Chapter 1
Being the Mayan Princess I grew up in the clubhouse and I'm pretty close to all of the guys. They are my family. Always will be. I would do anything for my family. Like, right now, I am sitting in a truck, between Coco and Angel, headed to meet up with Adelita and the Rebels to help deliver supplies to them all because Angel asked me to help. So, now I get one phone call and I'm sitting between these two, headed to help someone just because my family asked. But that's the thing, I could call any of these guys at any time and they would drop everything to be there. That's just how this family works. Coco is my best friend. We've been friends since he was a prospect, the same time Angel was a prospect and Coco and I tell each other everything. He tells me about his time in the military and about his kids. He tells me about his mom and I know about his daughter Letti that just recently came to live with him. I also kept Letti occupied while he killed his mom and buried her in the desert. You know, cause that's what best friends do. That being said, he knows about Taza not really being my father, about him adopting me when I was three. He knows about me being in love with one of his brothers. He knows all my secrets and I know all of his. Sitting in the truck, I have my head laying on Coco's shoulder, waiting on us to get to the campsite to unload the supplies so that we can get back for the party tonight.
We finally pull up to the campsite and we all get out of the truck. I walk to the back of the truck and help Coco get the bags of supplies out and hand them to Gilly and the Prospect and help carry them to the tent while Angel talks to Adelita. Once we get all the bags into the tent, we walk over to Angel and Adelita and they are still talking. "Just let me know if you need anything else mi dulce." he says and I feel Coco put his hand on the small of my back. I lean over and whisper "I'll be in the truck." He nods and I head to the truck and get in the back seat. I can see the guys and see Angel lean over and kiss her cheek. Fucking perfect. A few minutes later the guys are getting into the truck and Angel looks at me confused when he sees me in the back. I always sit next to him.
We head back to the tunnel and back to the other truck and when we get in it, I go to get in the back but Gilly stops me. "I'll ride in the back." Gilly says. I get in the front seat and just look out the passenger window and don't say anything all the way to my house. I go to get out and Angel grabs my hand. "You okay Princessa?" he asks concerned. "Yeah. Just tired." I say. "You want me to pick you up for the party tonight?" Angel asks. "That's okay. Have fun guys. I'm just gonna try to get some sleep." I say as I get out of the truck and head to my front door, not even looking back.
The guys get back to the clubhouse and when they get out of the truck, Angel asks Coco "Can we talk?" Coco nods and they walk over to the side. "Is Zara okay?" Angel asks. "Yeah. Just hasn't been feeling good lately. Think she just not sleeping." Coco tells him, covering for me like he always does. "Yeah. Okay. Maybe I'll go by and check on her in the morning." Angel says. "Yeah. Just let her rest tonight." Coco says and Angel just nods.
The next morning, I am sitting on the couch with my coffee when I hear a bike pull up. I hear a knock on the door and open it to see Angel standing there. I move to the side and let him in before heading to the kitchen to get more coffee. "Want a cup?" I ask and he nods. "Yeah. Thanks." he says. We take our coffee and sit on the couch and he asks "Are you okay?" I nod my head and say "I'm fine Angel. Just haven't been sleeping. I promise I'm okay." I tell him. "Come here." he says. I move over next to him and he pulls me into his side and kisses the top of my head. "You know we all love you right?" he asks. "I know. I love you guys too but like I said, I just haven't been sleeping." I say. "You wanna talk about it?" he asks. "Nothing to talk about. Just insomnia." I tell him as I sit up next to him. He moves his arm from around me to putting his hand on my thigh like he always does. He's always touching me somehow. A couple of minutes later, his phone rings. "Yeah...I'm over here now...we'll meet you there." he says before ending the call. I get up and head to my room to get dressed. I know what that call was about. Meeting Adelita again.
Ten minutes later, we head out to his bike and head to meet the guys to head to the campsite...again. I'm really starting to hate these trips. Getting off the back of Angel's bike, Coco looks at me and I just shake my head no. We get in the truck and EZ is driving with Gilly in the passenger seat. I am in the back, in the middle between Angel and Coco. I lean my head on Coco's shoulder and feel Angel put his hand on my thigh. I just stare straight ahead out the front windshield. We get to the tunnel, and go to get out of the truck when Angel reaches his hand out to help me out. "I got it." I tell him and he lowers his hand and looks at me confused. We head down the hill and EZ walks over to help me down and I take his hand as I start to slide down the hill a little. We get through the tunnel and head to the other truck. Getting in, Angel gets in the back beside me and once we get going, he leans over and whispers "Are we okay?" I put my hand on his on my thigh and whisper "Yes Novio. We're okay." He brings my hand to his lips and kisses my knuckles before looking back out the window. I don't know how much longer I can handle this.