Steel and Sin のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 151 - チャプター 160

The desert sunrise still clung to Ashley’s skin long after the ride ended.By the time they rolled back into the compound, the clubhouse was quiet — only a few scattered bodies asleep on couches, music long faded, bottles tipped over. Ashley took a shower, washed the dust from her hair, and changed into something comfortable. Her body buzzed with leftover pride… leftover desire she had been ignoring for too damn long.She stepped into the hallway, toweling her hair.Jax was waiting.Just standing there, broad shoulders filling the narrow corridor, arms crossed, dark eyes fixed on her like he had been tracking her heartbeat from the other side of the building.“Hey,” she murmured.Jax’s voice was low. “Come with me.”Ashley hesitated only a second. “Everything okay?”His gaze flicked over her. “We said after the summit… after the sunrise run… we would start doing things the right way.”A pause.“One by one.”Her heart jumped.Jax stepped closer. Just enough that his body heat brushed

Ashley woke before Nolan did, which surprised her.The man slept with strong arms locked around her, breath steady, hand curled possessively along her spine. His heat wrapped around her like a shield she didn’t know she’d needed until she’d felt it.She lifted her head, carefully, watching him.Nolan looked younger when he slept.Not softer — nothing could make the man soft… but less burdened.Her chest tightened.Last night was… God.Honest. Intense. Shattering in a quiet, devastating way.She brushed a kiss across his jaw, slow and careful, before slipping out from under his arm.He didn’t wake.Good.He needed the rest.Ashley pulled on clothes and stepped into the hallway, still warm everywhere he’d held her. Jax’s night had been fire. Nolan’s had been a fault line splitting open.Which meant…Today was Ace.A ripple of heat curled through her.She barely made it halfway down the stairs before she heard him.“Sunshine.”Ace was sprawled on the couch like sin and trouble had been c

Ashley didn’t expect to wake up in Cole’s arms.Not because she didn’t want to… but because Cole had the habit of slipping away before anyone could see how tightly he held on.But not today.His arm stayed around her.His body stayed pressed to hers.His breathing stayed steady against the side of her neck.It was dangerously easy to sink into.Ashley shifted, turning in his embrace just enough to see his face.Cole slept peacefully. She brushed her fingers against his jaw.His eyes flicked open instantly.For a split second, he looked startled.Then he relaxed, breath easing when he saw it was her.“Morning,” he murmured. Ashley smiled softly. “Morning.”His fingers brushed her waist, like he wasn’t sure she was real.Like he wasn’t sure last night was real.“You okay?” he whispered.“Still recovering,” she teased.A flush crept up his neck. “I, uh— yeah. Same.”She laughed under her breath and pressed a kiss to his cheek.Then—A loud knock.Ashley froze.Cole tensed.“Ash!” Jax’s

When Ashley woke up, Jax was gone.Not abruptly… he’d left a note on the pillow. “Didn’t want to wake you. I’m good. You’re good. We’re good.”But she could still feel the imprint of him in her chest.What surprised her wasn’t the heat from the night before — it was the vulnerability he’d shown.The way he’d held her afterward, trembling like someone who’d never been allowed to fall apart in front of anyone.“Damn,” she whispered to the empty room.But the moment she stepped out into the hall, someone was waiting.Nolan.He leaned against the wall across from her door, arms crossed, eyes unreadable, posture deceptively calm.Ashley stopped short. “You are… here early.”“Did you sleep?” he asked.“Some,” she said carefully. “You?”He didn’t answer.She walked toward him slowly. Nolan never hovered. Never lingered. If he was posted outside her room like some silent sentinel…Something was wrong.“Nolan.”He clenched his jaw like he was deciding whether to speak or bury it deep like he

Ashley didn’t expect the shift.Not so soon. Not after Jax’s raw unraveling. Not after Nolan’s quiet break. Not after Ace practically rewired every nerve in her body.But it came the moment she stepped out of the game room with Ace.Cole was standing there at the end of the hall, hands in the pockets of his hoodie, shoulders relaxed but eyes locked on her. Ace noticed him first.“Well,” Ace drawled, flashing a wicked grin, “look who is queued up for his turn.”Cole shot him a look.“Ace,” he said flatly, “go away.”Ace saluted dramatically. “With pleasure. Sunshine, hydrate.”He winked at her and vanished around the corner.Ashley turned to Cole… and froze.He wasn’t smiling softly like he usually did. “Cole?” she asked softly.He walked toward her slowly. When he stopped in front of her, he reached up and tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear. His fingers brushed her cheek. Cole’s jaw tightened slightly. “I have been watching you hold everyone else together,” he said quietl