Total pages in book: 39
Estimated words: 36052 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 180(@200wpm)___ 144(@250wpm)___ 120(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 36052 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 180(@200wpm)___ 144(@250wpm)___ 120(@300wpm)
“She’s just a little whore,” Black said with a chuckle. “She’s nothing to you.”
“She’s everything to me, Leon,” Bear said softly. “So yeah. I guess you know me just as well today as you did when I was under your command.”
“Fuck you, Bear. Just pull the fuckin’ trigger and get it over with.”
“I’m good with that.” Lemon pulled out a gun and fired at Mr. Black… but there wasn’t a report. Instead, two wires shot from the gun to Black’s chest, and his body stiffened and his face contorted in pain. He opened his mouth as if to scream, but nothing came out.
“Lemon,” Rocket sighed. “How many times have I told you not to carry a taser? You’re loud enough with that fucking pink bike you commandeered from Falcon. Carrying weapons makes you stick out even more.”
Lemon gave Rocket a blank, innocent look. “Is that really even possible?”
Rocket barked out a laugh. So did Boon and I. “Good point, baby.” Rocket chuckled. Then he turned to Boon. “So, what about you?”
“I came here originally to kill Leon. But when I got there, he’d already started the move with Olivia. It was when I realized how much a pawn she was, and knew I couldn’t leave her to fend for herself. So I sat back and watched until yesterday evening. I knew you were with Grim Road, Bear. I remembered what you’d told me. Working with Leon for the last few weeks also gave me time to study you guys and dig deeper into your reputation around the area.” He shrugged. “No one had a bad thing to say about Grim Road. Not only that, but then you turned out to be the first club member she was able to get close to in the right setting. Like I said before. Once I knew you were the man who had her, I knew she’d be safer with you than she would be with her father.”
“Olivia?” Bear pulled me into his arms. “You got any other questions for either of them?”
I shook my head, burying my face in Bear’s chest. “I just want to go home. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea.”
“What? Confronting Leon here?”
“Yes.” The word was more of a sob. “I just want to go home with you and forget about all this.”
“Thank fuck,” Bear said, squeezing me to him tighter. “For a second there, I thought you meant you didn’t think being with me was a good idea.”
That shocked me, so I pulled back to cup his bearded face in my hands. “Bear, being with you is the best idea I’ve ever had.”
“Someone fucking shoot me,” Black snapped, disgust clear in his voice. “Pathetic!”
“You heard the man,” Lemon said. “Shoot him. Bear, take Liv to the truck. We’ll be there in a minute.”
“Now, wait just a Goddamned minute!” There was a sharp gunshot, then silence. Bear kept my face against his chest with one big, strong hand on the back of my head.
“What about Boon?” Ringo looked to Rocket for instructions.
“Cut him loose.” Rocket addressed Boon, “You want to stay with us? Prospect?”
Boon rubbed his wrist when Ringo cut him down. “I think maybe I would, Rocket.”
“What about your family?” Bear turned us but didn’t let me go or move my head to look at Boon. “The reason you didn’t come before was because you didn’t want to uproot them.”
“My wife divorced me when I was in prison. My kids are grown and don’t want anything to do with me.” He shrugged. “I thought I’d maybe get a fresh start.”
“Crush will have to look into your background, but if Bear vouches for you, we’ll take you in.”
“Bear vouches for him,” Bear said. “Now, I’m takin’ my woman out of here. Boon, good to see you. Hate all the shit you went through, but I’m glad you found your way here.”
“Thanks Bear. I owe you.”
“Anytime, brother. We’re family here. Welcome aboard.”
Chapter Ten
Bear
The ride back to the clubhouse took some time. Not only was the terrain less than ideal, but Crush wanted us to take the scenic route and do a few double backs to make sure no one was following us. Or that we didn’t have some kind of tracking device on us. It wasn’t exactly standard after what we’d done, but he and Byte wanted to be careful since we had no idea where the tech on Liv’s phone came from.
A couple hours -- and a different vehicle -- later we rolled through the compound gates. Yeah. The paranoia from Crush was just too great to risk bringing the truck back, so we sold it to a guy named Red at Red’s Garage in Palm Beach. The guy was road captain for Salvation’s Bane. After giving him the rundown, he swapped us a truck and set about making ours disappear. Not my business how. That was Ringo’s department. All I was concerned with was taking care of my girl.