Angel’s Wings Novel – White hot rage infused Angel’s entire body.. through gritted teeth she responded “Ah! Everything is clearer now. The semen donor is auctioning me off again. For what, this time? Another alliance? More protection for Moon Maiden? Because we all know Moon Maiden has never offered any protection for the club princess. Quite the opposite.. actually. Tell me, Renegade.. Are you related to Psycho? Will you kidnap me.. chain me to a bed? Beat me bloody every day for two months.. while raping me in every unimaginable way? Will you hang me from the ceiling and administer twenty lashes.. every three days.. grabbing me from a dead sleep.. hosing me down with freezing water? Will you isolate me… making sure I never see another face.. or hear another voice?”
Alpha Leo yells into the phone “What do you mean she’s not staying at the clubhouse? You have to tell her the deal we made! The Alliance with Demon Skull will not go through without her, Revenge! We need that money!” Revenge asked “What do you want me to do, Dad? She still hates us! She is cold now.. Angry! And I don’t even blame her! You ordered everyone to not look for her.. all because of the alliance with Blood Ravens.. How many times are you going to sell your own daughter?” The alpha yells back “Don’t ever question me, boy! Do as you’re told! You had better have your sister at that meeting tomorrow! Alpha Renegade doesn’t play.. his conditions are clear.. and your sister knows everything there is to know about club law.
She knows her options.” Revenge responded “She knew her options when you tried to abort Molly.. and what did she choose? I think the Angel we knew died in the Blood Raven’s clubhouse.. and the one who took her place is set on vengeance.” Alpha Leo said “I don’t care if she’s the raging bimbo of the west.. She has a duty and she will fulfill it!” After the call ended, Revenge looked at Twitch and Viper “I don’t know how he expects me to convince her of anything. The only one of us she cares about is Mom. Maybe Mom would… No.. she wouldn’t. She still hasn’t forgiven us either.” Viper suggested “I can try talking to her..I mean.. she is still important to me.. and I know she has to feel something for me.” Twitch laughed “Yeah.. she feels something all right.. Abhorrent hatred.” Revenge asked “What do you suggest, Twitch? You were friends with her, too.” Twitch shrugged “Dude! She hates all of us equally.. and I don’t blame her. We did her dirty.. all because your dad wanted to be the biggest and baddest.
Leaving her with Psycho was a bad thing to do.. Especially you, Viper! You can admit it now.. You never really loved her.. you just wanted to be able to brag that you slept with her first.. when that was taken out of the equation.. you couldn’t have cared less about her.” Viper snarled “Shut up! You don’t know anything!” Someone yelled “Visitor” and the guys all went out to the bar to see who was coming in. Tanya walked through the doors like she owned the place.. wearing her cut.. with her name ‘Poison’ on the front.. Revenge stared long and hard at her.. thinking she was even more beautiful than the last time he saw her. She walked over and ordered a beverage.. turning around.. Leaning back against the bar she asked “What’s up, guys?” Twitch was the first to speak “Welcome back, Tanya.. Looking good!” She grinned “Oh.. I’m not back.. Oh no.. I have a life now. I just came to help my sister and goddaughter get settled in their house and see my parents.
They’re the only people I care about in the Godforsaken place!” Revenge asked “Do you think Angel will talk to me? I really need to discuss club business with her..” Tanya laughed “I’m sure she will listen to you.. but when she finds out y’all all lied to her about her mom being sick.. you won’t like how it turns out. Do you know what she did the past eighteen months? She went to school.. and she learned all kinds of cool things.. Ask her about her Sword Dancing trophies.. that’s always a good conversation starter.” Viper asked “What kind of school?” And Tanya laughed again “The kind elite military attend.. She trained with Navy Seals for six months..then another six.. with Army Rangers.. then finally she trained in all forms of Japanese weaponry.” Revenge asked “Why would she do all that? We would all protect her.” Tanya couldn’t control her laughter.. “Are you serious? Are you serious right now? Protect her? Where was your protection when she was a severely abused, assaulted and tortured little girl? Do you even know the extent of the injuries she suffered?
Because I do! I lived it! The nights on end of her screaming.. crying.. begging for it to end.. In her sleep.. she begged that prick to kill her.. to end the torment and just kill her! Where was your protection then? Huh? Prick!” She stormed out and roared off on her bike in the direction of her parents house. And not one single biker had a word to say.. each lost in their own guilt. Revenge sighed “Well.. I guess I better go and try to talk with her.. That meeting is tomorrow. Dad will have my head if she doesn’t show..” Twitch said “Why don’t you trick her and tell her your mom really wants to meet the kid.. but is too sick to be out and about right now.. then we move the meeting for lunchtime.” Revenge thought over what Twitch had suggested they do.. and even though he felt a twinge of remorse for deceiving his sister.. again..he still fed her the bald faced lie. Angel heard him out.. then told him “I will come for lunch. The clubhouse or the pack house?” He let her know it would be at the clubhouse.. and as he stood to leave he said “I really am so very sorry, Angel.”
