Page 233 of A Love Like Venom

And I never fucking will.

“Then neither will I.”

Alice

Iwas waiting for it to come.

The crushing weight upon my shoulders.

The unbearable amount of pressure upon my chest.

The guilt to come crashing like a catastrophic wave taking me under.

But it never did.

In fact, ever since that night when I threw the match and watched the flames rise higher and higher, I haven’t felt anything but peace.

Is that wrong?

Because it doesn’t feel wrong.

Does that make me evil?

Because I feel anythingbutevil.

No, the only person who was evil died that night and I can’t help but think rightfully so.

With all the members of The Crowned Devils MC dead and in Hell where each and every one of them belong I feel free.

I’m free.

A feeling I have desperately wanted for the longest of times. Hollows Point no longer has me bound to its dark abyss. Mymother and sister can no longer try and inject me with their poison. That life is far behind me.

Caitlin along with my mother apparently fled town. And they have no way in means of contacting me or coming near me ever again. And I have the men of Vipers MC to thank for that.

I lost a family, a family I never really had and gained a real one. So, in the end I didn’t lose anything at all.

And Reed is finally free from his inner demons. They no longer eat away at him. The mask he once wore is long gone. Although the people around here still call him Snake, he will always be Reed Carter to me.

The boy who was once my savior when I was little and became my savior again when he grew into a man.

We both grew so much, and I couldn’t be prouder of the both of us.

And we are both free of one person in particular, Jessica Finley. The crazed obsessed biker bunny who worked with Razor and almost left my man for dead.

Turns out she is in fact pregnant but not by Snake. Slater made it his mission to find the truth and he did. He caught her in the next state over with another MC. And after he found her consistently being with a certain biker, Slater took it upon himself to question the man. After he confirmed he’s been sleeping with Jessica on and off for over two years that was all Slater needed to confront her. And he did. He confronted her, told her what she did landed Snake in the hospital fighting for his life and she confessed to everything. She falsely accused Snake in hopes that it would bring them together. It was the only card she had left that would run me away, she said.

Slater told her if he or anyone else of The Vipers MC saw her in Stonesville again she wouldn’t be leaving alive.

And ever since she hasn’t stepped foot back.

Now no one can stand between us or even try.

I’m finally with the person who I was always meant to be with.

Our tragic pasts are left where they are supposed to be and now, we only have to look forward to our bright future.

Although we both put the past where it belongs, we will both always remember that if it were not for the tragedies in our early lives we would have never found each other.

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