Page 9 of Her Demanding Biker
He was big and muscled like a lot of the members of Savage Kings, but around Maggie he was different.
He was softer, but you'd never catch me saying that to him.
After all, I wanted to live.
Hawk seemed to hesitate, and Maggie's shoulders fell in a disappointed shrug.
The gesture called up a memory for me.
Arlys used to do that, too.
She was always so feminine and sweet, but she knew how to use her sweet face and body to tempt me.
It wasn't like I was unwilling.
The first time I'd set eyes on Arlys, I was sure I'd end up in prison for just looking at her.
She was a pretty little thing.
But as good looking as she was, her father was... a strict asshole.
And he was my unit commander.
So there was a problem from the get-go.
I ended up lusting after her from a distance. Falling for her, too.
Nothing about Arlys made me do things in part.
Including leaving her because of her fucker of a father who threatened to trump up some charges and put me in military prison.
He wasn't joking either.
He knew people up and down the chain of command and me? I was just a stupid kid just out of high school.
The only skills I had were connected to the Army.
And her dad? Well, he laid it all out for me.
Every shit thing he planned to do. Including sending his daughter to her great-aunt.
That wasn't going to happen. Not if I could help it.
So I chose what might have been the worst decision of my life, but hopefully, it was the best one for her. I left.
Her dad transferred me to Camp Humphreys in South Korea with a warning to keep my ass on foreign soil if I knew what was good for me.
"Hey!"
"Ow!" I stepped back and covered my side.
Maggie was giving me a look with one raised brow. "Earth to Thief."
"Sorry." If it had been one of the other members, I would have told them to 'fuck off.' But since it was Maggie, I went for polite.
That wouldn't get my ass kicked by Hawk.
It was a sound plan.
