Cracker’s POV
Steel gently kissed the top of my head, whispering sweet nothings into my ear. He’d been doing that all night, holding me and keeping me close, reassuring me again and again that Grace was fine, and she was safe with Prez. After forever and a day, I’d finally fallen asleep to his whispering words, only to dream about Jones and his goons, ripping Grace apart. I could hear Max’s bark in the darkness, only to come face to face with his bloody body and a laughing Jones, before invisible hands dragged me into the darkness...
That’s when I woke up to Steel’s gentle caress, and he calmed me down. He held me close to his chest until I finally fell into a deep, dreamless sleep. The next time I woke up, I was still in Steel’s arms, as he was sleeping against the headboard in what looked to be a very uncomfortable position.
I don’t know why, but something about this whole thing made a smile creep across my lips. He’d discarded his own comfort
Knives’s POVI tried to keep my shit together, but there were so many things going through my mind right now, I could barely contain them. Rage, anger, and just a hell of too much mental cursing. God, I’d been so stupid! I should have seen this coming! I should have seen the connection and---“Prez!” I said, hiding the urgency in my voice as I opened the door to Curch and quickly found my president. “There’s a small situation with Grace. Jones is up to something again.”“What?!”He was on his feet faster than if someone had lit his ass on fire.Perfect!“Pussy-whipped bastard,” I said and forced a grin, knowing that nothing got Sin harder than making fun of his brother. And just as planned, Sin relaxed and smirked, probably writin
Knives's POV"Cade?" I quickly asked, cursing myself for---“Talked to her this morning,” Prez replied calmly – and I felt like I could breathe again. “Ronald and the others are watching her like a hawk.”Thank fuck!But that still left the question: why hadn’t Viper attacked us? They must have known that Rose was the one helping me and that I was the one who took her. I pondered it for a while, but realized that the answer was rather simple!“The gas station!” I mumbled--- and realized that Rose was standing right next to me. I was more or less expecting her to wait around and want an explanation, but instead, she just smiled meekly and tiptoed over. With a quick peck on the cheek, she scurried into the bathroom, leavin
Knives’s POVDon’t jump to conclusions!Don’t jump to conclusions, man!I had kept repeating that mantra in my head while Rose told her story. At some points, my vision swam with rage, and my pulse roared in my ears, but in the end, I held my shit together and did the most important thing:Listened to Rose’s story...And not personally go back to the hellhole she’d left behind and kill every mother fucking asshole and scum I came across! What kind of fucking ass-shit raped his own daughter?! I’d never thought I would ever be happy to be at war with another MC, but I was looking forward to putting a bullet through that mother fuckers head!Even if that was the last thing I did...!Hmm,
WARNING: There is mention of rape in this chapter!Rose's POV“I didn’t understand what was going on, until...” I explained, but my lips turned dry and my throat closed up, refusing to let me speak...I still remembered mom’s face as she lay on the ground, gagged and bound. Her eyes were swollen from crying, and her usual perfect makeup was running. Gasping, I wanted to run to her, but---Someone had grabbed me, and before I knew what was going on, I was tied up too. I cursed and screamed, asking over and over what was going on and demanding an explanation!Until I saw him!I recognized him as one of the fitness instructors that mom obsessively visited. And that’s when everything finally clicked. Mom had tried to leave Dad, and Viper was taking his anger out on all of us. And so I was forced to w
Rose’s POVElinore Rose Larson!That was me!And now, Knives was about to learn my deepest, darkest secret.“My father is the President of the Black Skulls MC!”I wasn’t breathing as I carefully glanced at Knives, who was just blinking at me. As if his brain was still processing what I’d just said. And then, his eyes went wide as a saucer...“WHAT?!”Hearing him yell made me flinch, and although I was convinced that Knives wouldn’t hurt me, I couldn’t help my reaction. I felt my muscles go ridget and I fought the urge to crawl into a ball and hide. To never say another word and pretend that the world around me didn’t exist.But I promised myself that I’d do this. I wante
Knives's POVRose sucked in a sharp breath of air, as she easily guessed what happened next. She stroked her other hand up and down my arm in a soothing manner, that – although I’d die before admitting it! – eased some of the pain and guilt I felt.“Dad was taken in for questioning,” I told her, but the truth was that he was dragged back to the club and was barely breathing while they tried to force the information out of him. Information, he didn’t have. I’d tried to speak up. To tell them it was all a mistake and---“I told them it was Carol and she’d tricked me into telling her the password, but---”I still remembered the shocked and surprised look on her face. And that’s when I knew betrayal from a woman a second time. She was the president’s claimed woman.She’d n