The Demenios Reyes

Chapter 2 - The Aces And Eights Princess Returns.

Five years ago, my life was picture-perfect.

I was a happy sixteen-year-old girl who was the head cheerleader in high school, I was at the top of all my classes and I even graduated with honours.

I also had a very tight-knit group of friends who I've known ever since I was in diapers and best of all, I had the man of my dreams who I was madly in love with, my mate Javier Reyes.

I had known Javier was my mate ever since I was a little girl which I know is really weird because he was a grown-ass man but it never was for us, if anything, it was really natural like it was meant to be which it was.

We were best friends and as I got older, our love turned from best friend love to cute puppy love to full-blown true love which neither of us could control.

He was the be-all and end-all of my life, he was so protective of me and would've done anything for me including dropping everything in El Paso to come to South Dakota just to be with me.

I thought I couldn't live my life without him and I wouldn't be able to survive without him near me, that was until one day when my lovely, handsome mate disappeared without a freaking trace leaving me all alone without him never to be seen by anyone ever again.

I don't know what happened or why Javier suddenly decided he wanted to leave everyone and everything that he loves behind, all I know is that he did and he broke my heart in the process.

One thing I do know for damn sure is that the motherfucker is still alive and is living his best life somewhere because as his mate, I would instantly know if he was dead or injured and Javier is neither.

Don't get me wrong, I don't wish any harm or ill health on him or anyone for that matter and I for damn sure don't wish death on him and I'm beyond relieved that he's ok wherever he is, it just hurts and it's a painful stab in my heart knowing that he's still alive and is ok because this means that he's willingly staying away from me and I don't know why.

Everything was damn near perfect for us both, all we had to do was wait another two years for me to turn eighteen so that I can go and live with him at his MC and be his Luna queen, I guess Javier just wasn't patient enough to wait two more years for me.

Now five years later, my life is totally different from what I had originally planned and I'm so proud of myself for being able to achieve so much despite my heartbreak.

After I had finished high school, I moved to California to attend UC Berkeley where I studied both auto mechanics and business admin.

At first, I was just studying business because I was planning to take over my parent's businesses when I returned back home but then I also decided to take on a second course and study auto mechanics after my parents gifted me a motorbike for my birthday.

Growing up in and around motorcycle clubs you'd think it would be a given that I'd also follow in everyone's footsteps and ride a bike but the men in my family were adamant that the only time my ass would ever get on a cycle is when I'm riding with someone else.

Thankfully, I'm surrounded by a lot of badass women including my mom and aunties who very quickly shut these men down and said it's a rite of passage in our world to ride a motorbike no matter what our gender is.

My love of cycles is what made me wanna learn how to work on them, well, that and also the fact that I don't trust anyone to work on my bike and now I plan on opening up my own mechanics shop when I get back to Deadwood.

I graduated from university a couple of months ago and now I'm finally on my way back home for good.

I'm currently driving my 2023 blood-red Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT pickup truck back home to the clubhouse while talking on the phone with my mom.

"Please tell me you're driving home safely, my baby"

"Yes mom, I'm driving safe"

I said while rolling my eyes.

"You promise?"

"Yes mom, I promise"

I chuckle.

This woman is too freaking dramatic, not to mention paranoid which I honestly can't blame her for but still.

"She's just over-protective of us, Addy, that's all"

"I know she is, Crescent"

Ever since I can remember, my parents and my older brothers have been super over-protective of me which I'm guessing is because I'm the only girl and I'm their princess but sometimes they can take their over-protectiveness to a whole new level like with my mom right now, especially when I'm driving or riding my bike home alone at night.

"I just want you to be safe, Adrianna, you know your father and I don't like it when you're driving home in the dark by yourself, especially on that road"

My mom said with a shudder in her voice which instantly made me angry.

When my mom was in her twenties, she was the victim of a vicious and brutal attack which left her scarred in many different ways.

Luckily, she's managed to successfully heal herself from most of the trauma she suffered from that night but she still has some moments where her fear gets the best of her, especially when she's around big biker guys who she's never met before.

My mom also still has really bad nightmares every now and then and she understandably hates the long stretch of road where her attack happened and unfortunately this is the only road that leads to our MC.