She nodded “I know. But ask yourself this, Leo.. Are you sorry you allowed it to happen.. or are you sorry I am still not ready to forgive you? No! Don’t answer. Think about it.” Revenge went back to the clubhouse and called his dad to let him know the meeting would have to be moved to lunchtime. He told Twitch “I have a feeling all things are going to break loose tomorrow.. and none of us will walk away unscathed.” Dove said “Y’all are stupid! What’s she gonna do? She should be grateful any man is willing to claim her.. What kind of crazy bimbo delivers and raises a r@pe baby, anyway.” Carburetor was coming in the door and growled “Viper.. best get a handle on your bimbo! I will not tolerate any one of you pricks talking anything about Angel! We can take it to the ring if you don’t like it!” Revenge looked up at Carb and before he could open his mouth.. Carburetor said “I mean it, Prez! Enough is enough! I love Angel like my own sister.
She’s seen more inferno than most of us can only imagine and she survived! More than that! She thrived! Show some Goddess respect for a change!” Viper looked at Dove “You know.. you’re the stupid one.. Carb’s right.. If even half of what Tanya said is true.. Angel would kill you in a fight.” She blustered and sputtered “I’m not scared! I didn’t tell my brother to take her.. He just wanted an alliance with the club and he knew a claiming would do that..” Revenge scoffed “Yeah.. and you set your cap for someone who wasn’t available so being the loving brother Psycho is, he kidnapped.. beat.. whipped and r@ped a seventeen year old girl.. All so his baby sister could land a man!” She stomped off.. slamming her door and Viper said “Well.. thanks for that. She’s going to be inferno to live with now.” Twitch chuckled “She strikes me to live with any time. I still can’t believe you chose that.. over Angel.” Viper said “It wasn’t about choosing.
Savage ordered it.” Twitch blew up “Of course it was about choice! That little girl loved you to the moon and back.. you could have left the club! If you loved her. I know that when I find my one.. I will do whatever I can to keep her!” Viper snarled “You don’t know what you’re talking about! I had to claim Dove! It was decided by two presidents.” Twitch smirked “Simple word, really. Two letters.. N-O” Angel was up early.. A toddler seldom sleeps in and now it is simply a habit to rise with the sun. She had prepared Molly for the day.. and slipped on shorts and a half shirt cami.. and waited for Tanya to show up so she could follow her to drop the U-Haul off.. Coffee was ready when Tanya arrived.. she grinned “Ooh! Cute shorts! I’m going to have to get me some of those!” Angel laughed “You’re so weird! Soo.. my brother showed up yesterday evening. He invited Molly and me to have lunch.. He tried apologizing.. I didn’t accept it. Am I wrong, Tan? Am I harboring resentment? He seemed sorry.. but I just don’t know.” Tanya hugged her close “No honey.
Yes.. Biker life is harsh.. Harder than most. We aren’t raised or even live by normal societal rules. And being wolves.. makes it even harsher. But. I’m telling you right now!! What your family did? That was harsh by biker standards.. made a ton of enemies around the biker nation! They are desperate for reputable allies now and how you would ever forgive them is beyond me.” Angel shrugged “I don’t know that I ever can.. and once they know what I do for a living.. I will have to move off club territory. Which doesn’t bother me that much.. I guess I will go ahead and buy that old Victorian I was thinking about before moving back here.” Tanya nodded “Are you sure you still want me to run the Cleveland office? It won’t be the same without you. I know your team is due to arrive Monday.. have you thought about where your offices will be?” Angel smiled “The more I think about that Victorian.. Hey! Want to go by there with me after dropping the truck? I should have plenty of time before lunch.” The girls went past the place Angel had her eye on.. and walking around the place.. realized it would be perfect.
