Page 48 of The Savage Outlaw

Looking at Priest made her feel safe. Yet Priest himself was probably the deadliest person she’d ever met.

“Time to leave, doll,” Priest said. “Come pack up a bag or something. We’re going away for the night.”

Eden rose up from the couch without thinking twice. She kept the blanket wrapped around her body and walked with Priest back into her bedroom. The other guys from the motorcycle club were basically shielding Cody’s corpse from view. That was a good thing.

Eden grabbed a handful of clothes and of all things, Priest was the one who swiped a pair of shoes off the floor for her. Such a small gesture yet it had her heart racing. Then again, her heart had been racing from the second she opened the bathroom door and saw her crazy ex sitting on the edge of the bed with a gun.

“I’ll drive,” Priest whispered to her as he ushered her from the bedroom. “Get your keys.”

“What are they going to do?” Eden whispered.

“Not your concern. I said to fucking move.”

Priest gave Eden a slap to her ass, which made her gasp and jump. She looked to her right at Nova and Mara, who both just stared back at her. The entire thing felt ominous. She already knew her life would never be the same again.

To think that this all happened because of a shift assignment. If she hadn’t been working when Priest was at the hospital… Well, Eden would have been dead by now.

They left the apartment and while Priest hated the idea of traveling with four wheels instead of two, he did appreciate that Eden drove a big SUV. Three rows of comfortable seating, bucket seats for the driver and passenger, nice and high off the ground. A fancy dashboard with a large navigation screen to go along.

“They must pay you a fortune,” Priest said.

“I’m good at my job,” Eden said.

She tried to laugh but her throat locked up when she looked in the mirror and saw her apartment building. Everything began to play out in her head once more.

Priest reached over and touched her leg.

“Don’t do that, doll,” he said in a deep voice. “Whether it’s ten seconds gone by or ten years gone by, it’s all in the past now. You’re a great nurse but you’re not some nerd who can invent a time machine. There’s no going back and changing it.”

“Just what I need,” Eden whispered. “A pep talk from a murderous biker.”

“Yeah, I’m the guy who does the murdering. But what’s it say about you? You’re the one who set it all up.”

“Priest, please. I don’t want to throw up again.”

“Then move forward, doll. This is where we’re at. You’re part of something now.”

“Why did you call them there to see his body? You could have taken care of it yourself.”

“I planned on it,” Priest said. “Things took a complicated turn. That’s why Linc asked you what he did. Your ex is part of a rival crew.”

“What?”

“You didn’t know?”

“No. I swear. He was…”

Eden covered her mouth and shut her eyes. That meant the current man fucking her…? An outlaw biker. It meant the guy before that she was with…? An outlaw biker.

It meant Eden had a secret taste for bad boy bikers.

Chapter Seventeen

The Moral High Ground

Eden fell asleep and Priest drove with intense eyes, the glow from the fancy dashboard lighting up his face. His right hand, white knuckled on the steering wheel, his movements as fluid as the SUV he drove.

Of all things, he thought about Fitz.

---