Page 30 of Three Beasts

Everything on the lower floor is damaged. There's glass everywhere. I'm sure the siding is all shot up too. Thank God for the old farmhouse providing me shelter from the onslaught of bullets.

"Yeah, everything's damaged,” I say, “It's all ruined."

"You can't stay here Zeva. I think you should come with me. I’ll take you to the Honeypot."

"Thanks, Cole,” I say with a wan smile.“I think you're right. Lemme just grab some stuff from upstairs."

"Okay,” he says and sighs. “I’ll wait.”

I pack a bag with all my essentials and come back downstairs. I make sure there's plenty of food and water for the dogs until I can make it back to check on them.

"You know Cole, what you're doing and the way you showed up here, it's all really nice,” I offer with smile.

He shrugs. "Well apparently, The Iron Legion knows you're here and just how important you are like I suspected."

If this is what a biker's war looks like then by all means I’m eager to escape it. I don't want any part of this...but of course, there's Jason, and Alex, and Wade. I still can't leave them. I wonder for a moment what their reaction will be when hearing about this. And I'm savoring the fact that Cole just revealed how Wade has had feelings for me all this time. I knew our connection was true.

I no longer have to deny those feelings.

Everything between was real all along. It makes me want to get to his house, fall into his arms forever, and tell him that he can command me whenever he wants. Now that I know his true feelings everything has changed. And I know Alex and Jason are true to me also. I have such a good support system in them.

I kiss the dogs, who have now calmed down enough to accept Cole as non-threatening, and I follow him out to his car. Somehow being in the safety shield of a cop car comforts me given all I've been through. There's no other place I would like to be...except for in the arms of one of my guys at this moment.

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