There was a large storage warehouse toward the back property line.. Angel said “That building will be large enough for the command center.. and we can put in bunkers later.. the house itself has eight bedrooms .. and that gives us plenty of room to house the victims we rescue.. The team can stay at Gram’s house.. or here.. until they find something.” Tanya smiled “You aren’t going to be very popular once everyone knows you work for the FBI..” Angel laughed “With.. I work With the FBI.. but we work for anyone who needs our help.” It was Tanya’s turn to laugh “Anyone who can pay the big bucks?” Angel shook her head “Not about the money, Tanya.. How many pro bono rescues do we handle annually? Hmm?” Tanya smiled “Okay.. Okay.. but I like the money part!” Making Angel laugh. Angel emailed the realtor as soon as she was home.. placing a bid on the house. She had changed herself and Molly into Mommy and Me sundresses and strappy white flats.. pulling Molly’s hair up into a high pony.. clipping a sunflower at the top.
Pulling into the compound, she parked beside the garage and Carburetor whistled low “Sweet ride, little girl!” Angel grinned “Ain’t she a beauty? Restored her myself! So pat yourself on the back, Old Salt.. you taught me well!” He laughed and hugged her close.. nudging his chin towards the clubhouse “Don’t know what they got planned.. but Angel.. you need me.. you holler! I will come running!” She smiled and pecked his cheek. Realizing he is probably the only one she really missed. She walked through the doors and one of the Sweet Butts told her the family was in the formal dining room.. She looked down at Molly and smiled “Mommy’s big girl ready to tackle the big bad bears?” The toddler grinned her toothy smile and nodded. Molly didn’t talk much.. she was a quiet, reflective child.. but when she did talk.. many things she said were prophetic.. and Angel believes she is gifted. Angel lifted her to her hip.. and opened the door to the dining room.
Leo senior was jovial and loud “There she is! My returning prodigal!” He reached to hug her and she twisted away from him. Walking around the table, she saw her brother.. her mom.. Twitch, Viper and… Dove.. Spirit snarled and bared her teeth in Angel’s head.. “Hello, Mother. I must say you’re looking well. Much better than the deathbed pallor I half expected from what your son had told me. And where is high chair for my daughter?” Donna coughed and responded “Yes.. yes.. I have good days and bad days. But I wanted today to be special.” Angel cocked an eyebrow and asked “Why?” Her mother said “Why? Why what? You are my daughter. I missed two whole years of my granddaughter’s life. I don’t want to miss anymore.”
Angel didn’t respond.. just turned and thanked Twitch for the high chair and proceeded to belt Molly in.. looking around the table.. finding it empty. “I thought this was a lunch date.. Where’s the food.. ’cause I gotta tell ya.. a two year old without snacks on her tray can get extremely opinionated.. and unnecessarily loud. But hey! You do you!” Leo snapped “We are expecting guests.. Once they have arrived, food will be served. I’m sure the kid can wait until then.” Angel snarled “Molly! My daughter’s name is MOLLY! Call her out of her name again, old man!” Donna coughed again.. “Please. Can we just have an enjoyable meal? No backbiting or fighting amongst ourselves?” Angel grinned and told her “Oh, of course, Momma.. It does, however, all hinge on what this little confab is all about. I have a distinct feeling it is a little more than a family reunion.. as I was led to believe.” Just then.. two very large men walked through the door and Leo introduced them as Alpha Renegade and Beta Snatch of Demon Skulls. Angel could feel it.. The shift in the air. This was a dangerous man.
Spirit pulled her scent in.. as she always did around men she didn’t know. The food arrived and Angel set about preparing a plate of what Molly could eat.. making sure to cut everything small enough so she wouldn’t choke. Then preparing a plate for herself.. ignoring the majority of the talk going on around her. Her mother asked her what she had been doing for two years.. Angel shook her head ruefully “A month after I left.. Molly was born.. if Tanya hadn’t been with me.. neither of us would have survived. But that wasn’t what you were asking.. I went to school.. Several.. as a matter of fact.. Founded my own business.. which I am happy to say has been very lucrative.. and people seek my services from all over the country.” Renegade asked “What sort of business?” Her head came up sharply.. realizing why the voice affected her… Spirit growled lowly.. “I’m sorry.. Who are you again? My life concerns you how?” He laughed and sneered “Since I am claiming you.. and you will be my wife.. It is fully within my rights to know what you do for a living.”
White hot rage infused Angel’s entire body.. through gritted teeth she responded “Ah! Everything is clearer now. The semen donor is auctioning me off again. For what, this time? Another alliance? More protection for Moon Maiden? Because we all know Moon Maiden has never offered any protection for the club princess. Quite the opposite.. actually. Tell me, Renegade.. Are you related to Psycho? Will you kidnap me.. chain me to a bed? Beat me bloody every day for two months.. while raping me in every unimaginable way? Will you hang me from the ceiling and administer twenty lashes.. every three days.. grabbing me from a dead sleep.. hosing me down with freezing water? Will you isolate me… making sure I never see another face.. or hear another voice?”
