Her Reckoning
Like fate had been waiting for this moment all along.
“You lost, sweetheart?” he asked, voice steady and deep.
Emily opened her mouth, but nothing came. Her silence was enough.
Rhett pushed off the bike, boots splashing. He stopped close, steady eyes searching hers. Then, without another word, he opened the bar door.
“Come on,” he said. “You’ll drown out here.”
Inside, the bar was thick with smoke and heat. Leather cuts with the Viper emblem filled every table. Music thudded from an old jukebox, laughter rolled like thunder, and the air smelled of whiskey and motor oil.
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