I remember when I first heard about my mom's attack, I was fifteen years old and even though I was just a kid, I was f*****g furious to hear about a group of demented fucktards targeting and hurting my precious mom the way that they did.

I had first heard rumours about it from some girls at school and I didn't believe them at first but when the stories I was hearing seemed very consistent and similar, I decided to speak with my parents about it and find out if the rumours were true or not.

I had hoped to the goddess that they weren't but when I saw the look on my father's face when I asked him about it, I knew that there had to be some element of truth to it and I felt physically sick when several of my family members including my parents and grandparents sat me and my brothers down and explained the entire story to us.

Even though it was painful and heartbreaking to hear my beloved mother's tragic story which a small part of me wishes I didn't and also wishes that I had just ignored those girls and gone on about my day, the rest of me is glad that I knew.

I'm also really grateful to my mom for having the courage to tell her kids about her past because I feel like hearing about this has made me a stronger woman and it's definitely made me the woman who I am today.

"Please don't worry mom, I'm riding back in my truck, I've got my bike in the back of it, all of my windows and doors are locked and I'm very, very secure, my phone is also fully charged and I've got my Glock in the glove compartment which is fully loaded and I've got some extra bullets on me as well, so please don't worry about me ok, your little girl is fine"

I tell her hoping to give her some comfort and I think I brought her some because I swear I heard her sigh in relief and mutter that's my girl on the other end of the phone.

"You worry too much, mom, you need to relax in your old age"

"Old age, who are you calling old, young lady?"

My mom growled and I chuckled.

"Besides, I'm always going to worry about you and your brothers, Adrianna, you're my babies, remember?"

"I'm twenty-one, mom"

I say in a deadpan tone.

"I don't care if you're sixty-one, Adrianna McCarthy, you're still my baby and I'm always going to worry about you until the day I die, do you understand me?"

My mom growled and I smiled.

"Yes, ma'am"

My smile brightened when I saw the sign which says 'Welcome, You are Entering Aces And Eights MC Territory, Please Drive Safely' and it's got our packs logo on one side of it and a deck of cards on the other side showing two aces and two eights on them.

There's also a growling wolf on a motorbike wearing an Aces and Eights kutte carved into the top of the sign.

"Well, you don't have to worry for much longer, momma wolf...I'm almost home"

"Oh good, I'll see you soon, my baby"

"Bye, mom"

"Bye, baby"

I hang up the call and focus back on my driving.

Unfortunately because I was left all alone with nothing and no one to distract me, my thoughts ended up drifting back to Javier and what our life would've been like had he not left me but he did and I was left with numerous different questions running through my mind.

Questions like what would our life be like now? would we be married with kids? would I have still gone to college and got my degrees? would we have been happy?.

Urgh!!.

I shake my head hoping to shake off my thoughts, I hate thinking about Javier and I hate wasting my time on him.

He clearly doesn't give a f**k about me, so why should I give any about him? why should I waste a single second more on his sorry ass?.

"You seriously need to soften your heart for Javier again, Addy, he loves us"

Crescent says and I shake my head at her nonsense.

"Yeah, he loves us, doesn't he, Cres? if he loves us so much then where is he? where is his stupid ass if he loves us as much as you claim he does?"

I inadvertently growl at my wolf.

I hate growling at my wolf, especially when it comes to Javier because I know she only means well and she doesn't wanna think badly about her mate but I couldn't help it when she started talking about him loving us.

If he loved us then he wouldn't have left us.

Javier doesn't even realise the magnitude of the consequences of his actions and I doubt he even cares.

Anyway, I finally arrived back at the Aces and Eights clubhouse and I was excited to finally be back home and back with my own people.

I was even more excited when I parked my truck in the driveway and I saw the main man in my life, my first love standing outside of the clubhouse wearing his usual daily attire which includes his president's kutte and he's drinking what I assume is a bottle of beer.

I shut off my truck and get out of it closing the door.

"Principessa"

My father greets me with a smile and I smile back at him.

"Hi, dad"

I walk over to my father who was holding his arms out wide for me and I happily embraced him in a hug.

Goddess, I've missed this man.

"Welcome home, Adrianna"

"It's good to be home, dad"

I said with a smile and a contented sigh left my mouth as I rested my head on my dad's hard chest.

It really is good to be home.