Runner (Riders of Apollo #3)

Chapter Seventeen: Raphael Flores

How can life go from absolutely fucking perfect to absolute shit in one minute?

Okay, so it's not completely shit and I'm just being dramatic because Bear is calling us back to Church at eight in the fucking morning so I have to untangle myself from Mika and get dressed to sit in a meeting. I think Bear is trying to make us feel his pain because he's gone without sex for a week now. Those girls weren't kidding when they said that he had lost sex privileges.

The last week has been odd. Having a son and a live-in boyfriend is weird, especially because it's working so well. We've had a few arguments but not many and Ollie seems to be fitting in well, he's basically best friends with Gem and we've enrolled him in her school so that they can look after each other. Club is club after all and we work hard to keep everyone together.

"Was that Bear?" Mika's morning voice is deep and raspy, encouraging my dirty ass to forget that we have to go to Church and that we have a sleeping child next door. "Raphe!" Mika smacks my chest and brings me back down to earth from my dirty fantasies, his eyebrows raised in concern.

"Relax, el cariño, I was just dreaming about..." (love/sweetheart) I drag my hand across his skin, biting my lip gently as I peruse the body that I have claimed. 

How did I go without him for all that time? 

He is almost impossible to resist and I find myself drooling again, drifting back off into the world of R rated sex. I'm disturbed from my thoughts by a soft pair of lips that drag across my neck, my body shivering in response to such a gentle touch. He knows that it's my weak spot, his hands gripping my hips and grinding against me while he bites down hard enough to make me hiss and tug his hair.

"Should I make your dream come true, love?" He whispers into my ear, his lip brushing against the skin before he bites down on the lobe, I writhe underneath him and try and remind myself that we need to leave for Church.

"We're needed at Church in twenty minutes." I pant out, my heart racing and my hands desperately searching his skin. He acts as if he didn't hear me, kissing his way down my body and biting wherever he sees fit. Probably leaving small bruises, marking me as his and exciting me further. "Mika." I try and keep quiet as he tugs my shorts down to reveal myself to him. His eyes spark with excitement and mischief as his mouth descends onto my dick with practiced perfection.

I would question him on how he's so good at this but I know he never had the guts to sleep with another man, terrified to be outed. I grit my teeth and throw my head back in the pillow, his tongue expertly caresses me as I tangle my fingers in his hair causing him to moan. The vibrations increase the sensation and I groan softly, I haven't felt this in a long time and waves of pleasure roll over me as his hands massage my thighs and lower stomach.

"Mierda." (shit) I hiss out before I explode, my eyes roll back into my head as Mika lifts his head and drags a hand down my face with a smile.

"Good morning." He mumbles, his eyes bright as he smiles at me. I can't breathe. I grin back and drag him down to kiss me, my tongue slipping into his mouth to meet his before I nip on his lip playfully, almost breaking the skin.

"Certainly is." I reply and slip out from under him, dragging myself to the bathroom to get ready for the day. Mika uses the other one so that we can leave here together. Once I've showered, brushed my teeth and changed I head downstairs to find Kota already eating out of a filled bowl and Mika passing Ollie some juice. There's no point in us eating here because there will be breakfast at the club after the meeting, we made that deal with Prez ages ago. Any meeting before eleven in the morning must have coffee and food on hand unless we're in war time.

Ollie doesn't argue about not knowing what's happening, I think he's just excited to see Gem again since he hangs out with Mari and Lexi. When Mari isn't working anyway. She got a job at a fancy lab and works four days a week and gets paid big bucks, it's unreal how far she's come from that scared young woman to this powerful scientist who shows all of us whose boss. Lexi is the only Old Lady that doesn't work as Saviour is normally bringing money in as a bounty hunter but she is obviously grounded right now.

Lexi runs the maids, keeps up with the paperwork here and helps Bear run the club. She is always partial to decisions made even if she doesn't come into Church, when their relationship first started they kept getting into arguments because Bear was forced to keep secrets from her and he loved her so much that he changed the rules for her. It does mean that Lex needs more protection though because she doesn't know how to fight nor can she handle torture but she knows everything about the club.

It's risky but if that is what Prez wants then that is what we will do.

"Right, we need to start implementing the plan to take down these fighting rings." Bear declares as soon as we've taken our seats in Church. I can feel Mika tense next to me so I slip my hand onto his thigh and squeeze it to comfort him. I know he wants to be first through that door and start shooting people just because they hurt me but Bear is adamant that he stays behind the computer.

"Runner you'll be going back in but this time you'll be taking Saviour." Reign flies up to his feet with his face already half way to red as he gets ready to shout his opinion. "I know, Reign, but she has already been there and will be recognised which is important. This guy needs to know that Runner already has someone to help him succeed in the rings."

"If he sees her, he'll make her a target. He'll either kill her for keeping Runner from him or he'll try and recruit her for a fucking fight. Hell, he might even encourage her into the ring to prove her talents, any of them might." He is making good points but Bear is unfazed and unshaken, I look over at Saviour who is cradling her little bump with worry in her eyes.

The doctor told her no unnecessary stresses but she is being called upon by her President and she can't refuse. I really hope this isn't revenge for her getting Lexi to stop sleeping with him because that would be downright cruel let alone petty. "Are you denying me, Saviour?" Bear's analytical eyes turn to Saviour who is still rubbing her stomach with her face pinched. Reign sits back down, his anger still evident in his straight back and tense shoulders.

"Prez, have you thought this through? I get it, I do, but as soon as I walk in there they're gonna want me to fight. Bookies will get excited and everyone in there will start gambling, the minute the owner notices he'll put me in the ring against his most popular fighter of the night. They play dirty and there are no rules in the ring." Saviour's eyes are pleading. She desperately doesn't want to risk her child but she also doesn't want to refuse a direct order.

"You will be fine, you'll be armed and you'll have Runner there as well. We just need Runner to gain a better title, if they realise he's been trained by you they'll flash their cards in desperation to get to him."

"If my wife or child gets hurt, Prez. You and I are gonna have problems." Reign's voice is deep and quiet but spreads around the room with vicious intent. Reign and Saviour have proved how much they are willing to do for each other and this will be no different.

She defied death for him and he tore through an army to get to her.