last night. Seeing that it’s 7:00 am, I give a little groan as we definitely have not had enough sleep.

“Yeah,” I say quietly, because I don’t want to disturb Eden. Dragging my legs out of bed and heading into the bathroom, where I close the door to keep this quiet.

“We’re having Church. You have half an hour to be down.” Buzz states, then cuts the call. I groan as I would have liked to have stayed cuddling Eden a while longer. Fuck, there’s that word again, cuddling. Fuck me.

I quickly and as quietly as I can shower and dress, then head downstairs to grab a coffee before the meeting. Entering the kitchen, Meat is busy coating half a lamb by the looks of it with some kind of spice. I can smell garlic, but I’m not asking as he’ll not say, anyway.

Mia walks in yawning, but she gives everyone a smile. By now, there must be ten brothers grabbing a drink before Church starts. “Morning everyone.” She mumbles, then smells her coffee, gives a little smile, then takes her first sip. I’m watching along with Meat, and we both grin at the morning ritual: that is Mia.

Axel storms in, grabs a coffee, kisses Mia on the head, then bellows, “Bring your drinks this once. We need to get to it.” Everyone looks at each other, as none of us seems to have any idea what is going on.

Once everyone is inside Church, the door is closed and Petey stands outside the door. He’s taken everyone’s cellphones and weapons as we enter. He’ll stand guard at the door to make sure we are not disturbed, particularly taken unaware, which happened to a club years ago, where the whole brotherhood was gunned down in Church and had not a single weapon amongst them.

“Quiet, we have little time. You all have jobs to get to, so I’m making this quick. We’ve had word from Charles that Tommo has contacted him, at last and they’ve set up a meeting. They set the meeting to happen at Eden’s house.” Axel says as he looks directly at me, “We can go meet the little cocksucker and get him out of the way once and for all.”

The room has burst into curses and promises of death. It shows how much the brothers think of Eden already. Buzz taps on the table. “I’m gonna get one of my people who lives on the street to let me know when they arrive. That way, we can sneak up on them from a couple of streets over. Tommo won’t hear the bikes if we do it that way.”

Nodding, we all agree it’ll be a good way to grab him and if we have the van ready, we can throw him in and get him away from town quickly and quietly.

Fox grabs our attention. “Mia and I have a meeting with a lumber yard. She’s set up a meeting for us to get a discount on good quality wood for me to use for the business. If I don’t get to the house, you’ll know why, but I’ll make sure nothing happens to Mia while you’re all busy.” He gives Axel a nod to let him know he won’t have to worry.

It doesn’t take much longer before we head out and I rush back upstairs to let Eden know I’m grabbing breakfast then have to run to the club to take a delivery and check the new cleaner I hired has turned up, and is doing the job right.

Entering the bedroom, I quickly see Eden’s not here, and she’s not in the bathroom either. Back downstairs, she’s not in the common room, so the last place to look is the kitchen, and nope, she’s not here either. Damn, where is she and as I turn to leave the kitchen Meat shouts to me, “Eden’s on her run with Mia. They’ll be training with Target this morning.”

Giving him a nod, then head out to my bike, and to the club because I want this done as we’re going out on the bike this morning. I’m heading to my favorite place with Eden, and I can’t wait to get her on the back of my bike.