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“Someplace safe,” he said. He just hoped like hell that it was the truth. As far as he knew, Hangman and the other guys hadn’t connected him to Savage Hell or the Royal Bastards.
“I’d like more information,” she insisted. “I mean, I am trusting you, so maybe you could trust me and give me some straight answers,” Amelia insisted. She was right, he owed her more than the bland answers he was giving her.
“Yeah, sorry,” he sighed. “I’m taking you to a biker bar, just on the outskirts of town. It’s called Savage Hell. My club, the Royal Bastards meet there, and I think that we can get some help while we’re there.”
“You’re taking me to a biker bar?” she squeaked.
He couldn’t help his smile. “Yes, and as bad as that sounds, the guys there are like my family and will help us out.”
“They don’t work for the guys who took me?” she questioned.
“No,” he choked, “they might look a little rough around the edges, but—”
“Like you?” she interrupted.
“Yeah, like me. I know that I look a little bit scary, but I promise, I’m not a part of the men who took you,” he insisted.
“You’ll have to forgive me if I don’t by the whole CIA excuse,” she said. “I mean, I let you take me out of the city, but I’m not buying that you are a part of the CIA. Why would you let me, and those other women sit in our cages and not help us if you’re a part of the CIA? Shouldn’t you have tried to help us or call in some backup?”
“It’s not that simple,” Spider grumbled.
“Sure, it is,” she insisted. “If you’re really a good guy, you could have saved us all and put those horrible men in jail, but instead, you helped them. You held us at gunpoint and if I’m not mistaken, you were the one who put me into my cage.” She was right about that but telling her so wasn’t going to help his case very much.
“I’ve been undercover with the Ghosts for a long time now. I couldn’t risk blowing my cover by helping you and all those women.”
“Blow your cover?” she questioned. “You were worried about blowing your cover while human beings were suffering?”
“Don’t say it that way,” he said. “I’m doing this to take down trafficking rings like the Ghosts. I’m trying to stop another woman from ever being taken from her life and her family, but I can’t do that without some sacrifices,” he said. God, saying those words out loud really made him sound like an ass. He loved his job, but he hated watching the women suffer. It was the part of his work that gave him nightmares and the one part that he’d change if he could.
“You were willing to sacrifice me and those women to further your career,” she spat.
“You don’t know me,” he shouted back at her. “I’m not sacrificing anyone. I’m trying to bring down the major players in the trafficking ring so that women don’t have to suffer anymore.”
“I think that we’re just going to have to agree to disagree, Spider,” she muttered. “If that’s even your name.”
“It’s my biker’s name. My real name is Nick Delgado,” he said. He really never told anyone his real name—not even the guys at Savage Hell and he considered them his brothers.
“I’d say that it’s nice to meet you, Nick, but that would be a complete lie. I wish that I never laid eyes on you. Hell, I wish that I never went out to that night club. If I hadn’t, I’d be home right now, living my quiet life in my little apartment and not worried that I’m putting my trust in a con man.”
“I’m not a fucking con man,” he shouted. She clenched her fists, and he could tell that she was holding back, not saying what she wanted to say to him. “I’m sorry that I yelled, but I just need a little bit of trust. I just want to help you.” Amelia crossed her arms over her chest, and he could tell that he was just not getting through to her at all. The only way that she was going to believe him was if he proved himself to her, and the only way to do that was to keep her word and keep her safe.
“Trust has to be earned,” she said as if reading his thoughts.
“Right, and that’s why I’m going to get the guys from my club involved,” he said. “They’ll help us.”
“Oh, so now, we’re an us?” she asked.
“That’s not what I meant,” he grumbled. He had a feeling that no matter what he said, he’d never win her over. His only option was to quit trying and just get them to Savage Hell as quickly as possible. He was sure that once he was there, she’d see that his brothers were good guys, even if she didn’t want to admit it.
* * *
They got to the bar later that night, and he was sure that he’d never seen the parking lot so full. “This is the bar?” she asked as he parked his old truck in the back corner of the lot.
“Yep,” he said, “listen, the guys can be a bit rough, but they are all good guys.”
“Sure, they are probably saints,” she grumbled unbuckling her seatbelt.
He couldn’t help his chuckle. “Just stick by me and you’ll be fine.” She shot him a look and even had the nerve to roll her eyes at him before opening her door to get out of his truck.
