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“No. Nonono,” he cried out, but it was too late. There was no stopping King.
He was on his back on the couch, the pitbull on top of him wiggling happily as he licked all over his face, his friends laughing at his obvious distress—monsters. They were all monsters—while he wondered how his life had come to this and why the hell he wanted more of it.
He shoved that thought as deep down as it could get. He was already dealing with enough shit. He couldn’t afford to dream of happiness on top of it.
He knew what he had to do about the job. Just knowing the way his friends would look at him if they knew what Isaac and Briggs wanted him to do had him making a decision he’d probably regret but only for the right reasons. At least, he hoped so.
Chapter Two
Steel
HE CLOSED his eyes for a second, simply enjoying the feel of the wind against his body, the bike under him vibrating as the asphalt beneath them allowed them to move faster than they probably should. No one could stop them.
The freedom he felt when he rode his bike was indescribable. There was nothing quite like it. The comradery with his brothers was just a nice bonus. They got to share their love for their motorcycles and riding and that’s what had made him want to join a motorcycle club so many years ago. That hadn’t changed.
He pulled into the courtyard and parked in front of the clubhouse. He pulled his helmet off, his smile wide. His chest felt light while the adrenaline from riding was thrumming through his veins.
Steel headed for the door and as he stepped inside, he almost ran straight into Digger.
“Oh. Hi, Dig.”
“Hey. How’s the arm?”
Getting shot hadn’t exactly been fun but he probably wouldn’t have even survived if it hadn’t been for Digger. The man had kept him safe and gotten him the hell out of there the first chance he’d gotten.
“Good enough to beat up Ace with.”
Digger huffed out a laugh.
“I’m sure he had it coming,” Digger said with a toothy smile.
“Oh, he did.”
That little fucker had played Titanium every single time they’d been in the same room since he’d gotten out of the hospital. The second he’d been out of his sling, he’d made sure Ace wouldn’t dare play that damned song again. Not that he thought it actually worked. Ace had no concept of consequences. He was quite the daredevil and over the past few years, he’d gotten into more shit than Steel could even recall. Even his own trip to the hospital hadn’t stopped him from driving poor Diesel bonkers. Every time Ace even thought about singing, Diesel was pulling out his gun.
“How’s Matt?”
He hadn’t seen the man in a while. Matt was a homebody if he’d ever met one. He was only at the club with Digger every once in a while and usually only if Sawyer was there as well.
“He’s good. It's like coming home to a puppy. He's always so happy to see me,” Digger said with a twinkle in his eye. “He's got object permanence. It means he forgets people exist unless they're with him or he can see them, so every time I walk through the door, he just lights up. Unless he's having a bad day. I hate it for him when he has a bad day. I wish it was something palpable. Something I could hunt down and kill for him.”
Steel found himself smiling at Digger despite the seriousness of his words.
“He’s lucky to have you,” he said.
Digger shook his head. “I’m lucky to have him.”
Steel smiled and rubbed a hand over his chest, trying to ignore the twinge in his heart. Watching his brothers find love, including his big brother, had been hard. He’d been immensely happy for them. Really. They deserved to be happy and loved.
He just… couldn’t help comparing his own life and his own relationships with theirs and it was glaringly obvious that his was lacking compared to theirs.
The few relationships he’d had in the past years hadn’t lasted long. Despite a club bunny or two desperately trying, he hadn’t wanted to call them his property. He’d considered it with Gina but only to placate her because, hell. She’d been a lot. The sex had been great. The relationship, though? Not so much.
He hated to admit it, but he hadn’t exactly put in that much effort to make it work. His heart just hadn’t been in it.
The gay couples at the club had opened his eyes to a part of himself he hadn’t even known existed. He’d always found men handsome. Maybe even attractive. He just hadn’t known what it meant. He’d thought until two years ago that he was straight. He very much was not.
The thought of Kai had his muscles tensing up.
