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“She was here, but she left,” she announces.
I don’t speak right away. I’m not exactly sure what to say. But when I clear my throat, I shake my head once. “You talk to her?” I ask.
Desperation fills me at the thought of her—at the thought of Reese being here. I touched her, I felt her, I was inside of her. My heart squeezes. I am such a goddamn pussy for her. Sucking in a breath, I hold it and wait for her to say something. I’ll grasp on to any little nugget I can.
“I didn’t,” Thunder murmurs. “She ran out of here like her ass was on fire.”
I don’t respond. There’s nothing to say. Heading for my bike, I straddle it. I have other shit to do today. Shit that involves undercover agents, deals, and a brother. Revving my bike, I lift my head and look up to see Thunder making her way toward me.
She stops beside me, and I kill my engine with a sigh. “Yeah?” I ask.
“I just… she’s gone and not coming back. Are you sure you don’t want to try together?”
I don’t have to ask her what she means. I already know. But what Thunder doesn’t get is that if there’s no Reese, then there’s nobody. My road name isn’t Agony just because. My life has been a clusterfuck since the moment I came screaming into the world and judging by the way it’s going, it will stay that way.
“Sorry, babe,” I mutter. “It’s not going to work for me.”
Thunder’s eyes narrow, and there is a little spite behind her gaze. It makes me wonder if there’s something she isn’t telling me. I open my mouth to ask her just that when she spins on her heels and marches away.
Starting the bike again, I rev the engine and ride away from the clubhouse and straight toward the meeting point with Logan. Duke, Bond, and Legacy are going to be there, too, along with Stoker.
The warehouse comes into view. Instead of working on cars today, I’m going to be asking Logan some more fucking questions about Reese. Since she came to me last night, I know she’s close. I just don’t know how fucking close, and I want to know everything.
I park my bike, then head to the front door and unlock it, open the rolling doors and move around the shop, trying to keep myself busy so I don’t completely lose my fucking mind. I’m already on the edge. The sensation of being crazed is right there, niggling.
Waiting.
All-consuming.
One by one, the men arrive, and I smirk as I watch them make their way inside. It looks like a whole walking conundrum. It’s clear that we would not even be speaking to one another if this were not something that brought us together, especially Stoker. He appears to be a fed in every sense of the word.
“What’s the plan?” I ask.
“Legacy’s been filled in?” Duke asks.
Legacy snorts. “As much as I can be, I suppose.”
“Then let’s get started.”
ChapterTwelve
REESE
After leavingthe clubhouse in Casa Grande, I drove straight home. I had enough time to shower, do my hair, get ready, and make something small to eat. What I didn’t have time to do was think about Agony, thankfully.
If I can continue this way, being as busy as possible, I won’t think about what just happened between us. I won’t think about the fact that when I got scared, he was the man I ran to, or what we did together and how amazing it was.
I can’t think about any of that.
What I can do is stay busy and work.
Making my way out of the apartment complex, I scan the entire parking lot for anything that looks out of the ordinary, but since this is a shithole apartment complex, everything appears to be shady as fuck.
I hurry to my car, slip into the front seat, and quickly lock the doors as if that’s going to save me from Douglas. I know good and well that when Douglas wants something, he takes it, no holds barred.
Except me, which is probably why he’s so obsessed with finding me and bringing me to heel. I’m the only person, the only thing, that he hasn’t been able to tame. I fucking refuse, and I won’t go down without a fight. I will not let him take me alive.
Never again.
