Total pages in book: 98
Estimated words: 94921 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 475(@200wpm)___ 380(@250wpm)___ 316(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 94921 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 475(@200wpm)___ 380(@250wpm)___ 316(@300wpm)
Harlow knew this was a big mistake.
“And?” she asked.
“You can live with that?”
“I’m not looking for forever. I’m not looking for a husband or a boyfriend. I want a good time. Nothing serious. This works for me. I’ll see you next Friday.”
“I’ll pick you up,” Hunter said. “And I’ll give you the location of where to meet me.” With that, he hung up.
Harlow pulled her cell phone away from her ear and looked at the screen. All that remained was his number with the option to call, video chat, or send a message. There was no sign that they had even had a conversation. Her cell phone’s screen went dark.
Now all she had to do was wait, go to sleep, and next Friday couldn’t come soon enough.
****
“It’s not like you,” Smokey said.
Hunter sat back and waited for Big Dick to talk.
“He doesn’t want to be found,” Big Dick said. “I’ve got eyes and ears everywhere. When the new leader of the Twisted lifts his head, I’ll be ready. Until then, we’ve got to wait.”
Smokey slammed his hand down on the table, thrusting out his chair, and stormed to the window.
Shit had been quiet for a long time, too quiet. Even Hunter knew that meant bad stuff was heading their way, and they needed to be prepared. They had a long, dangerous path with the Twisted Bastards MC, and it was only a matter of time before it came back to bite them again.
Creed’s death didn’t end the club. The only way to end the threat of the Twisted was to completely wipe out every single member, including family and children, to tear away their ideal. Killing children wasn’t part of the MO. Neither was killing defenseless women.
“Any news from Carlos or Sebastian?”
Their close ties to the Santiago mafia through marriage meant they had protection but also shared their enemies. Carlos Santiago had broken tradition by marrying their only female member, Raven.
Raven was one of them, and even though there was a lot of shit between Raven, Smokey, and Smokey’s woman Ava, it had all been forgiven and buried. Mistakes had been made that had nearly cost Ava her life, but it started because of Creed.
Hunter rubbed at his temple, recalling what happened. Ava had been new to town. She was a wealthy woman and decided to open a bakery. She and Smokey had hit it off, and he’d seen the change in Smokey. No woman had ever been special to his prez, until Ava.
Then, one bad fucking day, photos of a possible interaction between Ava and the prez of the Twisted Bastards MC had been delivered to them. It appeared Ava was a spy, a traitor. They didn’t ask questions.
He knew what happened would plague Smokey forever.
Raven and the club pussy took over. Ava had been beaten, stabbed, her hair hacked off, and in one of the worst states a woman could be. Smokey gave the order, Raven followed.
Kinky, Brick, and Raven had dragged Ava from the bakery to the clubhouse, where she’d been tortured. It was Ugly Beast that had learned the truth.
They had been forced to realize what they had done. Smokey had put the death call on his woman, without the full evidence. Ava had been at the bank, and someone had bumped into her. Creed made it appear in photographs like a planned meeting. Security cameras had shown the proof. By that time, the damage had already been done.
They had trashed her bakery and done the same to her home. To the town of Fort Clover, she had become the enemy.
Ava had started the process of selling and leaving, until she had discovered she was pregnant. Smokey had been told about her pregnancy through a letter, a picture, with the promise she wanted nothing from him. It hadn’t been an easy road of forgiveness for Smokey or Ava. The club pussy had gone.
He knew for a long time Brick and Kinky expected to either be killed or removed. Raven had also been sent away, but Smokey had come to his senses.
Hunter had no doubt in his mind, Ava had set his shit straight. The only person Smokey would listen to about the bad shit that went down with Ava, was Ava. Hunter hadn’t been able to reason with him.
It was the first time in his life he had debated leaving the club or moving to a different chapter of the Hell’s Bastards MC.
This club was his life, his home. He’d die for the club and for Smokey. Hunter knew bad shit happened. They made mistakes, big fuck-ups, but they also had the balls to fix them.
They took out Creed. Raven took the beating for Ava. With all the shit happening at once, Creed had attacked the bakery, Harlow had ended up stabbed, Raven and Ava taken. To save Ava, Raven took the beating of a lifetime. Then Carlos had a threat to his life, and he made an arrangement with Smokey to get rid of Raven. Thankfully, that didn’t work, but Raven and Carlos were now married with twin girls. Carlos was part of the club, as was Raven.