Seducing Wrath (4 page)

I swear she actually blushed, turning away from me she grabbed her robe. “No, actually I did mean talking. But it’s fine. Maybe we’ll have some time later.”

“I’m not sure when we’re stopping today. Joe likes to drive and since he’s our driver and manager now, I’m not sure what the fuck is going on.”

She nodded, her blue hair falling in her face. “You still planning on coming?”

“Yeah, for as long as my money and the car hold out.”

I nodded. I wasn’t done with her, I wanted more. “Shower?”

“I thought you were in a hurry?”

“Fuck it.” I picked her up and carried her into the bathroom. Turning on the water, I pulled off her robe and stood her in the tub, climbing in after her. They could fucking wait another fifteen minutes.

*****

Everyone was waiting in the lobby as we got off the elevator to a round of cat calls.

“Glad you decided to freakin’ show up. Joe was about ready to go up there and break the door down.”

“I doubt it, you maybe but not him.”

Cynda was holding Chaos’s hand and she laughed. “You’ve got that right. I had to listen to him moan about it for the last half hour. You owe me, Wrath.”

They looked fuckin’ happy. Good. Chaos deserved it. He always took care of everyone else, it was about fucking time he had someone to take care of him. “No problem, Cyn,” I said with a wink.

Sapphire stood next to me but didn’t say a word. It was awkward for all of us. She was the outsider, the rest of us were family, but what the hell could I do, it is what it is and she’d just have to deal with it.

Chaos handed me a cup of coffee, and I couldn’t drink it fast enough.
God it was good. Nothing like the first jolt of caffeine in the morning.

“I need a cig.”

“You can have it on the way to the bus. We’ve got a fuckin’ ten hour drive.”

“Fine. Let me just get Sapphire to her car and I’ll meet you on the fuckin’ bus.”

Chaos shook his head and the other guys all laughed. I was in for a ton of shit later. It was going to be a fucking painful ride, though the sex had definitely been worth it. Just thinking about it made my cock strain against my jeans.
Shit
.

I’d never seen her car and when I did all I could say was holy fuck. It looked like it should be held together with duct tape and glue. It had more rust spots and holes than any car I’d seen outside of a junkyard. She was driving this piece of shit?

“You’ve got to be fuckin’ kidding me? You’ve been following the tour in this piece of shit?”

“Umm, yeah. Why?” She turned to look at it and I wondered if she saw the same thing I did. I wouldn’t let my worst enemy drive this shit mobile around.

“It looks like it’s about to fall apart, there’s no way the thing is fuckin’ safe. I don’t know how you haven’t broken down yet.”

“Shhh…don’t say that. I’ve been praying it doesn’t. I won’t be able to keep up with you if it does,” she answered as she opened the trunk to put her bag in.

“Are you at least driving with someone?”

“Nope, I don’t know anyone.”

Okay, this was totally fucked up. She’d been following us since Philly and she’s alone in this piece o’shit mobile. I’ve never seen a groupie alone, but then again we only had our local followers before now. Maybe it’s not as strange as it seems.

Shaking my head I walked around to the driver’s side as she got in. “Do you know where we’re headed?”

“Oh yeah. You’re playing at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville for two days, right?”

I nodded. “I’m not sure what hotel we’re staying in but the busses will be at the Bridgestone while we unload our stuff first.”

“No worries, you aren’t gonna get rid of me this easy. I’ll find you.” Winking, she put the key in the ignition, turned it, and nothing happened.

I had to hide my smirk. She was probably going to think I had something to do with it. I backed away from the disaster waiting to happen as she tried it again. Still nothing.

“Fuck a duck,” she yelled, banging on the steering wheel, then got out of the car and looked under the hood.

She knows stuff about cars? Seriously? She’s full of friggin’ surprises. Her hands were baby soft with long nails, no way would I have figured she even knew how to open the hood.

“Sounds like the starter to me.”

She narrowed her eyes as she looked me over. “Did you have anything to do with this?”

Ha, do I know women or what? Fuck yeah. “Of course not. I didn’t even know this piece of shit was yours until now.”

She chewed on her lip as I watched her check the oil and the water along with the battery. I didn’t know much about cars but it was more than a dead battery, it wouldn’t even turn over.

