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“Just let me go, Ryker,” I said softly.“Please.”

“No.What the fuck is he to you?”

“Ryker, I…”

“Laken,” Flicker said, his voice a deep growl.“Get.On.The.Fucking.Bike.”

My heart hammered in my chest as Ryker tightened his grip on me, and I knew things were about to get really bad.I had no idea how to defuse the situation.I frantically looked at Isabella again, and saw that she was on her phone, no doubt calling her husband.Peachy.And I’d thought things were complicated now?Once Torch got here, I was beyond fucked.I’d been told to stay home, and here was I was parading around town.Even worse, I’d run into Ryker.Again.

“She’s not going anywhere with you, asshole,” Ryker said.“I don’t know what you think you have going on with her, but Laken is staying here with me.”

I closed my eyes and mentally groaned.That so wasn’t going to go over well.

I heard Flicker’s bike turn off, and I opened my eyes in time to see him swing his leg over the seat and head toward us.Ryker pulled me back and stepped in front of me.I thought it was a little sweet, and really stupid.He had no idea who Flicker was to me, but he’d just waved a red flag in front of a bull.I needed to de-escalate the situation, and fast.

I tried to step around Ryker, but he wouldn’t let me.

“Flicker, it’s not what you think.”

Ryker growled and glared at me.“It’s exactly what he fucking thinks.You’re mine until I say otherwise, Laken.I claimed your virginity, and that makes your pussy mine.Got it?”

I narrowed my eyes.That macho bullshit wasn’t going to work.“Um, no.Last time I checked, it was attached tomybody, and therefore it belongs to me.I just let you borrow it for a night.”

He arched a brow.

“All right.Two nights.”My cheeks flushed.

“Laken, what the fuck is going on?”Flicker asked.“I told you to keep your ass at home.If I’d thought you were going to run off, I’d have left a Prospect guarding the damn door.”

“She lives with you?”Ryker asked.

“She’s my sister, asshole.Of course she fucking lives with me,” Flicker said.

Ryker tensed.He turned to face me, and his eyes had turned ice cold.I’d never seen such a hard look on his face before, and I wasn’t certain if I was facing the Marine or the biker.But he definitely wasn’tmyRyker in that moment.

“You knew who I was that night, didn’t you?Did you deliberately stick your ass in my face, hoping I’d take the bait?”he demanded, his tone harsh and unforgiving.

“What?”My eyes went wide.He thought I’d what?Set out to trap him?

“So what was your endgame, Laken?You wanted to be Hades Abyss royalty and thought you’d lure me in?Or were you trying to sweeten the deal I had with your brother’s club?Because they threw enough club sluts my way that you weren’t really necessary.Or was I supposed to be captivated by your virgin pussy?”His eyes narrowed.“Please tell me you took a fucking morning-after pill.”

My heart was hammering so hard I could hear it, and I was certain everyone else did too.I took a step back, the sack in my hand crinkling as I tightened my grip.Ryker reached for it, but I gasped and took off running.No way was I telling him about the baby now.Not if that’s what he thought of me.Tears blurred my vision as I ran, and a sob caught in my throat.I’d had no delusions of a happy ever after with him, but it hurt to know he thought I was capable of such a thing.If I’d had any idea who he was that night, I’d had avoided him like the damn plague.The last thing I needed in my life was another asshole biker.

I heard someone calling my name, but I didn’t stop.I ran until my lungs burned, and as I turned to look over my shoulder, I took a misstep and fell off the curb.The wind was knocked out of me as I crashed onto the street, and I heard the screech of tires and a horn honking.I tried to stand, tried to get out of the way, but all I did was give the driver a larger target.The car slammed into my side and sent me flying.My head cracked against the pavement when I landed, and everything fucking hurt.

“Laken!”I heard my brother roar my name, and then he was kneeling over me.“Laken, Jesus.Please tell me you’re okay.”

“Hurts,” I managed to croak.

My prescription sack had fallen to the pavement.“She dropped this,” a stranger said.

I heard sirens in the background and knew that things must be even worse than I thought.There was warmth seeping into my clothes and I didn’t understand where it was coming from.Before I could figure anything out, everything went black.

Chapter Five

Ryker

I was in a foul mood when I got back to the Dixie Reapers compound.As Laken had stormed off, I’d gotten on my bike and taken off.The last thing I’d wanted was to stick around.My bike roared to a stop outside the clubhouse, as I decided what the hell I was going to do.I didn’t know if Laken had acted on her own or if someone had put her up to it, but I was damn sure going to find out.I slammed into the clubhouse and came to a halt, when I saw the devastated looks on the faces at the bar.

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