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I don’t even know my little sister anymore.
I glance at the clubhouse doors where the pretty brunette disappeared to.
My hands clench at my sides, and my throat tightens almost as if it’s too hard to breathe as the realization sets in.
Maggie knows Aspen. She knows more about my sister than I have ever known. I call Aspen my family, but could Maggie be her family too?
Maggie must be hurting as much as I am. The idea of Aspen being stuck in the grasp of the men of the Ragged Anarchy MC has me ready to raze the world. Could she be feeling the same way?
“I’d tell you to apologize, but I know you don’t like to do that, so instead I implore you to be a bit kinder to the girl.”
I sigh. “Fine.”
Heading into the clubhouse, I expect to find her in the main area, but she’s not. I don’t even know where she is staying. I have been in and out for the past two days. I sleep for an hour or two, then get back on my bike.
Walking down the hallway, I pause at Eagle’s door. I knock, hating that part of me hopes she isn’t in there. I don’t know why I care all of a sudden, but Eagle isn’t a one-woman man.
I don’t want him to hurt Maggie for Aspen. She means something to Aspen, so she has to mean something to me too.
At least, that’s the new ideology I’m adopting after speaking to Meek.
Seeing the empty bunk room door closed, I make my way down and knock. After a moment, a tear-stained face appears in the crack.
“Yes?” she asks.
Meek wasn’t wrong. I hate apologizing, so I won’t. Instead, I will offer her what little comfort I can.
“Aspen is a tough girl. She will be okay. We will find her.”
She nods.
Not enough.
I swear I can hear Meek in my head speaking to me.
“I don’t want you to hide out in your room. You can go outside, but only with a brother. It isn’t safe for you until we get Aspen back.”
“I understand,” she whispers. “Is that all?”
I nod. She closes the door, leaving me in the hall.
Why do those sad brown eyes make me want to comfort them?
“Boss? Talon thinks he might have found something,” Meek calls down the hall.
I take a deep breath, looking at the door one last time.
“Coming.”
CHAPTER
FOUR
MAGGIE
Aweek.
Seven days.
