When you're a club bunny or a sweet butt, you normally take precautions with anyone you are with. However, with Duke it was different. He was the only one in Viper's MC I had ever truly been with. We've had our fling going for the past two years, when I was only nineteen. I was young and dumb. I thought we would be together, literally forever. I thought he loved me. That I would become his ol' lady. However, that wasn't the case. He came in the clubhouse one day with a beautiful blonde with crystal clear ocean eyes. She was everything I was not. She wasn't a club bunny like me. She was the President's sister. He looked me in my devastated eyes and announced she was his ol' lady. Some of the members looked at me in pity. The girl from the wrong side of the track, the club bunny, falling for The Viper's VP. I watched as my heart shattered that day. I watched for weeks of him parading her around. I watched as he got down on one knee and proposed to her. I watched my world crash in a matter of two months. She was his long-lost sweetheart. She took off and shattered his soul before I came through these doors. She walked back in two years later and took what was never mine to begin with. He used me to get over her and I let him. I should have listened when everyone warned me not to play with fire; to get mixed up with him. But his beautiful sky-blue eyes and perfect smile lured me in. I started to drink more and more each day. I never touched another club member after that. I just partied and entertained everyone. My smile didn't fool anyone, not even myself. He never once looked my way after everything he had done. A month later I found out I was four months pregnant.

Four months!

With his child. He never found out about how I was carrying his child. Not like he would even care. He and everyone was told it was from a one-night stand.

I mean technically it wasn't all a big lie..

Just partially.

I mean technically it did start off as a one night stand. So, there was some truth to the half assed lie.

When she was three months old, and her features were slowly showing. Her eyes, you couldn't deny she had his eyes. Everyone started to notice, even he started to become suspicious. Instead of staying in the small town of Vander at The Viper's Clubhouse; because I didn't want to ruin his perfect life, I asked the Pres if I could leave. This lifestyle isn't something my daughter needed to be around. The partying, the drugs, her bloody father for the most part was the reason I left.

I didn't want my little sweetheart to get hurt by him. I didn't want her having to see him with her. I didn't want him to ignore her like I knew he would. So, Pres gave his approval and with that approval I took off. Drove an hour away to a small town called Ashby. Only because my old beater up decided to die in this small town. If I had my way, I would have been stated away from Vander and my horrible past. But since my car wanted to croak in Ashby, I decided to make the most of it. I started to work in Mac's bar. The owner let me stay in the apartment above the bar with my daughter.

McKenzie.

I knew it was a biker bar, but I didn't even care. I needed a job so I could provide for my little angel. I needed a place to live so she would stay warm at night. Mac's wife would watch my daughter in their house, which was behind the bar. I tried to stay away from every biker. I only took their orders and handed them their drinks.

However, my attempts failed. Not a slight fail but a major fail.

I caught the eyes of The Creed's MC's VP. I don't know what it is about me attracting MC's Vice Presidents. But here I was in the sights of another VP.

A bloody damn sculpted machine. His eyes would capture your soul while his smile would melt your cold heart.

His name was Bear. He had a son, Kaiser, who's only a year older than McKenzie. Kaiser's mom, was a fling. She wasn't cut out for children apparently because she had him and left him on Bear's doorstep. She even had the audacity to leave a small note. Apparently, it wasn't a heartfelt one at that. I remember over hearing Bear telling the prospects at the time 'wrap your dick and makes sure she doesn't act like Annabelle.' They asked what the story was so, he told them how she just left leaving their son on his doorstep. When one of them asked what the note had said Bear looked like he was about to shed tears thinking about the day his one month son was out in the cold wrapped in small blanket with that bloody note. I tried not to eavesdrop but hearing how he sounded so broken when he talked about his past; it made my ears perk up and curiosity ran in my blood.

I just wanted to comfort him which if I did I would have been in serious trouble. I was snapped back when I heard what it had said.

"Here's our son. Take the bastard. I don't want him. I never did. Do as you please because I really could care less. I'm not cut out as a mother but you however, are cut out to be a father.

Fuck you Annabelle."

Bear's voice cracked and his voice got a little higher towards the end. I watched as a single tear fell from his eyes.

I don't know what I was thinking because this is how I made it to his radar. I simply gave him a beer and squeezed his hand.

"You are a great father Bear."

I meant every word. He was, from what I could see, a damn good father. Kaiser is lucky to have his dad instead of that wrench of a mother. After that moment he simply noticed me. I didn't realize or put two and two together about who the second baby was that Mac's wife was watching sometimes when I would pick McKenzie up. That was until Bear walked through the front door of their house to pick his son up.

For nine months Bear had tried to get me to go on one date.

Just one.

The thing was I was already caving. You see, I had fallen in love with the VP and there was no stopping it. He would always play with McKenzie. He even was the one who got her to take her first steps. She held his finger and he slowly coaxed her to move with him. His mother was filming the entire thing. Everyone was cheering this dirty blonde haired, sky-blue eyed angel on. After that my daughter was always by his side. His eyes showed so much love towards my daughter and the one date I agreed upon turned into another.

Then another.

It turned into being his girlfriend to his ol' lady to becoming his wife. Bear treated my daughter as his own. Bear and Pres knew who Mckenzie's father was. They kept it a secret. Not a soul knew my secret.

For years at least.

But I wanted it to be hidden for life.

Kaiser and McKenzie grew up like siblings just how we wanted it to be. They were each other's best friend. He was her protector, and she was his weakness. When Kaiser was three and McKenzie was two, we had a set of twin boys. Dylan and Dawson. They to became their sister's protector as well just like she was also their weakness. Her smile lit everyone's world up. Kaiser's best friend was Pres's son, Draven. Watching our children grow up, we knew Draven and Mac were in love with each other. But both were too blind to even see it. All five of the kids were always together. That is...

Until everything came crumbling down around us and McKenzie took off. She had the look of betrayal, hurt, and ashamed in her eyes. The attitude of 'she wasn't coming back' rolled off her. She slowly started to talk to all of us again after a year or two. Mainly Kaiser, Dylan, and Dawson because even when she left, she always stayed in touch with her brother.

Her lifelines.

The look on Draven's face when she pulled her Harley on to the trailer that she had attached to her truck and took off.

That looked had always haunted me.

He looked so heartbroken. He looked so defeated. When she left, he became distant. When he became the President of The Creed MC, he ruled with an ironclad fist. No one, I mean no one dared to go against him. No MC dared to go head-to-head with our club.

Even in family emergencies, McKenzie never showed her face. So, when this family had devastating news  almost six years later. We never expected to see her. We most certainly didn't expect to see her with two almost 5-year-old twins. Only ones who weren't surprised were Kaiser, Dylan, and Dawson. Like they knew all along she had children. This is the story of my McKenzie's life and how she managed to survive her darkness times with family, friends, the love of her life, and all the support she could ever receive.

Enjoy.

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Slowly revamping and editing Reaper's War. Some changes have been made. Enjoyed the first chapter to be revamped and edited... ❤️