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“Hot damn, it’s a match made in heaven,” Trance drawled.

I giggled, and had a blast.

It felt good to be a part of them.

Used to be, I was on the outside looking in. Now, however, I was there with them. A part of them.

So this was what happy felt like.

Chapter 13

Do I want my own bike? Why would I need one? I have my own biker!

-Text from Rue to Cody

Rue

I blinked my eyes open and looked at the clock.

4:37 A.M.

What. The. Fuck?

Sliding out of my nice warm bed, I walked half awake, half asleep, to the front door, wondering who in the world would be knocking on my apartment door at this hour.

We’d gotten home from the day…and night, of fun, and I’d collapsed into the bed, not even taking the time to say goodbye to Cleo.

Had he forgotten something?

No, I decided.

He’d have just broken in like he usually did.

So who was at my door?

I turned the corner into the living room and squeaked when I saw a shadow blocking out the security light through my front window.

Walking to my door, I unlocked the deadbolt, twisted lock on the doorknob, and then cursed when I forgot to unarm the system.

Quickly punching in the buttons that shut the system down, I turned back around to see the door slam open and stop when it caught the chain on the door that I’d yet to unlock.

It saved my life.

A couple months ago when I’d made the move, I’d thought the extra heavy door was ridiculous.

Nonetheless, I’d remembered what Cleo had told me about having a good door, and a chain that could withstand hundreds of pounds of force, and I’d felt secure.

Now, I was thanking sweet baby Jesus that I’d listened.

“Open the door, bitch,” a man’s rough voice hissed.

I blinked and backed away from the door.

The man’s hands went inside the crack and started grappling for the chain at the top of the door.

Not knowing what the hell to do, but knowing I had to do something, I did what any sane woman would do. Something I knew wouldn’t feel too good for the occupant of that arm.

Using my body, I ran and slammed into the door with all the force my body could muster, without breaking myself in the process.

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