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“And Zale? You don’t still want to kill him?”

“Oh, I do, but don’t worry about him. Lark’s already sworn vengeance.”

Her brows shoot up her forehead and then crash back down. “What the fuck? You can’t let your sister anywhere near my father. Have you seen her?”

“I’ve seen her. Gray will protect her and Penny with his life, and I’ll do the same as her brother and as his through the club. She’s vowed she’ll do this, but we won’t let her. She’ll have to see that she has to let that hate go.”

“Will you?”

She grasps my hand tightly. It makes my throat feel thick, seeing her small hand in mine. “I don’t know if I can. I’ll do what Gray says, but just because I’m backing down now, doesn’t mean I’m not every bit as lethal as the rest of the men you’ve grown used to.”

“Trust me, I know that every biker is a walking bundle of red flags.” Her fingers curl tight around mine.

“But you agreed to the marriage even though I was the devil you didn’t know.”

She finally withdraws, but the current of heat her touch generated stays with me, making me feel half feral with the need to touch her again.

“There was a time when my father was a good man. If people can change, they can also change again.”

I shake my head at that. “I don’t know if this is going to work.”

“The marriage or the peace?”

“Any of it.”

A wide smile splits her face. Gray’s always had this golden touch, where he could magically make everything alright. His sister has that same animal magnetism, packaged so differently. They’re total opposites, each with a different brand of honesty that makes it impossible to dislike them.

“What about the truce?”

“I’ll do my best, but in all honesty, there’s a lot of room for uncertainty.”

“There’s attraction at least,” she whispers. “That’s a good start.”

“Christ.” I have to look past her. I don’t know what to say or think. I’ve never met a woman like her.

I’m no saint. After five years locked up, I enjoyed what the club whores had to offer very much. Not just them, but also hada few nights with women in Hart who thought taking an outlaw to bed was hot shit. I didn’t mind being a notch on their fantasy belt. I’ve always made sure I hold back, keep the dark shit bottled up, and make sure any woman I’m with feels safe and enjoys her time. There’s something dark inside of me that wasn’t there before I became an animal in a cage. I’ve never even come close to unleashing it. If anyone could handle it, Widow could, but I’m not even going to think about going there, even if I feel fevered again.

Widow turns her face up to the sky. Even I have to admit that the sun is sinking pretty low. Evenings in September turn to night real fast. It’s about as good of a subject change as I could hope for.

“It’s going to be dark soon. We’ll be walking through it. We should probably try and trace our way back before we can’t even see a few inches in front of our faces.”

“We’ll figure this out.”

That’s definitely what I should have been doing instead of having a heart to fucking heart with my nemesis of a wife.

Alright, not nemesis. She doesn’t feel so much like the enemy anymore, and I just offered a truce.

I guess I accomplished what Gray wanted, even if I did get lost out here like an imbecile. He probably counted on it. Figured that’s what it would take to get me out of myself enough to apologize.

Fucker.

Chapter 6

Ella

There have been a few times in my life where I’ve felt officially fucked, where I’ve thought to myself, there isn’t going to be a tomorrow.I’ve fought my way out, screamed and clawed my way back, but tonight, the only way we’re going to fight this darkness is to sit still and wait it out so that we don’t wander into danger. Walking around in the pitch black will only ensure that one or both of us gets hurt because we can’t see the damn ground. There’s also the danger that we’ll get ourselves even more lost by wandering deeper in the wrong direction.

I know it’s coming, but I’m still surprised when Raiden stops. “We need to call it a day.” The blue black is turning to straight pitch even as we speak. “We should sit back-to-back.”

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