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Maxxy gasps. Her body goes tense when she spots the woman. I’m about to ask Maxxy if she’s okay when the woman detaches herself from Trap and glances up. The woman’s eyes take on a sinister expression, her muscles rigid, her whole demeanor changing instantly.
“You!” the woman snaps.
Maxxy lets out a weak sigh. “Selene.”
CHAPTER FOUR
Maxxy
Selene snarls, turning her lip up at me with an intense glare. “What the fuck are you doing here, Maxxy? Never thought I’d see you again.”
That tremendous wave of guilt I’ve been trying to bury deep inside washes over me.
I stabbed Alina, and I let Selene take the fall.
Selene did three extra years in that hellhole, and I didabsolutely nothingto stop it.
I dropped contact with Selene the second I walked out of prison—one hundred percent asshole move.
“I’m part of Defiance. We’re here on business.”
“You joined an MC? Figures! You needed saving when we were in the slammer, so no-brainer that you need protection on the outside.”
Hoodoo furrows his brows, turning to me. “You were in jail together?”
“Selene was my cellmate—”
“You’re telling me this istheMaxxy, baby? The one who left you?” Trap asks, and Selene crosses her arms over her chest.
“Yeah, that’s my little ladybug.”
Trap stands, staring daggers that might very well pierce my heart. Then he turns Selene and ushers her away from me. “Go stand by the bar. Letmehandle this,” Trap states.
She inhales deeply through her nose but then takes off, her flinty eyes lingering on me the entire way.
The intense burn and anger seeping off her is felt deep inside me.
And I can’t blame her.
Not at all.
Trap leans in close enough that I smell the whiskey on his breath. “You left her torotin jail. I spent an extra three years without my woman by my side because ofyou.You think because you’re Defiance that gives you safety? I wouldburndown the world for my woman. If Selene wants to watch you suffer like she did…” he takes a deep breath through his nose, reminding me of ‘Iceman’ fromTop Gun, “… thenIwill make that happen.”
This asshole just threatened to kill his own men for a leg up, so I don’t doubt he will come after me to protect his wife.
Hoodoo pushes past me, stepping right up in Trap’s face. “You sure you want to threaten a member of Defiance? We might be on good terms with the Bachelors right now, but if you want to start a war because of something that happened years ago, then bring it the fuck on because my guys will stand behind Maxxy until every last one of your men is bleeding out on the Baton Rouge blacktop.”
Trap smirks as Cain returns, his eyes wandering over the tense as fuck standoff. “Something going down I should know about?” Cain asks.
Trap chuckles, though it’s forced, as he slaps Hoodoo’s shoulder a little harder than necessary. It instantly makes him grimace. “Just shooting the breeze. We’re all good… I’ll leave you to it,” Trap states, then turns and walks to Selene, who’s still staring at me like death would be a pleasure to deal out.
Cain exhales. “Trap giving you shit? ’Cause I’ll happily have him removed from the premises and thrown into the Mississippi. I’ll even provide the concrete boots myself.”
I smirk as Hoodoo raises his brow. “I feel like there’s more of a story there between you and him. You looking for a reason to drown him in the big muddy?”
“If only I could…” Cain chuckles. “Anyway, if he or Selene cause trouble, tell me. I will deal with them. In the meantime, Boss says we can spare five of our soldiers. You good with that many?”
My eyes widen as a bright smile lights my face. “Fuck! Are you serious?”
