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“There’s nothing I can do about it now. It’s over.”
Without the mystery of The Bone Man, the allure was gone. Max would probably fire me by the end of the week. He had nothing to worry about.
“Is it?” Diesel pressed. “Or is this what you want? Are you leaving? Do you want out? Is that what this is?”
“What?” I cocked my head at him. “What the fuck are you talking about?”
“Are you leaving the Saints? To become this… this Bone Man? Do your brothers know?”
He could see the answer on my face.
“So you’ve all been lying to me, then.” He ran his tongue along his teeth, baring them in a small growl.
“I’m not leaving,” I said, realizing what it was I needed to say. The only thing he wanted to hear. “It was an outlet. One I needed. But my loyalty, my family is here.”
Diesel shook his head, clearing the distance between us with a stiff hand raised like he wished he could rip me apart with his bare hands. I didn’t budge, and he stopped mere inches from my face.
“Family doesn’t lie to one another,” he spat. “I taught you better.”
His words stung, and I recoiled from the truth in them. Guilt over the selfish need for him to accept this part of me made the anger fizzle out, sending the beast back to its cage. Leaving me hollow.
“There’s only three more days until time’s up for our enemies in Edgewood,” he said. “I expect this mess to be cleaned up by then.”
I nodded, turning to leave.
“And Corvus?”
I waited.
“Don’t ever lie to me again.”
