All Chapters of Gentle Curves (Dangerous Curves 4): Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

The first thing that Mac felt was pain, intense and throbbing. His head was killing him, his back ached, his face felt swollen and wet. He tried to move, realized that his hands and feet were bound. He lifted his head, groaned, forced his eyes open.“Well, hey there Sleeping Beauty.”Mac sighed, not at all surprised to see who was standing there. “Trigger.”“The one and only.” Trigger MacGee’s face was cold as he gazed down at Mac. “You stupid fucking idiot, MacIntyre... was her pussy worth it?”Mac felt the rage start to build, and reminded himself to stay cool. His job now was to keep Trigger talking, to give King and Jack time to get to him. So let the stupid fucker prance and preen a bit, play his game for a while... what would it hurt in the end? Nothing, that’s what.“More than worth it,” Mac rasped now. “Not that you’ll ever know, MacGee. Mirrie will never let you within ten feet of her.”“Who the hell says I want her?” Trigger said, amused. “A fucking traitor? A slut and cunt?

By the time Mac opened his eyes again, Trigger had dropped his arm and was staring down at his chest, wild-eyed. King’s aim had been perfect, Mac saw now, and he watched the blood seep through Trigger’s t-shirt, knew that there was nothing to be done. Not that they’d do anything to help him, anyway. Helping him was definitely not part of the plan that night.Ace unfroze now and moved to his President. “Trigger!”It was as if hearing his name made it all real for him. Trigger sank to his knees, clutching his chest now, gasping. Ace grabbed his shoulders, pulled him up a bit.“Trigger!” Ace stared into the man’s blue eyes, watched as the light in them went out. He’d had enough people die in front of him to know what that meant. “Oh, God... no. Trigger! Come on, man. Hang on.”But it was no use, no good. Trigger fell forward, hard, and his dead weight made Ace stumble. By the time Ace got to his feet, King and Jack were standing in front of him, their guns aimed right at his head.“Hey,

“But you tell me every move that asshole makes,” King said. “You share with me everything he tells you. Every name, every job, every place he’s got women and kids and drugs and weapons stashed. Everything you do for him, and everything you decide to do on your own.”“Jensen’ll figure it out,” Ace said, his lips numb with terror. “He’ll know that he has a traitor inside when jobs start going belly-up on a regular basis.”“Then you’d better hope that you’re a damn good liar, Ace.” King’s face was granite. “If it makes you feel any better, I already know that you are. I know that your whole damn life is one huge lie.”Ace looked up at him, wondering if King was talking about Spider.“Yeah,” King said. “Yeah, I know all about him. He gave me the gun and we talked, and he really seems to be a decent guy. What the hell he was doing with you, I’ll never understand.”Ace shut his eyes, feeling oddly near tears.“So I think you’ll be fine on the whole ‘lying to protect yourself’ front,” King t

“No.” He spoke forcefully. “No. We wanted to spare you from being afraid or worried.”“That’s my right, Shane. It’s my right to be afraid or worried when the man that I love is voluntarily placing himself in harm’s way. It’s my right to sit up all night, and pace and fret and bawl. You had no right – none – to take it away from me.”“Babe –”“No.” She pressed her lips together, crossed her arms. “I’m not a goddamn child who needs to be placated and given pats on the head. You don’t get to decide what I can and can’t know about, especially when it directly affects me. Affects us.”Mac was silent. She was right and he knew it; he’d known it from the beginning. And he’d done it anyway.“I just can't believe you'd take such a fucking stupid risk!" she burst out. "I walked away from you to keep you alive, Shane... I gave up being with you to keep you safe. And then you just turn around and walk smack into danger? Just hand yourself over to the very same people I fought to keep from killing

Sarah studied the other woman’s face, wondered if she should dive into this chat here and now. She and her Mom had had worries about Noah entering his first romantic relationship, of course, but he’d surprised them again and again with his maturity and sensitivity. He’d listened intently to them when they’d talked about respecting Callie’s boundaries, and Jax had been amazing about giving Noah the male perspective on women. Sarah still giggled when she recalled Jax giving her brother a lesson on how to kiss a woman. Jax had never gone into details, but Sarah liked to imagine how that all must have gone.She decided to not broach the topic right away. Better to talk to Noah a bit, see where his head was at. Then, if it looked like he and Callie were getting really serious, she’d talk to her Mom and Callie’s Mom and King. He was Callie’s uncle and he adored Noah; he’d definitely be available to help out if need be.Sarah smiled. “Well, if you ever want to talk, Callie, you know where I