• Lane during the business deal/card game •
The bowling alley is dark, smoke filled. Rough looking characters within the shady atmosphere all eye a beautiful blonde in a pink sweater as she trails closely behind the biggest crime lord in all of Pinewood, Washington.
Max leans into Katie's ear as they approach a huge security guard. "Keep your mouth shut and don't do anything stupid."
The blonde's lips pout, her eyes innocent. Lane nods to the security guard. The guard automatically opens a hidden door, stepping aside as Lane casually walks inside. Katie's body is lightly shoved forward. She avoids eye contact with the security guard as she walks into the secret room.
Katie sees that a group of men are gathered around a huge table playing cards. The blonde bites the inside of her cheek.
Gamblers? Katie thinks, arching a brow. Is that is this meeting actually for?
"Lebedev." Lane nods to a greasy haired man with black eyes and pale skin.
"West." The man Lane had called 'Lebedev' nods back, his Russian accent heavy.
Lane sits down at an empty seat. Margo, Lola, and Rebel all walk over to the other men and touch the men's shoulders, grinning down at them. Katie stands back unsure what to do. She can't decide what she fears more, if she angers the men or Lane. One of the men looks her up and down, giving her a nasty look as he bites his lip.
"Hey, Cutie," The Hispanic man makes kissy faces at the blonde, "Why don't you come over here and give me some attention?"
Phoenix and Ace shoves Katie forward, causing her to fall onto her scraped hands and knees. She hisses at the pain, feeling embarrassed as the Hispanic man continues to give her a nasty, sexual look.
"Juan, leave the little bitch alone." Annoyance in interlaced in Lebedev's tone of voice. "Perhaps give her a juice box."
All but Lane laughs. He glares at the girls, who quickly wipe their smug expressions off their faces. Juan stands to his feet and starts to grab Katie's bicep, but a hand grabs the Hispanic man's hands before it touches her pink, wool sweater. Juan looks up to see Lane standing above him. The biggest crime lord crushes the Juan's small knuckles, making the Hispanic cry out in pain. Katie's eyes widen as she hears the bones in Juan's hands crack, cringing.
Lebedev and the other men continue to play their card game, all ignoring Juan's painful cries. After breaking several bones in Juan's hand, Lane shoves the man to the side. The crime lord motions for Katie to stand up with annoyance.
Lane sits back down in his seat as two of the security guards escort Juan out of the secret room. Impatient and annoyed, Lane grabs Katie's wrist and plops her down onto his lap. Her heart races, her hands shaking.
Does he notice that my hands are shaking? Katie lets out a shaky sigh, I hope not.
"I see you have a little mouse." Lebedev comments, shuffling the cards so Lane can join in. "She ah sticks out like-what do you call it? A sore thumb, eh?"
Lane doesn't respond, just stares. Lebedev and the men all wait for the crime lord to answer. The Russian passes out seven cards to each man, his dark eyes locked with Lane's.
"Does she? I haven't noticed." Katie hears the hint of sarcasm in Lane's smooth but slightly cocky voice.
Katie shifts in Lane's lap. Eventually, she leans against him with her hands in her own lap. Lane grabs the cards with one hand and examines them. Katie sees three queens, spade, diamond, and a heart, with two aces, a club and a heart, and a two kings, a spade and a heart.
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She Belongs To Him
Fanfiction"I was safe the entire time, wasn't I?" Katie slowly asks, "I'm not trying to be cocky or anything, I'm just asking." Lane rolls his eyes as if it should already be obvious, looking back out onto the damp woods in annoyance. "What do you...
