Page 4 of Savage Reign

I was in a crappy motel somewhere in Chicago. Three days had passed since I ran away, and I didn’t know what my next step was.

It wasn’t like I was running from ordinary men with no connections or resources to find me.

Any move I make would have to be thoroughly scrutinized. And I was stuck. At this point, I wondered if it would be better to let them find me. They weren’t going to hurt me.Physically.That was the one thing I was sure of. They had never hurt me, and at this point, I didn’t think they were capable of it. But there were no boundaries set for me. They just didn’t care what line they crossed, and I might be paying for that sooner rather than later.

My hand moved down and cupped my stomach.

Was I pregnant?

I shook my head and lay back down on the bed, staring up at the ceiling.

What if I was pregnant? I could barely support myself. The jewelry that Killian had put on me before we left for the club was gone. I sold them at the nearest pawnshop, and I barely got seven grand, and though that wasn’t a small amount, I knew for a fact it was worth so much more than that. That money wouldn’t last forever. Then what would I do? About me… about a baby who might exist? The thought of getting rid of a baby who was half Maverick or half Silas or half Killian…

I knew I wouldn’t be able to do it.

Things had gone to shit.

I shifted on the bed and winced when I put pressure on the wound in the middle of my back from where Zoe had removed the tracker. I shouldn’t have trusted her, especially since she seemed almost eager to help me escape the brothers. I could guess why. She loved them. The ugly green monster of myjealousy perked its head out from where it had been hiding. I shouldn’t be jealous of women who want them.

Besides, my jealousy should be the least of my concerns. Zoe could have easily stabbed me in the back and killed me. I was just thankful I didn’t get an infection. I should have been more careful, but I wasn’t really thinking clearly that day.

And now that I have had some time to think, I was…

I was questioning everything.

I shook my head. The brothers had definitely won the psychological war games if I was doubting myself and my decisions now.

I needed to sleep. Tomorrow was another day in which I didn’t know what I should do.

Head out and travel somewhere?

I didn’t even have a car, and buying a bus ticket seemed too risky. Any mode of transportation was since that was what the brothers would look into first.

I shut my eyes tightly, trying to chase sleep. There was no point thinking and stressing out about it now.

I just needed to sleep.

Just sleep.

I kept my eyes closed. I didn’t know when I eventually fell asleep, but when I did, it was anything but peaceful.

I dreamed of them.

3

MAVERICK

We weresilent when I pulled up to the pawnshop, about a half-hour drive from the club.

I wasn’t sure how she had managed to get all the way over here without a car, and I hated the thought that she might have walked or hitchhiked to the place.

I shook away the thought and got out of the car. Silas and Killian followed me out, and we took in our surroundings. Did Mila know she was still in Tiernan territory? Or did she think she had gotten far enough away?

I shook my head. She didn’t know the extent of our powers, didn’t know how much of Illinois we actually owned, and she certainly didn’t know that the men we had under us far surpassed what Daniel Hayes could have only hoped to achieve in his lifetime, but she wasn’t naïve.

She could have guessed. She also knew that the more time she spent on the road traveling, the sooner we would find her. My guess was that she was still around here somewhere, but where?

I took in my brothers when they got into my line of sight. We hadn’t spoken to each other much since the moment we realized Mila was gone.

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