Semua Bab FALLING FOR THE WRONG BROTHER. : Bab 51 - Bab 60

His hands went still.Not just still; absent. Like every nerve in his body had been unplugged at once. The tissues he’d been using to clean me up stayed pressed against my thigh, unmoving, like he’d forgotten they existed. Like he’d forgotten I existed."Landon?" My voice sounded tiny, even to me. Like I was a kid again, bracing for bad news. "Did you… did you hear me? Did you hear what I just said?"He slowly lifted his head.He stared at me like he was trying to replay the moment in his head, like maybe he’d misheard, like maybe I’d say ha ha, just kidding and then everything would go back to normal. His eyes flicked over my face, searching for something—I didn’t know what. A lie? A joke? A reason not to believe me?Why wasn't he saying anything?Panic began to curdle in my stomach. "Landon, say something. Please."He didn’t. He just kept staring at me with that hollow look, like I’d handed him something fragile and he had no idea how to hold it.And my stomach twisted itself into a

He hesitated for one more second, then a determined look settled over his features. He nodded, swiftly grabbing the spare helmet from his bike and shoving it into my hands. "Get on."I fumbled with the strap as I swung my leg over the seat behind him. I barely had my arms wrapped around his waist before he kickstarted the engine. The roar was deafening. I looked back to see the hospital doors fly open, my mom and a security guard rushing out, her mouth forming my name.Leo twisted the throttle, and the bike launched forward, tearing out of the parking lot and leaving them behind in a cloud of exhaust.The world blurred into streaks of light and shadow as Leo’s bike ate up the miles. I didn’t know where we were going and I didn’t care. The cold night air whipped through the thin hospital gown, but I barely felt it. The only warmth came from the solid wall of Leo’s back and the borrowed leather jacket he’d shoved at me before we took off. All I felt was a numb, hollowed-out shock, like

Landon’s POVThe night had dragged on so long it barely felt like night anymore. It was that dead, empty hour right before dawn when even the crickets shut the hell up and the world felt like it was holding its breath. Tyler and I were crouched behind a line of thick bushes out in the middle of nowhere, watching Malcolm Reeves’ men smoke and wander around like restless guard dogs. We'd been tracking this asshole since sunset. And of course, he refused to go home.The bastard had apparently decided he wanted to take a fucking scenic tour of every inch of this county, with a dozen armed idiots trailing behind him making it impossible for us to nab him."Anything?" Tyler whispered,trying to peep through the binoculars. I lowered the binoculars, my shoulders screaming from hours of holding the same tense position. "No. They’re just standing around. Smoking, talking. Same as they were twenty fucking minutes ago."He shifted impatiently, the dry leaves crunching under his boot. "Jesus Chr

His breath trembled like a man on the edge of snapping completely."Get up," he commanded. I didn’t move. Couldn't. My body was a goddamn wreck and I was shaking like a junkie in withdrawal."I said get the fuck up!" Tyler roared, his face twisted into something feral.With a groan that ripped from my gut, I pushed myself up slow, my palms slipping in the warm slick of my own blood. Every muscle screamed and the world was spinning like I'd been spun in a blender.I locked eyes with him—Tyler, my future VP, my ride-or-die brother since we were in diapers. The Iron Serpents MC's unbreakable enforcer. He stepped closer and aimed the gun at my face. "Why didn’t you tell me?" He demanded, his voice cracking like brittle glass under the rage. "Why didn’t you trust me enough to tell me what you were doing behind my fucking back? Sticking your dick in Kasey? My little sister, Landon? You fucked my goddamn baby sister!""I was scared," I said honestly. "Scared shitless of this exact moment.

I froze and looked away, fixing my gaze on the window. The sky outside was dull with clouds that looked like they might never break. It felt fitting somehow, like the world had decided to match the weight sitting in my chest."I know what happened between you," he said after a while.My shoulders tightened. What was I even supposed to say? Congratulations you found out I slept with your best friend? Or maybe, Sorry, I slept with your best friend? Neither felt like the right words. Hell, there were no right words."I failed you," he went on. "I let my best friend take advantage of you right under my nose.""He didn’t—" The words flew out of me on instinct before I could stop them. "It was consensual, Tyler. He might have lied to me, but he didn’t force me to do anything. I made the decisions to do whatever we did myself.""He took advantage," Tyler said gently. "He was the adult in the situation. He was supposed to know better.""I’m also an adult," I muttered, hating how small my voic