“Well, I guess I’m screwed now. It looks like you won’t be stuck with me after all. I’ll have to see if I can afford to fix whatever’s wrong or hitch back home.”

No way, no fuckin’ way was I leaving her stranded and alone. “C’mon, grab your shit. You’re coming on the bus with us.”

“Wait, what…I can’t do that. There’s not enough room on the bus for me.”

“We’re staying in hotels overnights. It’ll be fine. I’m not fucking leaving you here alone.”

“But…what about Chaos and the other guys?”

“Not a problem. Hurry, they’re already pissed I’ve made us fuckin’ late today.”

“Oh great, and now you’re bringing me on the bus.”

“Fuck yeah.”

She looked unsure of what to do, and she started rubbing her necklace again as she looked at the car. I doubt she even realized what she was doing, but as I watched her play with it the
Lucky Charms
cereal commercial popped into my head and I could hear the Leprechaun saying ‘
nobody messes with me Lucky Charms’
. Fuck that’s some funny shit. Looking at the stormy expression on her face I decided it was best to shut the fuck up.

Chapter Five

Sapphire…

Wrath grabbed my bags from the trunk as I looked at the car. Mom was going to shit a brick. What the hell was I going to tell her? Her little car finally died. She’d had it since her college days in the nineties. I don’t know how the hell it was still running anyway. At the very least I needed to have it towed somewhere.

“Hey, wait…you’re walking too fast.” His damn long legs and these heels didn’t go well together. It was hard enough keeping up while not falling over at the same time, now that took skill.

“C’mon. Do I need to carry you?”

“Hell no and you’d better not try.”

He laughed and thankfully slowed down so I could catch up. “I need to get the car towed or something.”

“I know, Joe will know what to do. Don’t worry.”

“Easy for you to say. How am I going to get back home?”

“We’ll figure it out.”

“You know you’re taking this really well, I figured I’d be hearing some kind of shit by now.”

“Why? You’re fun, we get along, and now I won’t have to break in someone new.”

I don’t know whether he was kidding or not, but I was pissed.
Someone new? WTF?
“You really suck you know.”

“Yeah, so I’ve been told. But…I have to say you definitely suck better, and the ice. Hell fuckin’ yeah.”

I knew my face turned bright red and I didn’t know whether to be happy I’d impressed him or just pissed about everything. I needed to be close to him to finish the story, but this close to him? It’d be easier for info gathering but definitely harder to get the story written and send my updates.

As we approached the bus, butterflies formed in my stomach. This was a big deal, staying with the band on their bus. I wondered how it was going to go over with everyone. It was already running with everyone else inside. Wrath stamped out his cigarette and punched in a code to open the luggage area tossing in my duffel. He handed me my backpack to bring on the bus.

Taking a deep breath, I followed him up the steps. I’d been there before, we’d fucked like bunnies in his cubby the first few nights in Philly, but I’d been drunk. I’d needed it to keep me from freaking out and blowing my cover. I wished I had a drink or at least coffee with me now. Seriously, what normal woman could pull off this groupie shit without being drunk? My bravery only went so far, and yeah I’d been crushing on him forever but it didn’t mean I could fall into bed with him without consequences. I hoped this article would help us both, get the band excellent press and get me my dream job—but both remained to be seen.

At first no one noticed me, sometimes it was good to be small, Wrath totally blocked me from view. Joe’s eyebrows went up a bit as he saw me but he just smiled. He seemed really nice, too.

“About fucking time you got here, asshole. Did you get rid of your little fuck girl?” Rage asked from the table.

“Not exactly,” Wrath answered as he grabbed my hand and pulled me in front of him.

Fury whistled and Chaos and Cynda looked up from whatever they’d been doing.

Chaos had a strange look on his face and I wanted to melt into the floor. I was not getting a warm fuzzy feeling from any of them.

“Um, Wrath? Care to explain?”

“Her car took a dump and wouldn’t start. I wasn’t gonna fuckin’ leave her in the middle of nowhere alone.”

He had a look of defiance on his face, like he was waiting for someone to say anything about it.

“Gotcha. Check with Joe, see if he can call someone about it before we leave.”

Wrath nodded and squeezed my hand. I guess it was supposed to reassure me, but the longer I stood there the worse this idea seemed.

