Page 12 of Shiner's Light

I barely get the door shut behind me when Shiner comes barging in, slamming the door behind him.

“You didn’t have to come after me,” I mutter not looking at him.

“What you saw, wasn’t what it looked like,” he grumbles, stepping closer to me.

“Really, so it didn’t look like you were getting a blow job?” It’s hard to keep the anguish inside me off my lips.

“Olive, look at me.”

“Why?”

“Because I said so.” The annoyance in Shiner’s voice cannot be denied.

Turning fully to face him, I lift my gaze to his in defiance. “I don’t know why you rushed in here after me. It’s not like you’re not single. You can do whatever you want.”

“Shut up,” Shiner orders and closes the distance between us. Reaching out, he cups the side of my face. “You’ve been through fuckin’ hell, honey. You’re nowhere near ready for a man like me.”

“Who says I want someone like you anyway?”

“We both know you want me as much as I want you, Olive. I remember the looks you’d give me, but you’re not ready for that. Not after?—”

“Not after I was raped and tortured,” I finish for him, tears burning my eyes as they threaten to spill down my cheeks. “Don’t you think I damn well know what I’m capable of handling or not? Don’t you think it should be my choice if I want to do something rather than have the decision made for me?” Shaking my head, I turn away from him again and wrap my arms around my middle. “It doesn’t matter anyway. Go back to your little party.”

“Honey,” Shiner whispers and touches my shoulder.

Jerking away from him, I whirl around and glare at him. “Just go, Shiner. Leave me alone and go back to what you were doing. I don’t need you in here,” I scream, unable to keep the tears at bay.

“I’m not going anywhere,” Shiner snaps. “We need to talk, but I’ll wait for morning.” I thought he might leave the room after that, but instead, he stalks into the bathroom, shuts the door, and a moment later, the shower is on.

Needing to get away from him, from here, I quietly leave the room, not wanting him to hear the door. Not caring who I have to get by in order to do it, I run, though I don’t get far before I’m confronted by Tessa and Rubi.

“Go ahead and leave as you should,” Rubi sneers.

“Once you get outside, there’s a weak spot in the fence around back. The club fixed one spot, but there’s a second one,” Tessa says. “You get out, you stay away from Shiner. He’s better off with us, bitch.” Both women sidestep, and I don’t bother saying a word to them. They want me gone. I want to leave here, it works for me. I can’t handle any more right now.

Rushing out of the clubhouse, I manage to get to the back fence and move along it until I find the spot they mentioned. Pushing through it, I don’t look back. I simply keep going forward. It’s the only thing I can do in order to make it through the pain that wants to overwhelm my body.

There’s nothing I can do at this point but run and never look back. I wanted out of there, and I got out. Now, I need to disappear so that no one, not Shiner, not the club, and especially not those who hurt me alongside Sasha, can find me.

CHAPTER SEVEN

SHINER

“Where the fuck is she?”

Two fucking weeks and nothing. I left her alone in the room long enough to wash off the stench of the bitches I’d been stupid enough to let draw me into the game. It’s my own damn fault, though. I fucked up, and I know it. There’s no excuse. I didn’t have Milo that night since he was with Meadow and Nines. I’d been frustrated, needing to get off and not having what I needed most. Hell, I couldn’t exactly do what I wanted with Olive.

She’s been through hell and refuses to speak of it.

The first time she even admitted it was after walking in on me getting my dick sucked.

Fuck.

The look in her eyes. The pain. It kills me that I hurt her.

When I find her ass, I’m going to ensure she never leaves me again. I’ll make it up to her any way I can, but she’s going to know I won’t let her go.

“I’ve been keeping an eye on her accounts,” Keys remarks, his face grim as he shakes his head and paces. “She hasn’t used anything out of the accounts or made any calls from her phone. I knew I should have put the tracker in her phone before you gave it to her.”

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