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Book 2 chapter 19
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Bad Boy Biker Book 2 chapter 19
The sheriff's station felt like a tomb at midnight. Sierra Santos sat behind her desk, a file folder open in front of her. Valentina sat across from her, Axel standing guard at the door."You shouldn't have come here," Sierra said, not looking up."You summoned me." Valentina's voice was steady despite her racing heart. "Your deputy said it was urgent. About Duke's case.""Axel can wait outside.""Axel stays." Valentina's jaw set. "Whatever you have to say, you can say in front of him."Sierra's eyes lifted, cold and assessing. "Suit yourself." She pushed the folder across the desk. "Look."Valentina opened it. Crime scene photos spilled out. A shallow grave. Bones wrapped in a tarp. Close-ups of the remains. A rusted knife.Her stomach lurched."That's Robert Reynolds," Sierra said. "Duke and Connor's father. Found buried on the old Reynolds property, exactly where Connor said it would be.""Connor told you where to look." Valentina's hands shook as she held the photos. "That doesn't
Bad Boy Biker Book 2 Chapter 18
Valentina sat in her car outside the county records office, her hands shaking as she stared at the documents spread across her passenger seat. Three hours of digging through public records, and the picture was finally clear.Connor Reynolds didn't exist before he came back to Riverdale.Not legally, anyway. No tax returns for the past five years. No property records. No credit history. The expensive suits, the hotel suite, the lawyer fees he'd paid for Duke—all of it came from nowhere.Or somewhere he didn't want traced.Her phone buzzed. Connor's name flashed on the screen.*Dinner tonight? We need to talk about Duke's case.*She stared at the message, then at the papers. Connor had filed incorporation documents for three shell companies two weeks before Duke's arrest. Right before the federal raid.Her stomach turned.The pieces fell into place like dominoes. Connor's convenient timing. His knowledge of the charges before they were made public. His access to Duke's personal files. T
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The holding cell smelled of piss, bleach, and desperation. Duke sat on the metal bench, elbows on his knees, staring at nothing. Forty-eight hours in lockup and the walls were already closing in.The click of heels on concrete made him look up. Not Valentina. She'd been here twice already, each visit tearing him apart more than the last.Sheriff Sierra Santos stood outside his cell, her badge catching the fluorescent light. She wore civilian clothes today—tight jeans, a silk blouse unbuttoned just enough to show the hollow of her throat. The throat he'd kissed a thousand times before Valentina came back."You look like shit," Sierra said, leaning against the bars."That makes two of us who've said that this week."She smiled, but it didn't reach her eyes. "Can I come in?""Do I have a choice?"Sierra nodded to the guard station. Keys jangled, the cell door slid open, and she stepped inside. The space shrank with her presence. She'd always had that effect—taking up more room than her b
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The courthouse was packed. Press, spectators, curious townspeople—everyone wanted to see the Reynolds brothers' saga play out. Valentina sat behind the prosecution table, Duke beside her, their hands clasped so tightly her fingers had gone numb.Connor entered in an expensive suit, flanked by two high-priced lawyers. He looked thinner, his charm dimmed but not extinguished. His eyes found Valentina's across the room, and he smiled. Cold. Calculated. Unrepentant.She looked away."All rise for the Honorable Judge Patricia Morrison."The trial began with opening statements. The prosecutor, a sharp woman named Davis, laid out the case methodically. Connor Reynolds had murdered his father, framed his brother, and attempted to kill a witness to cover his crimes.Connor's lead attorney, a silver-haired man named Whitmore, countered with reasonable doubt. The evidence was old, contaminated, unreliable. Connor had been a traumatized teenager, and his recent actions were those of a desperate m
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Two weeks after Duke's release, life had settled into something resembling routine. Morning coffee together. Duke at the garage. Valentina at the bookstore. Evenings on the couch, pretending the past months hadn't happened.But the past had a way of refusing to stay buried."Connor's trial date got moved up," Marcus announced during their weekly check-in at his office. "Judge wants this handled quickly, given the publicity.""How quickly?" Duke asked."Six weeks. And the DA wants both of you to testify."Valentina's stomach knotted. The thought of facing Connor again, of reliving everything in court..."We'll do it," Duke said, his hand finding hers. "Whatever they need."After leaving Marcus's office, they drove in silence. Duke pulled over at the town park, killing the engine."You don't have to testify if you don't want to," he said. "I can handle it alone.""No." Valentina turned to face him. "We're in this together. Remember?""Together." Duke's smile was sad. "Sometimes I wonder
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Duke's apartment felt different when they walked through the door. Smaller somehow, despite being the same space Valentina had lived in for months. Or maybe it was just that Duke took up more room now—his presence filling every corner, his freedom tangible and overwhelming."Home," he said, the word cracking slightly. He stood in the middle of the living room, looking around like he'd been gone years instead of weeks. "I never thought I'd see this place again."Valentina set down his few belongings—the clothes he'd been wearing when arrested, now in a clear plastic bag. Everything else was exactly as he'd left it. She'd kept it that way, refusing to pack up his life even when it seemed hopeless."You hungry?" she asked. "I could make something, or order—"Duke pulled her against him, cutting off her words with his body. His arms wrapped around her waist, face buried in her hair, holding on like she might disappear."Just need this," he murmured. "Just need you."They stood like that f
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