“Sapphire, right?” Cynda asked.

“Yup that’s me. Guess you can figure out where the name came from.”

“Oh yeah, I can see that for sure. Nice umm, color. Welcome to the bus, at least I won’t be the only female on here now,” she said with a smile.

I took a deep breath and let it out slowly, maybe it would be okay. I figured if I kept saying it enough it would eventually sink in. At least it’d be easier to get info about the band this way.

The guys all nodded at me. Wrath stepped back from the driver’s area and said Joe would take care of the car.

“Thanks, I guess there’s nothing to worry about then, huh?”

He smiled and waggled his eyebrows at me. Okay maybe there was a horny rock star to worry about, but I could handle him.

“Want a cup of coffee?”

Wrath poked me. “What?”

“Cyn’s asking you a question.”

“Oh, sorry. What did you say?”

“Coffee?”

“Please. I’m dying for some. Thank you.”

Pulling my hand from Wrath’s, I went to the coffee pot so she could show me how it worked.

“Hey, Blue, grab me one too, will ya?”

“So I’m your waitress now too?” I shouldn’t have said it and I wanted to bite my tongue or suck it back in, but it was too late. Definitely not in character. Damn independent streak. “Sure. No problem.” I already knew he took it black with extra sugar.

I only half listened to Cyn as she explained the coffeemaker to me, I was more interested in what was being said behind me. As Cyn explained the Keurig coffeemaker, I half listened to the guys teasing Wrath.

I made Wrath’s coffee first and then mine. I was just getting my first sip of caffeine and it was already almost one. Shit. No wonder I’m so antsy. I wanted to grab the coffee and go over by Wrath but Cyn looked like she wanted to talk, more like figure me out. She’d never hidden the fact she hated groupies being around. I was actually kind of surprised she was talking to me at all.

“Congrats on your engagement. You must be so happy.”

“Yeah,” she beamed. It was a good distraction. “I am thrilled and surprised. Last night was quite a night.”

“Yeah it was. I bet a lot of people are surprised today.”

“Not really. We’ve kept all of it quiet so far. Don’t want it getting around until things are settled.”

“You mean about the wedding?”

“Well partly, but some other things too, which reminds me, while you’re on the bus you might hear things you probably shouldn’t. I hope you know how to keep your mouth shut.”

I nodded. Sure I did, but it didn’t mean whatever I overheard wouldn’t make it into the article.

“Good. I don’t mean to sound pushy but we’ve had enough with the Twitter stuff already. I want this to be a great first tour for the guys.”

“No problem. Hell, I put my life on hold to be with them on the road.”

“Them or Wrath?” Cyn asked as she watched for something. I’m not sure if she was worried about Chaos, if I’d cause trouble between the band members or what, but it really was none of her business.

“Wrath of course. I have a huge crush on him.” That was true. She didn’t have to know it started in high school when I was Teresa Duncan instead of Sapphire. It was obvious Wrath didn’t remember me and neither did any of the other guys. The blue hair definitely helped.

“I hope you have some fun. Chaos and I’ll be back in his room working on the next album. Talk to you later.”

“Bye.” It was weird, like she’d just welcomed me into her house. I knew she was setting the ground rules but still.
Shit.
I’m not a threat to anyone. Okay maybe a threat to their privacy but that’s it. No harm no foul, and by the time the article gets published I’ll be long gone, only a vague memory I’m sure.

Wrath, Flame, Fury, and Rage were sitting around the table playing poker when I brought his coffee.

“Here you go, baby.”

He smiled. “Thanks, Blue.” He took the cup from me and pulled me onto his lap. It’d be a normal thing and I needed to act like it. I let out the breath I’d been holding and forced myself to relax against him. Of course feeling his hard cock against my ass didn’t help me stay calm. As soon as I felt it nudge me, my body was craving more.

“Poker?”

“Yup, Texas Hold ‘em. Do you play?”

“Nope, never learned. It was just me and my mom growing up and she wasn’t into card games.” Damn I needed to remember it wasn’t
ME
but Sapphire they were asking about. Hell it was a lot easier when we were in bed.

Wrath showed me his cards. “I can teach you if you want. We play a lot of poker on the bus while we’re traveling.”