TEL’ANNASThe coppery smell of blood and sweat was strong, even from where we were seated in the back of the stands. The room was dimly lit except for the spotlights focused on the ring in the middle. Scantily clad women walked around the arena, holding trays, some taking orders and others bets. From our vantage points we could see almost the entire club, but more importantly we had a direct line of sight to the V.I.P seating area.Things were just starting to kick into gear, the stands were almost full and the first of the fighters were in the ring warming up. Seated front and center next to the ring, was the person I’d come to keep tabs on, next to him were the guys from the photos earlier. They were all huddled around looking at some sort of flyer.“Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready?” The announcer stepped into the ring, a short stubby guy in desperate need of a decent haircut and a shower. As the crowd whooped and cheered focused on the ring, I took the opportunity to scan the
DANEThe sun was high in the sky as Madden and I rolled into Claymore. The city was in the grips of revitalisation, new developments marked its outskirts, it was just a few years behind Southport, but there was no doubt the town council was trying to improve their image. Old buildings were either getting modern facelifts or torn down completely. As we pulled into the Weavers Hotel, we noticed a group of people arguing amongst each other.“They look like the group that was in the picture with Tel’annas,” Madden noted as he jumped off his bike. Taking a closer look, he was right but with one notable absence—Tel’annas. An uneasy feeling started to settle, something wasn’t right here. “I’ll go check us in, you head over and find out what that’s all about, give ‘em the heads up before you go see the Princess.”I gave him a look, what the hell was he thinking giving me orders, he may be my VP but hell he was stating the obvious here. As I pulled closer to the group bits and pieces of their
TEL’ANNASDamon leaned in, his arms caged me against the kitchen bench, the scent of his aftershave sending a thrill down my spine and lashings spasms between my thighs. I ran my hand up his chiseled chest.“We shouldn’t,” I whispered, I wasn’t sure if I was trying to convince him or myself. There was no denying the attraction we had both been skirting around for weeks now. “They’ll be back soon.”“I don’t care,” his voice was gravelly, I could see the fight in his eyes, Dane was having the same trouble I was. Resisting what was developing between the two of us was starting to become harder and harder the longer we tried.He stepped closer, one hand around my back now, pulled me closer to him, our breath mixed, there was nothing between us, I could feel his hard cock digging into my belly. His forehead resting on mine, sent my heart racing.“My cousin will kill you if he finds out,” I whispered against his lips, my control steadily slipping the longer we were like this. We were strad
DANEThe Lion’s Den seemed to be at the center of everything. I’d sent Madden and Cian out to find out what they could about the new owners of the damn club. Laoise and Tiernan were tasked with trying to track down the girl from last night and I was here waiting for the rest of my guys to arrive.I was growing restless with the lack of information so far. As much as I wanted to trust Cian to let his guy handle the hunt for what we needed to know, I couldn’t. I wanted my own guy on it too, I needed something concrete for when I made the call to Stryker. It wouldn’t do the current deal I was brokering with them any good, if they found out I was keeping this from them and I didn’t trust any of these Irish not to run back to Lennox Senior if it meant getting back into his good graces.“Dane,” Jonah answered before the phone even had a chance to ring. He sounded wary.“Is everything okay Jonah?” I asked, I needed his full attention. I couldn't have him distracted.“Yeah, everything is fin
TEL’ANNAS“I trust that you’re finding the accommodations to your standards,” The familiar voice of my mystery captor came from somewhere near the door to my new hell. Sarcasm dripped as he stepped further into the room.Somewhere between my pounding on the door and finally giving up, I’d fallen asleep. I hadn’t planned too and I guess I could take solace in the fact that nothing had happened to me while I slept, but every nerve within buzzed, my flight or fight mode was stronger than ever now.“Not that I had very much of a choice in the matter, all things considered,” I replied flippantly as I scanned the hallway behind Blondie. Didn’t appear to be too many people in the hall behind him but that wasn’t to say there weren’t people I couldn’t see.Given what I knew bout the Ducane’s and the fact that this asshole literally looked like he stepped off the runway, it was a safe bet that the place would be crawling with all types of low life scum, happily feeding off the scraps their ove
DANEToday had been one of the hardest for me. My brothers, thankfully, knew not to mess with me when they arrived. Ty was handling everything back in Southport but had informed me if I needed more back up he’d be down here with the rest at a moment's notice. As soon as Ax and the others had arrived, they’d checked in and hit the streets to gather more information for me.“Yo Dane, what’s going on in that head of yours?” Madden’s usually jovial voice was now more serious, he’d interrupted my thought process as he walked into the room I was now using as a makeshift headquarters.My laptop was set up at the small dining table under the window. The mirror I was using as a pinboard didn’t have much except for a few post-it notes that I was using as a quick reference to what we already knew. Waiting for Jonah was killing me. I needed him to get back to me with everything else fast.“Sorry Madz,” I acknowledged, my tone neutral due to the numbness that had started taking over the longer I
TEL’ANNASThe solitude hadn’t lasted long. Shortly after Blondie had stormed out, a middle aged woman walked in, her expression was blank, posture stiff, she was flanked by four security guards. In her arms were several bags, which she dumped on the small table tucked away in the far corner of the room. I just sat on the bed and watched them, still trying to figure out how the hell I was going to make my escape.The lady stood there, pointed at the clothes and motioned towards the bathroom, not saying a word. I doubt it was a suggestion either, but fuck them I wasn’t some helpless girl they rescued, I was a fucking captive, here without a say. I turned to lay on the bed, there was no making this easy for them.“So you think maybe I could get something to eat and, ah, I dunno maybe a TV or something to keep me entertained,” I put on my best whiney voice, the one thing I’d learned so far was that it ticked off everyone that entered the room and them being angry and irrational was exact
TEL’ANNAS“You’re an arse you know that right?” I seethed, standing face to face with Dane. The jackass had just put Phee on lockdown and had been going on and on about how much I was a bad influence letting her skip school and hang out at mine.“And you’re irresponsible Princess,” he retorted, whenever Dane got angry his jaw tensed, the veins in his neck popped out and the muscles in his arms would bulge more. “How is partying and skipping school supposed to help her?”“It’s called giving her back control Hot stuff,” I said as I made my way back into the living room. The house was empty now, my parents were away on business and the staff had been given some much needed time off. “You and the guys are smothering her, pushing her to do things she just isn’t ready to do, plus what's the big deal it’s not like she’s falling behind or anything.”“The big deal? The big fucking deal?, Are you serious right now?” Dane’s deep voice sent chills down my spine, the good kind of chills. I enjoye