Devil on My Shoulder: A Biker Erotic Romance (Camden Knights MC) (3 page)

Now Pax just stared at her with his eyes wide and his mouth open.

“He had me get the tattoo to be sure that none of his boys would take advantage of me. It marks me as his. And no, he didn’t send me. He doesn’t know I’m here.”

“Theo’s daughter!?” Pax said in shock and surprise. “Theo Johnson?”

Sammie sighed deeply. “I wanted to tell you. I just didn’t know how. I knew that there was something special about you when I first saw you. You weren’t afraid of my size. And I prayed that you wouldn’t be afraid of my father like everyone else.

“Any other Thursday night you would have known. Dad always comes down to the bar to eat supper on Thursday nights. He normally gets there around 6:30. Any other Thursday, he would have been there, but tonight he was negotiating with a landlord who wanted to evict one of the families in the neighborhood and couldn’t be there.

“Because of who and what Dad is, I’m practically a virgin. Even the college boys in my classes at school know who my father is and steer clear of me. Some are put off by my size, but most are just plain scared to death of my father.”

“I love your size,” replied Pax. “You may have noticed that. And I’m not afraid of your father. But I am afraid of what he—or the Knights—might do to you if they catch you here with me.”

She stared at him, her eyes overflowing with tears.

“Sammie Johnson,” he said. “I never asked your last name. Why does it have to be Johnson?”

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” she answered. “Romeo and Juliet were able to bring their warring houses together.”

“But don’t forget,” he answered with an almost-laugh, “at the end of the play both Romeo and Juliet were dead.”

“It didn’t have to end that way,” she said, almost pleading. “They died because they didn’t tell each other what they planned to do. If they had talked to each other and planned together what they were doing, they could have both lived.”

“Maybe,” he answered. “Or maybe their families would have killed them both and kept right on fighting each other until everyone was dead.”

“So what do we do?” she asked. “I love you, and you say you love me. Do we try to pretend that none of this ever happened? Do we try to keep this a secret? Do we run away together? What do we do?”

Pax gave a very deep sigh and said, “We figure that out in the morning. Tonight we make love like it is our last time—because it might be. And then we fall asleep in each other’s arms.”

Pax began moving his hands over Sammie’s body once again. Despite her fear and sadness, her body soon began to respond. So did Pax’s. After many minutes she was once again thrusting to meet his hand, and he entered her once more. This time their lovemaking was much slower and they clung much more tightly to each other. This time it wasn’t passion, but closeness that both were seeking. They sought the closeness that might be denied them after tonight. They sought the closeness of two people who needed each other very much. They sought the closeness of two lovers who might soon be separated by death... or by events totally out of their control.

Soon they were both spent, and Pax fell asleep still lying on top of her. Sammie lay awake, listening to his breathing and wondering what tomorrow would bring. Could Romeo and Juliet survive? Could they bring peace between their families? Or would they and their love and their families be torn apart in a war between the Hell’s Marauders and the Camden Knights?

Tomorrow would tell.

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