Total pages in book: 181
Estimated words: 181613 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 908(@200wpm)___ 726(@250wpm)___ 605(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 181613 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 908(@200wpm)___ 726(@250wpm)___ 605(@300wpm)
If only she knew. If only she knew how far I was willing to go.
How much I have killed.
I suck in a breath and pet my bike. “I’m sorry, love.”
Then I hop on and start the engine.
“You know there’s no way out of this, right?” Sunny’s voice makes me look over my shoulder. She throws me my helmet. “You forgot this.”
“Thanks.” I put it on and secure it.
“Don’t leave loose ends,” she says, winking.
“If I do, you owe me a kill, sis.”
She licks her bottom lip. “Just say when and where, and I’ll be there.”
I nod and race off right as Dad walks out the door too, but I’m long gone by the time he’s opened his mouth again. I’m not interested in listening to what I’ve heard over and over again.
Stay low, don’t talk to anyone you consider a friend.
If this is all that’s left of my life, I don’t fucking want it. Return to fucking sender.
I drive through the city with music blasting in my ear to distract me while I watch the sun set and the moon rise full of vengeance.
Through the seedy part of town Mom told me not to cross. I know what lurks in these fucking corners—murderers, drug dealers, traffickers, the worst of their kind—but right now the touch of darkness is what I need to stay sane, to remind myself I’m not the rot of this planet.
This is the part of town no one goes to if they can help it, because it’s run by the Bonesmen Brotherhood, a notorious group of criminals dead set on making a name for themselves as the most destructive men on earth. Their only interest is money, no matter how they acquire it. They don’t break rules. Rules don’t exist for the likes of them. And ever since my parents and Aspen’s parents took down two of their locations, they’ve regrouped and grown even stronger. Which is why I’m careful whenever I drive through this neighborhood, speeding whenever someone looks at me wrong.
But the sight of one white-haired guy makes me hit the brakes, and I push my helmet up to see if I’m dreaming, but I’m not. I’m definitely not.
Aspen’s boyfriend, Grey, just walked out of a seedy-looking underground club that’s definitely on Bonesmen Brotherhood territory.
Fuck.
CHAPTER 19
Levi
If Grey is at all connected to them, I have to tell Aspen.
Even though I know I’m not supposed to talk to her, even if both my family and her family will kill me when I do, I have to keep her safe, no matter the cost.
He hops into his car and starts the engine, and when he drives off, I casually tail him through the rain without drawing too much attention to myself.
He drives to the outskirts of the city and heads into the parking lot that’s on the edge of an abandoned piece of land. I stay behind on the other side of the street, stopping only to stick up a cigarette and pretend I’m taking a break so I won’t be noticed while I stalk.
But then a second car drives up the parking lot, and I’m keenly aware of their meetup.
Who is this guy, and what does Grey want from him?
Is he a mule for the Bonesmen Brotherhood?
The car stops right behind his, and when a guy steps out, they have a brief chat before another person is pushed out of the vehicle, hands bound. The guy hops back into the car, and it skids around and races off across the rainy road, leaving the shackled person stranded with Grey.
Grey kicks a few loose pebbles off the street as he approaches, his hands in his pockets. Suddenly, he lunges and knocks him out in one blow. Out cold.
My eyes widen as Grey drags the guy to a secluded spot behind a tree, pulls out a knife, and slowly eviscerates the man, blood spraying all over the pavement.
Holy shit.
Guess Silas isn’t the only insane fucker in Aspen’s life. Grey’s an absolute maniac.
I lower my visor and prep my bike, but the moment I rev the engine, Grey homes in on me, so I drive off fast.
Can’t risk him following me.
He may have seen my bike, but he doesn’t know who I am, or that I saw him kill, and I intend to keep it that way. But if he does end up following me, I’ll be ready for him.
I pat my leggings to ensure my knives are still there, before swerving across the streets, back up the mountain to Spine Ridge University grounds.
I have to fucking warn Aspen about his nefarious side job. Even if she won’t listen to me, I have to at least try. I don’t care if she’ll only end up hating me more. I won’t give up. Not now. Not ever.
When I finally get to her sorority, I hop off my bike and tap on the doorbell numerous times until the door finally opens. A girl in her pajamas with a cup of tea in her hands stares me down. “What do you want? I was trying to read.”