The Biker's Rules
Or waiting for inspiration.
The air is thick with exhaust fumes, salt, and the sticky scent of sun-baked tar.
Kiara smacks the radio. “Connect, you prehistoric toaster.”
Nothing.
An old pickup pulls up behind us, its engine snorting low and stable, edging us on. The radio needs to wait.
Kiara eases her foot onto the gas, and the tires crunch over gravel.
The hit comes out of nowhere.
A violent BANG explodes behind us — metal shrieking against metal — and our bodies whip forward so hard my teeth snap together. The seatbelt locks across my chest, crushing the air out of me. My head snaps back against the headrest.