What if the safest place you’ve ever known, is a biker clubhouse?
But then you ruin it all…
Excerpt:
His eyes narrow, d*ngerous and calm all at once. “You should be screaming in pa!n right now,” he mutters. “Tied to that chair. Black and blue.”
I swallow the panic clawing at my chest. “If that’s what you have to do, Shadow, do it. I’ve been through worse.”
His jaw ticks harder, the muscles in his arms flexing as he glances towards the window. “Maybe I should just put you back out there,” he mutters, like he’s thinking out loud. “That’s what you do when strays bite the hand that feeds them.”
“Fine,” I whisper. “Let me go, and I’ll never darken your doorstep again.”
“That’d be too easy,” he growls.
I let out a sharp, broken laugh. “So, what do you want to do, Shadow?” My voice cracks, rising with the tremor in my chest. “Break me? I’m already there.” The words tear out of me, too fast, too raw. “Because whatever happens, I can never catch a f*cking break. So, be*t me, pull off my fingernails, c u t me, do whatever the f*ck you want. And when you’ve had your fun, toss me back on the street like a dog. It’s what I deserve.” Tears burn hot as I choke out the rest. “And when that guy finds me, he’ll finish the job. Then you can sleep easy knowing I paid the price for trying to cross you and your club.”
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Shadow – Nicola Jane
