Cracker’s POV
At first, I hadn’t even noticed I missed a period. Being at home, heartbroken, crying, and depressed, sort of messed up one’s sense of time. When Grace finally came by and picked me up, I realized that I was late.
And not just late, late!
But as in REALLY fucking LATE!
I had Grace pick me up a pregnancy test, and sure enough, I was pregnant. And hell, I couldn’t even say I was surprised. Sometimes I think Steel was trying to get me pregnant, another way of his sick possessiveness to lay a claim on me. He didn’t just want my heart and body, he had to claim my eggs as well!
It was just the timing that sucked as fuck!
“What?!” Steel echoed, his eyes as wide a saucers and hell, he was so pale I worried he might faint!
“I’m pregnant,” I said – again! “I took a test, and it was positive. So, I went to the doctor and confirmed it.”
He still wasn’t saying anything. Just blinked, and his
Steel’s POVGrace’s eyes looked like lightning as she growled – yes! Literally growled! – at Prez.“Shit,” he exclaimed, taking a surprised step back. “Down, Pitbull!”For effects, she snapped her teeth at him, just to show how much of a Pitbull she could be!“We want to catch the people who did this to her,” I said, and came between them, effectively turning Grace’s attention from our president to me. “Don’t you want the same?”To say that she was against accepting our help would be an understatement! She abhorred the idea of us having anything to do with her, Cracker, or this case. And it didn’t help matters much when she was already convinced, she knew who’d done it.“Sheriff Jones and his carnival of fucking bamboos did this to her,” she growled, folding her arms over her chest and glowering at us. Strange
Steel's POVMy heart was pumping, and there was a buzz ringing in my ear. I wanted to personally find these people and kill them! No, you know what? I didn’t want to kill them. I wanted them to live the rest of their freaking lives in fear and watching over their shoulder, knowing that if I felt like it, I would end them!Prez looked to be thinking the same. His jaw was ticking, and his blue eyes looked like they were plotting murder!“They were furious that I’d caught them and took their anger out on me,” Bunny continued, having some control over his voice again. “They tried to kill me, but suddenly there was a loud crack, and my stepdad was screaming furiously.”Having a man twice her size on top of her felt suffocating. She cured herself for not having seen through their ploy and let herself be caught in this situation. Tears of frustration were betraying her as she screamed and fought for her life. That’s until suddenly a
Steel’s POVI’d finally been able to talk Grace into going down to get something to eat. Knives was with the Wolf Riders gathering intel on what had happened at that accident scene, which left me and Prez alone with Bunny. And he knew what was about to happen…“Bunny,” Prez sighed, nursing what was probably the sixth cup of coffee. “You got some explaining to do.”He at least had the decency to lower his head. He was her brother for crying out loud. He should have done more to defend her, even when I failed her, he had no excuse to do so!“Erm, I’m not really sure where to start,” he sighed, casting another glance at Cracker’s bed. “She’s my big sister.”“We already got that part,” I growled, unable to stay in one place for long. I was currently on the other side of the bed, Prez sitting on a chair at the end of the bed, and Bunny next to her, opposite me.“No, I don’t think you get it,” he said softly, and suddenly there wa
Steel's POV“As I was saying,” The doctor continued, this time there was some annoyance in his tone. “There’s a big chance of a miscarriage, especially since she isn’t that far along. So, I wouldn’t get my hopes up too high.”Don’t get my fucking hopes up?!I clenched my hands into tight fists, wanting to punch something!Kill someone!Jones or the doctor, I didn’t care!Don’t get my hopes up?!Dude! All I fucking had was hope!Hope that Cracker would wake up. Hope that the baby would be OK. Hope that she would want to talk to me. Hope that she would forgive me. Hope that I haven’t messed this up beyond repair. Hope that we still had a future together. Hope---Hope that we’d be a family again…“We also need to address the more practical issue here,” he continued, his voice being the only thing that currently anchored me. “She’s currently in a coma, and there’s n
Present time…Steel’s POV“Why the fuck would the hospital call you?” Prez shouted as Knives and I headed towards our bikes, catching up with Bunny. Rabbit and Old-Man were left in charge as they were the only ones not stoned yet…“It’s---we are…,” Bunny growled, annoyed that he had to explain himself right now. Without waiting for any of us, he jumped on his bike and turned on the ignition.“She’s my sister!”She was--- his---“WHAT?!”But his bike was already eating up the asphalt, speeding down the road. Anger, rage, and pure confusion coursed through my blood as I kicked my bike to life and followed Bunny.What have you gotten yourself into now, Cracker? I mentally asked myself over and over. But the silence in my mind didn’t offer up any explanation. There was just more confusion and frustration. More pain, because--- I couldn’t help wandering, i
A few hours earlier…Cracker’s POVStepping out from the bar and into the fresh night air was just what I needed. For a second, I just stood there, hoping and wishing that Steel would follow me out. That he’d wrap me in his arms and hold me the way he did before. When I still believed that he’d never let me go…But a part of me knew that he wouldn’t! Not after that glare I’d given him, the silent warning to stay away. Once again, I’d hardened my heart, refusing to listen as it screamed at me. To not be stubborn, to not be proud. Because at this point…I was just hurting myself!I shook off the feeling and walked over to my beat-up pickup, which miraculously still hadn’t broken down. Instantly, Max came to life at the trunk, yipping and jumping around happily. I ruffled his big head--- and perhaps subconsciously gave Steel just a few more seconds to---I shook my head and got into the car, shrugging