Page 44 of The Savage Outlaw

Eden felt her stomach squeeze.

She looked down at the sink again, the back of her throat clenching, wanting to vomit again.

“Oh, fuck this,” Priest growled.

He moved at Eden, grabbed her hair and pulled her against him. His left hand touched her throat.

“You’re not going to spend the rest of the night or your life hanging over a fucking sink because of this,” Priest said. “This is what you wanted from me. Don’t act like you didn’t.”

Eden gasped for a breath. She stared in the mirror at Priest’s reflection. He was a huge man, in many ways.

“I called Drix and Dolph off,” Priest said. “I had no choice. Club needs all the guys. I figured if your scumbag ex was that psycho, he’d show up. And he did. I was here, doll. Waiting. Watching. He knew where your spare key was. He opened the fucking door and went right inside.”

Eden’s teeth chattered.

“You know exactly what he wanted from you too,” Priest continued. “What he was going to do to your body. Fuck, for all you know, he would have kept you alive just to keep doing what he wanted day after fucking day.”

“Priest, please,” Eden said, her voice cracking.

Her stomach twisted and ached and dry heaved but nothing came up.

When Priest let Eden go, she fell to the floor. On her hands and knees, naked from the waist down. She clutched at her stomach.

Priest admired the way Eden looked right then. The shape of her legs. The curve of her hips. Her ass. The casual glance of her sweet, tender cunt, looking raw and delicious as ever.

Priest reached down and grabbed for Eden once more. He lifted her up into his strong arms.

“I’m not like you,” Eden whispered.

“No shit, doll. You’re not an outlaw. You’re a nurse. But you’ve seen some shit too. I know you have.”

“Nothing like this. I… I caused this. I wanted this. I’m part of this.”

“Yes you are. Seems to me he fucking deserved it. More than deserved it. He actually got off too easy if you ask me. I kind of lost my mind when I walked into the bedroom and saw you on the floor naked and him with a gun. All I could think about was him touching you. Fucking you.”

Priest curled his lip.

“How do you think I felt watching you fuck someone else?” Eden blurted out.

“That’s what you’re thinking about right now?” Priest asked. “You little, jealous crazy thing. We have to face this together, doll.”

“This is my apartment, Priest. What do I do now?”

Priest ignored Eden and carried her out of the bathroom. She looked at Cody’s body once again and she gasped.

“He’s not going to do a thing anymore,” Priest said. “Yeah, he’s a little bit of a problem right now, but it’s fixable. Everything is fixable.”

Priest took Eden out of the bedroom. She was grateful for that. He placed her down on the couch and she reached for a blanket.

“Priest, tell me what happens next,” she whispered.

“When do you have to be at work again?”

“I took time off. I stacked some days I had. This was supposed to be a break. I even booked a cabin for tonight. By accident. Well, I was drunk last night.”

“A cabin,” Priest said.

“Yeah. Don’t ask. Just answer my question, Priest. Please.”

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