Page 6 of Raven's Daggers
“I wouldn’t expect anything less from you, yes we can grab food. Now let’s roll out, I want to see my bike.” I chuckle.Let’s be real, it’s not just my bike I’m looking forward to seeing.
Naomi turns up the music and I shoot Reyes a text.
Me: Hey, I’m headed your way to grab my bike.
He immediately responds and I roll my eyes.
Reyes: So eager to see me already? ??
Me: It is after lunch. If I was, I would have been there first thing this morning. ??
Reyes: Damn, we chose violence today I see. ??
Me: I choose violence every day.????
Reyes: I can see that. I like feisty, Little Devil.
Me: Why do you call me “Little Devil?”
Reyes: See you in a bit. Also, don’t worry about the why right now.??
Naomi waves her hand in front of my face, pulling me out of the conversation, “Hey bitch, where did you go? I have literally been having a one sided conversation here.”
“Oh, umm, I texted Reyes to tell him I was on my way. Let’s just say that the whole conversation has me like, what the fuck?” I say while laughing, feeling my cheeks heat. Was he flirting with me?
“Girl, are we thinking he’s going to be boyfriend material?” She raises her brow at me.
“Apparently, he thinks I'm going just to see him. And hold the fuck up, no one said shit about a boyfriend.” I quip back.Whatever the hell that means.
“Girl, I haven’t seen you with a man in a long ass time. Let the man flirt. Who knows, he may become your little boo thang.” She jokes, winking at me as she elbows me in my side. When she starts laughing, I follow suit because,why the fuck not?
“Whatever, you know I’ll try anything once.” I wink back at her and we both continue hysterically laughing until tears stream down our faces and we can no longer breathe.
“Lord, maybe he will open you up more. Your life revolves around work and racing. Maybe he will get you to liven up.” She breathes. I guess she’s right, killing people and racing is what I love doing, but what do I actually live for?
“I didn’t mean it in a bad way, babe. I just meant other than the job, me and Eddie, you don’t really do Raven anymore. I’ll never pry. I know your past. Just know that I am your best friend, and I love you. Whatever makes you happy, makes me happy.” She sighs. I know she only wants what’s best for me.
“No, it’s okay, I get it. I didn’t think you meant it in a bad way. I guess I just never really thought about what would make me happy outside of this life.” I honestly don’t know life outside of the Mafia and racing. I just do me.We all have demons. I choose to feed mine, and taking an evil bastard's life just does it for me. Racing, well it’s just the extra adrenaline rush I need.
Before I know it, we’re pulling into the auto shop. She pulls into a parking spot and I tell her I’ll be right back as I get out of the car. The bell chimes as I walk in, but Reyes isn’t the one greeting me at the counter.
“Hey, I’m Raven. Reyes said my bike was ready.” I inform the man behind the counter. He looks me over with a sinister smile, then his eyes meet mine.
“Mmm Raven is it? Yeah, my brother said you’d be in. I’m Luis.” He states with a smirk, and damn if they both don’t have that panty dropping look about them. Where Reyes has ocean blue eyes, Luis has hazel with specks of green around the iris. They both have dark hair, that sun-kissed tan skin, and sharp jawline. Luis is covered in tattoos as well but has his lip pierced.Tattoos and piercings? Fuck, that’ll do it.Pulling me from my thoughts, he adds,
“Reyes is out in the garage. You can follow me if you want. Your bike is in there too. Eddie already paid for the work we did.”Dammit Eddie, I can pay for my own things.Walking around the counter, I follow him to the garage. His scent has me nearly tripping over my own feet.Damn, they both look and smell so fucking good. He smells like burnt tires, sandalwood and leather.Hearing a loud ‘clank’ pulls me from my thoughts and I spot Reyes working on another bike. He must hear us walking towards him because he turns around and gives me the same smirk his brother just did.Jesus fucking Christ.
“I see you met my brother. Gimme a second, I’m almost done here.” He turns and finishes up what he’s working on.
“So the upgrades you had done, those aren’t just any normal upgrades. Do you race or something?” Luis questions.
“Yeah, you could say that,” I smirk, “I race this and my car.” I answer, pointing at my bike.
Reyes chimes in, walking over to us, “Ah see, I knew you’d eventually be needing that friend I was telling you about. He races cars too, so he will definitely be able to help you out if you ever need it. As for bikes, Luis races them and I just enjoy riding. That's probably why Eddie sent you our way.”I wonder how well he knows them.
“Well he is my best friend's uncIe, and basically like family to me, so I trust who he trusts.” I state, looking between the two of them. They both just quirk a brow.
“We’ve known him for a while, but whatever you need, I’m down to help. I’ll have to start paying more attention to the racers though, because your bike looks familiar, but you don’t. Don’t see many purple and black ones out there.” He states.