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Looking in my rearview, I saw the SUVs follow us. “They’re here for us. It must be Eric.”
“Payback for this morning?”
“Probably.” I darted in and out of traffic, doing my best to keep other motorists between us so they couldn’t get a direct line of fire on us. “This would’ve been easier on our bikes,” I complained.
Drew didn’t say anything, just pulled his gun out. He turned, kneeling on the seat. “Let them get closer.”
I stopped weaving and stuck to the far left lane. There were the least amount of vehicles there right now. As soon as I did, one of the SUVs got right on our ass. “Fuck, these boys know how to ride an ass,” I quipped.
Drew snorted, but it was soon drowned out by him firing at the vehicle following us. A glance in the rearview showed the SUV swerving, trying to regain control. Drew had managed to hit one of the tires. The sound of brakes squealing and metal crunching filled the air. He’d just caused a pile-up on the freeway. It was better than us getting into a full on shootout with Eric and his new crew. Despite wanting that bastard dead, we didn’t want civilians in the crossfire.
I took the exit that brought us back to the clubhouse, keeping an eye out as we went. The second SUV was nowhere in sight and the cops weren’t on our tails yet either. Pulling into the clubhouse, I parked around back and found Cyclone and Vesper waiting on us.
“What the hell was that?” Cy asked, pissed off. “You should have stuck with me, I could have taken those assholes out for you.”
On a bike he would have been more vulnerable to getting rammed or shot at, having nothing surrounding him to protect him. I’d taken the freeway to make sure he didn’t get involved. Last thing I needed was to get one of Vesper's men killed in our blood feud.
“Sorry, Cy. Next time,” I told him.
Vesper shot me a grateful look, but didn’t say anything as we started unloading.
“You’ll want to get rid of this truck,” I suggested. Both Eric’s crew and likely the cops had the description by this point.
“We’ll dispose of it tonight,” Vesper told me, settling a hand on my shoulder. “Thanks,” he said in a low voice, making sure Cyclone didn’t overhear. It wasn’t like his brother couldn’t handle himself, but we’d done our jobs. Even though we’d brought the danger to their doorstep this time, it could have just as easily been one of their enemies and Vesper knew we would have done whatever was necessary to help Cy.
With club business pretty much concluded, I jogged over to my bike. Drew shook his head at me, but didn’t say anything as he walked into the clubhouse.
I pulled out of the lot and hauled ass across the city. There wasn’t any point in calling now. Face to face was going to be the only thing that’d save me from a likely pissed off siren.
CHAPTER NINE
Trip
“You have a lot of nerve,” Kat said when she opened the door. She leaned against the frame, smacking her gum. She was the gatekeeper. Until I sweet talked her I wasn’t getting anywhere near Marina.
“I had business I needed to take care of.” It was the most I was willing to say.
Kat sighed and shot a look over her shoulder. “She’s too soft for your world, Trip.” Guilt flashed over her face. “She’d be pissed if she knew I was saying this, but I don’t want her getting hurt.”
“No one will ever fucking touch her,” I growled. The thought made fury rise and crest within me.
She rolled her eyes. “You can’t watch her every second of every day. Tell me that you truly believe, one hundred percent, that she’ll never get hurt.”
A muscle in my jaw flexed as I ground my teeth together. I didn’t reassure her, though, because she was right. Our old ladies knew that there might be times where they could get caught up in our shit. “I’ll do everything I can to keep her safe.”
“The only way to do that is to let her go,” Kat told me, but she stepped out of the way, giving me space to come inside. “Second door on the left.”
I walked back to Marina’s room, opening the door without knocking. She was lying on her bed, earbuds in, toe tapping as she listened to music. Leaning against the doorframe, I watched her.
Kat may be right. The smartest thing to do was to let her go, but I couldn’t do that. Watching her as she relaxed in her own space, the need to own her, protect her…fuck her, came over me. I couldn’t release her, knowing that she’d eventually find another guy and marry him. She was mine.
Shutting the door, I moved into the room and her eyes flashed open. “Trip,” she gasped, a hand coming up to her heart.
Wanting to feel it racing as I made her come, I lowered my body onto hers before she had a chance to get up. I had her pinned beneath me and grinned down at her. There was a puzzled look on her face. “Miss me, Siren?”
“Get off,” she replied, shoving at me.
“No.” I settled more of my weight on her, refusing to let her slip away.
