All Chapters of FORBIDDEN AFFAIR WITH THE BIKER I CAN'T HAVE : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

ELARA’S POVDay four felt different.I woke up this morning to the sound of Knox fixing things. I watched from the bed as he tightened the loose handle on the hand pump, tested the hinges on the cabinet doors, replaced a cracked floorboard near the stove with one he’d pried from the closet. Even with the injury pulling at his side, I could see him wince when he bent certain ways, but he worked really hard and steady which I was glad for because it was giving me a sense of stability.“Where did you learn to do all this?” I asked after he’d successfully patched a leak in the roof that I hadn’t even noticed.He shrugged, not looking up from the section of pipe he was wrapping with duct tape. “Had to. Nobody else was going to fix shit when I was growing up.”He never talked about his childhood but the little he spoke about always sent shivers down my spine. I couldn’t imagine how he had to live. At least my parents were as present as possible.“Well,” I said, pulling my mom’s sweatshirt

Elera’s POV I woke to warmth. The same warmth that had finally chased the last of the river-chill out of my bones last night. Knox’s chest was close against my back, his heavy arms were across my waist, his breath slow and even in my hair. The quilt was tucked tight around us both, the way he’d wrapped it when he fell asleep holding me after the leech, made me cry. It was so embarrassing I almost started crying again.For a second I just lay there, with my eyes still closed, pretending the world didn’t exist outside this bed. I snuggled closer to him loving the feel of him just being with me.But then I felt something pressing against my ass. I took my hand back trying to feel what it was. My face turned scarlet as I felt his hard dick posting my ass. My stomach flipped. Heat rushed over me so fast my face burned. feeling him like this, how big and how hot even through layers of clothes, made my heart slam against my ribs.I should have moved away. Or slip out before he wakes up

RYLAN’S POVThe fist connected with my jaw before I saw it coming. My head snapped to the side, pain exploding through my skull. Blood filled my mouth, copper and thick.“Where’s the other one?” The voice came from somewhere to my left. It was the voice of an amused male.I spat blood onto the concrete floor and lifted my head. The zip ties cutting into my wrists behind the chair had long since gone from painful to numb. My shoulders screamed from being wrenched back for hours.“Fuck you,” I managed through split lips.Another punch. This one to my ribs. Something cracked. I bit down on a scream, refusing to give them the satisfaction.“The girl,” the voice said, closer now. “Tiger’s daughter. Your sister. Where is she?”I laughed, even though it hurt like hell. “You think I’d tell you?”Footsteps circled around me. I couldn’t see much through my swollen left eye, but I tracked the movement. Three of them in the room. Maybe four. Hard to tell with my vision blurring in and out.“You

ELARA’S POVThe truck bounced violently over a rut, throwing me against the door. My head throbbed where he’d hit me,my vision still spotty at the edges. The man beside me reeked of stale cigarettes and something worse underneath, something rotten.His hand was still on my thigh, fingers digging in hard enough to bruise.“Please,” I gasped, forcing the word out through my swollen lip. “Please, just listen to me.”“Shut up,” he said lazily, his other hand reaching for my face. His thumb traced my bottom lip, smearing the blood there. “Pretty mouth. Bet it’s good for more than talking.”The driver laughed, a wet, ugly sound. “Save some for me, Kael. We got hours before we’re supposed to check in.”Kael. I’ll make sure to remember that name. And I’ll make him regret this.“My friend is dying,” I tried again, my voice breaking. “Back at the cabin. He has an infection. If he doesn’t get help in the next few hours…”“Then he dies.” Kael shrugged. “Not my problem.”“I’ll do anything,” I sai

KNOX’S POVEverything hurt.That was the first thing I became aware of. Just pain. A deep, burning agony that radiated from my side and spread through every cell of my body like poison.The second thing I became aware of was darkness. Thick and absolute, wrapping around me like a heavy blanket. It would be so easy to sink into it. To let it pull me under. To just… stop fighting.Rest, something whispered in the darkness. Just rest. It’s over. You can let go now.And God, I wanted to. My body was so tired. Tired of hurting. Tired of fighting. Tired of holding on when every breath felt like shards of glass tearing through my lungs.I’d done my job, hadn’t I? Kept her safe. Gotten her away from the Skulls. Protected her like I’d sworn to Rylan I would.You can rest now. It’s okay to rest.The darkness pulled harder, more insistent. Seductive in its promise of peace. No more pain. No more fever burning through me. No more infection eating me alive from the inside out.Just silence. Just s