Renegade had spit his drink across the table and sputtered “What? What? No! Absolutely No! I have never laid a hand on a woman in my entire life! The women in my family are revered.. put on pedestals.” Angel scoffed “Yet.. here you are.. essentially purchasing a reluctant woman from a corrupt bikers’ club..” Leo slammed his fists on the table “Enough of this Angel! You will do as you are told. You dare disobey me again.. you won’t like what I do!” Angel busted out laughing “You’re joking right? Am I being punked? You think your threats mean nothing to me? I have been through more pain and agony than you have even seen.. I fear nothing! And you? You are nothing more than a blustering bully who thinks I should be grateful for what you allowed and perpetuated to happen to me.. Guess what?! I don’t follow your orders!”
He reached across the table to slap her and she grabbed his wrist “I will snap your arm off and beat you to death with it, if you ever think to try that again!” Molly said “Mommy.. bad man.” Angel chuckled “Not as bad as Mommy, my love.” Renegade spoke “Miss Angel.. allow me to apologize. I came into this meeting believing this was a done deal. That you had acquiesced to become my mate.. I am the one who suggested it.. as you meet every possible requirement I might want in a wife. Right now, however.. I would be content to count myself as a friend.” She looked at him.. noticing how handsome he was.. how his eyes met hers the entire time he talked.. and how softly he spoke.. like he was afraid of startling a skittish deer. Angel half smiled “I appreciate the apology.. but I’m afraid I will decline the offer of friendship.. at least for now.
The people in my life have won my trust through hard lessons.. I don’t trust easily. Can you blame me? Take a look at my birth family.. and what they put me through. Want to know why?” Renegade nodded.. while narrowing his eyes at Savage.. who squirmed in his seat “Angel.. there is no need to air our dirty laundry. It’s past history and hardly relevant..” Angel laughed again “Aww.. why not, Daddy!? Are you ashamed of what you allowed happen? Because I’m not ashamed of it.. Not at all. Therapy did wonders for me. It taught me that I am unbreakable! My story is my own.. I will tell it whenever I feel like it. The fact that you are a major player in my tragedy is on you.. because of your choices.” Renegade asked “Please tell me.” Angel took a deep breath.. and looked at everyone at the table.. shaking her head.. “I apparently was born a pawn. No real value.. but a key piece in the game. You see Viper over there..I used to be in love with that turd.
For two years.. we were inseparable.. My foolish teenage heart thought we were happy.. but he was playing me, too. His old lady.. Dove? She was one of my best friends.. all through school. A backstabbing, lying bimbo of a friend.. who decided Nick.. no.. that’s not right.. Nick is dead to me.. She decided Viper was the man for her. So she talked her brother into making her claiming of Viper a provision of the alliance with the Blood Ravens. For that to happen.. they thought I needed to be out of the way. It never entered any one of these stupid pricks’ heads to simply tell me Viper was claiming Dove. I would have stepped aside.. I would never be with someone who preferred another. Ignorant pricks! My semen donor made a deal with Psycho.. He could have me.. so I was out of the way.. and as long as he didn’t kill me.. because that would break my mother’s heart.. he could use me however he wanted. And he did.. every way imaginable. But he was a braggart.. and loved the sound of his own voice.. I knew everything. How my family knew where I was.
How on my seventeenth birthday he was told the best place to snatch me from.. How beautiful the claiming of Viper and Dove was.. How nobody ever searched for me. After a particularly rough drunken night.. Psycho passed out without chaining me back up. Careless and stupid mistake. I escaped.. and made my way back here.. the only place I had ever known. Know what Savage did? He threatened me that I had to return to the Ravens.. He tried strapping me to a gurney to force an abortion on my kid. His words.. and I ran. Tanya hid me for months.. and I made plans. Now.. I’m back.. just in time for dear old dad to sell me again.
Fun, right!?” Angel looked around the table at the faces.. Revenge and Twitch hung their heads in shame.. Savage had his jaw clenched, head down. Donna was openly sobbing.. which confused Angel.. and Viper and Dove just glared at her.. to which she beamed a huge smile. When her eyes met Renegade’s and then Snatch’s.. she saw horror.. hurt.. and anger.. Again.. confusing her. She said softly “I’m sorry, Renegade. But if there is a man in my future.. it will be because I chose him.. and no one will ever force me into any situation I don’t agree to, again.” She unlatched Molly.. and lifting her.. she walked out.