Rain Falls by Harley McRide

gruffly.
    “He is the leader of our Cali Chapter. He is ready for us to come now, has it all set up. We leave in two days. Zane won’t actually come here, he is gonna send people. We leave some people here, and then the rest come with us to Cali,” Creed said and Shady slammed her hand down on the table.
    All of the men turned to her quickly. “This is not set in stone. We still need to talk. We agreed last night to listen. However, Rain is the one who makes the final decision, and the Lady Riders are the ones who are going to make sure that whatever she wants to happen, happens.”
    Rick frowned and looked around the table. “Wait. What? I mean, we have been sitting here planning for all this, what could we possibly have to talk about? The guys are ready to move.”
    “That may be,” Shady said and looked at all the women who were sitting at the table right along with the men. “But Rain is a Lady Rider, and yes we are a Chapter of the Warriors, but when we started this club, we said we were going to be able to make some decisions about what was going to affect us. This is going to affect Rain in a big way. We are talking about her life. None of you can tell her how we are gonna handle it. She makes that decision. I think she has proven her dedication to the club enough for us to show her that respect. That being said. Lady Riders, we are going to have Church.”
    The women all stood and walked out of the room. Rick sat, stared, and waited for them to leave before turning to Creed and looking at him incredulously. “I thought it was a euphemism, you know Lady Riders and shit. They have their own club?”
    “Brother,” Easy said. “Those women are more deadly than most of the men we served with.”
    “But they are still women,” Rick pointed out.
    “Yeah, and we will work around that,” Creed said and the men nodded. “We wait for them to talk, and before we leave we have one more meeting, and make sure we are on the same page, this time Church will be private.”

    “So what do you think?” Shady asked Rain.
    “I agree with the guys, the only thing they left out was Angel, and that bitch is gonna be the only hiccup, she is gonna have to be dealt with,” Rain said.
    “How do you feel about that?” Freedom said.
    “Well, if I get the chance I will put a bullet between her eyes, but hey, if someone gets closer, go for it.” Rain shrugged.
    The women laughed. “Let’s make sure we know exactly where the parties are shall we,” Shady said and Nike nodded and pulled out her laptop. The guys may have a good plan, but they needed to make sure the entire empire fell down.
    “Oh and someone go grab hair dye, Rain, you are going back to dark, at least it may give us a few seconds before they recognize you again,” Shady said and Rain smiled.
    “Cool, being a blonde was a pain in the ass.”
    The women chuckled and they set about making their plan.

    Knight grabbed Rain around the belt loop and tugged her against him. “You did good today with your father. It takes balls to stand up to your ol’ man. I’m proud of you, baby. And fuck I’m loving the hair,” he brushed his lips across her forehead, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear.
    “As much of an asshole my dad is, he shocked me. I’ve never had a problem rebelling against him. It was harder for me to accept that he gave a shit.”
    “Of course he does. He’s your father.”
    “That doesn’t mean shit. My mother and sister don’t,” she argued.
    “Your mother does, I’m sure. And your sister has fallen in with bad people and they’ve corrupted her. Your father only wants what’s best for you. And as long as he decides we are what’s best for you, then he and I won’t have a problem.”
    Rain looked up in his eyes, and that warmth she’d felt the night before, in that nanosecond before she’d slipped off to sleep between them after confessing her feelings like an idiot, spread over her once more.
    “I’d hate to kick an old