Total pages in book: 95
Estimated words: 93698 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 468(@200wpm)___ 375(@250wpm)___ 312(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 93698 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 468(@200wpm)___ 375(@250wpm)___ 312(@300wpm)
“Didn’t do shit ‘cept talk to Vi.”
“I don’t want to share a room with Ledger. We both need our own space.”
“Gonna get one with two bedrooms.”
With a groan, she slapped a hand across her forehead. “You have it all figured out, don’t you?” How convenient was it that one of the few two-bedroom cabins was suddenly becoming free?
“What the fuck’s wrong with lookin’ out for you and my boy?”
Kyra pulled in a breath. “While I appreciate you looking out, you don’t get to make decisions about us without me being involved.”
“Tellin’ you now.”
“You’re telling me? I think you meant you’re asking me if I’d like to move onto the farm, right? Right?”
“Yeah,” he grumbled.
“Then, my answer is no. I might consider your offer in the future, but I like how close my place is to—”
“Ain’t acceptin’ that answer.”
She blinked at his bossiness. Then some of the stories she heard over the years began to flood her memories. Most of them tragedies.
Vi’s mother, Jewel, had been kidnapped by the DAMC’s rivals, the Shadow Warriors, long before she was born.
Rage’s mother, Kiki, had been kidnapped and assaulted. Lyric and Nix’s mother, Jazz, had also been taken during that same incident and had been raped, assaulted, and sliced up with a knife.
Jayde, Adrianna and Gage’s mother, had been attacked by that same MC, causing her to have a miscarriage.
Wheels and Jigsaw’s father, Slade, had been captured, beaten, and used as bait to ambush the club.
Sophie’s Sweet Treats, the bakery run by Zeke’s own mother, had almost been destroyed by a Molotov cocktail when she had been inside.
Those were only the incidents she easily remembered them talking about, but she was sure they were just the tip of the iceberg since the Warriors had been thorns in the DAMC’s side for decades.
But she also learned once the Shadow Warriors disappeared, the war between the two MCs ended.
The back of her neck prickled and her stomach dropped. “Are the Shadow Warriors back?”
Zeke’s eyebrows pinned together. “Fuck no. Got nothin’ to do with the Warriors.”
“Then I don’t understand this concern.”
“Always gonna be another MC out there like the Warriors. Just tryin’ to make sure we’re prepared in case one pops up to create trouble.”
“But you don’t know of any right now?”
Please say no. Please say no.
When his face became a blank mask, her gut churned.
If something ever happened to Ledger due to him being tied to the club, it would be all her fault. She was the one who decided to come back to Shadow Valley thinking it would be better for their son. Maybe it would’ve been better to stay far, far away.
Had she screwed up by returning to Shadow Valley? She’d never be able to live with herself if she had and her actions caused Ledger to be harmed.
She’d also never be able to forgive the man standing in front of her. Because his club would be the cause of it.
It was one thing to be dating a biker when she was single and wanting to party and have fun, it was quite another when she was responsible for a child.
A child that could easily be made a target.
“Gonna get my brothers to help you pack and move your shit over once that other guy moves out.”
“I didn’t agree to it.”
“Don’t fuckin’ forget Ledger’s mine, too.”
“It’s hard to forget that fact, Zeke, when you keep reminding me,” she spouted in frustration.
“‘Cause you fuckin’ forgot that important fact when you fuckin’ split!” he yelled, then quickly reined in his temper. He planted a hand on his hip, dropped his head and took a couple of deep breaths.
Oh yes, something was obviously up. Clearly, he was hiding whatever it was from her.
But whatever it was had to be serious enough. He wasn’t pushing them to move in with him and become the “family” he kept hinting at. He was only pushing her to move onto the Doughertys’ farm.
Where some of the cabins were occupied by Vi’s Shadows. Shadows who wouldn’t hesitate to protect her and Ledger, if need be. Even if those actions were questionable. Or downright illegal.
She not only heard what havoc the Warriors had wreaked in the past, but she also knew the now-retired Shadows had taken out most of that rival club.
Those nomad bikers were never seen again.
The former Shadows had all been retired military and, in reality, could have been labeled mercenaries when they worked for Vi’s father, Diesel. From what Kyra remembered, they had all been scary as hell and not to be messed with.
“For me to even consider this move, I need to know the truth, Zeke. If I find out you’re hiding things from me—things that might put Ledger in harm’s way—I won’t ever forgive you.”
“Still haven’t forgiven me for that shit with Bunny, anyway,” he grumbled.
She rolled her eyes. “Thank you for that reminder.”