Page 67 of Ride with Zane

“Ashley!” Blue’s voice booms but nothing else matters. My heart races, making my body tingling. I swear God is someone tries to hurt him again I may lose my mind and fuck the consequences.

Mac’s faster and blocks me from behind lifting me up. “Easy tiger!”

“Put me down!” I yell at him.

“No, you should calm the fuck down because if something…”

“Easy, Princess.” Rock appears in the doorway holding his side, his voice is barely a whisper while his eyes are on me.

Mac releases me and I punch him, but he doesn’t flinch.

Moving toward Rock relief washes over me. He’s alive. He’s okay.

“You hurt?” Rock’s jaw clenches looking at my wrists. “Is that yours?”

I follow his gaze and shake my head. “I’m… I’m good, Rock.”

“You’ve blood on you, Princess.”

The adrenaline and fears start to subside and I feel like the stupidest person on earth. “I… I tried to put pressure on your wound but I had my arms…” I burst into tears all the bravery fades away, same as the strength in my legs. What was I thinking? Stupid me.

Mac lifts me up and takes me into Rock’s room, helping me to sit. Blue brings me some water but the only thing I can do is silently thank God for having kept him alive.

Rock lifts my chin and shreds my tears away. “I love you, Princess.”

“I was so scared to lose you.” Scared is nothing. I’d have done everything to keep him alive.

“She gave a piece of mind to all of us, Prez.” I turn around to find them both in the doorway.

He slightly smiles. “How so?”

I get on my feet, rage fueling me. “They wanted to take me back to the clubhouse, but they didn’t get that my place is where you are! I may not know how to properly shoot but I swear God, I’ll use them as a target if they try again to keep me away from you!”

“She’s good at throwing things at us.” Blue chuckles.

“Princess,” he caresses my cheek, “your safety is what matters, and they were following my orders.”

I don’t even realize when my palm meets his face. I heard the gasps behind me, but I don’t care. “Don’t you fucking dare to do it again, Zane!”

“We…”

“Yeah, see ya Prez.” The door closes behind me. Our breaths are synchronized, our eyes locked to each other. He closes thedistance between us, grabs my face and his mouth crashes on mine consuming me in a passionate kiss. My heart races in my chest and I know I stepped out of my place but he needs to understand he’s my everything. I can’t live without him.

“There’s rules to be followed in my world.” He mutters, “Not moving alone is one of it and keeps you safe!”

“Zane…” I sigh. I know it’s my fault. All of this. I put his life in danger. The entire club’s.

“No Ash, the entire club watches our back for a reason.”

“Because of your orders.”

“No, because you’re part of us, too. You’re mine, Princess, and they adore you as much I love you. We never seriously talked about what it means to be a Black Panther or with me, and I blame myself for it.” He tries to pick me up but freezes in pain, cursing under his breath.

“You should rest, your ribs and wound need time to heal.” Wrapping an arm around him I try to lead him back to the bed. “We’ll talk about everything later.”

“No,” he pats the bed, “I pushed this conversation for far too much.”

Pulling the chair closer I take a seat and grab his hand placing it on my cheek. “Okay, let’s talk then. Why are you blaming yourself?”

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