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“It scared me all the same.”
“If you weren’t Hallow’s girl you wouldn’t last a week at Royal Road. You’re too sweet and innocent. Everyone knows it. Everyone can see what’s going on with you and Kingpin, too. But you’ll be back with Hallow in no time just so someone doesn’t take advantage of you. Good luck finding a place to sleep tonight and not be raped.”
Paisley kicked me out of her room.
In only a sheet, I went downstairs and locked myself in one of the rooms in the basement. I was determined to prove her wrong. I would survive without Hallow, and no man at Royal Road was going to mess with me.
Chapter 6
Hallow
“I knew Eve shouldn't be having anything to do with that rat,” I said to Thorn in between shots.
I sat at a booth with my old roommate. Out of everyone at Royal Road, Thorn understood me. Being ex-military, he was one bad motherfucker and kept to himself for the most part. Yet, we’d been through enough shit together to confide in one another when it was necessary. As usual, with it being late, the bar was loud enough we could talk openly, without anyone overhearing us.
“Brother. You mean to tell me you think Prez is dipping his ink in your well?” Thorn asked for clarification, before finishing his beer.
We’d gotten a pitcher. The biker didn’t often partake in anything stronger. I myself had everything stronger laid out before me. Paisley kept bringing over bottles, and I kept filling my shot glass. Since Eve left the morning of our wedding, I hadn’t cared to drink in moderation. I preferred to stay numb.
I said, “Why wouldn't he be trying to fuck her? Why the hell does Kingpin wanna help Eve in the first place? He sure as fuck doesn't want to help me.”
“Took me ages to become an officer. And shit, who cares about the Cleaner? But you just got here and think you deserve a promotion?” Thorn made a face that said he didn’t agree.
“With my background, yeah, I should be an officer already.” If Kingpin didn’t think an ex-detective would be a good asset to the club, he was a fool. “And I was in Charleston a long time before I got here.”
Thorn made a noise. “That’s white privilege for ya. Fuck, I did the job of a Cleaner a whole year before I got the title.”
“You can’t tell me Prez ain’t holding back on me because he wants Eve for himself. Look at what he did to my face all because I upset her. Because I didn't take her back, and he caught me with another woman. What kind of twisted shit is that? Eve left me at the goddamn altar for fuck’s sake.”
Thorn shook his head at my words. “But Prez just got married. He didn’t have to.”
“Girl’s in the family way,” I replied, talking about Sky’s pregnancy.
“Doesn’t matter. Kingpin didn’t have to take her as an Ol’ Lady. I hate to burst your bubble, but if Kingpin wanted your girl, he’d have her and take your hide. He’d tan it and lay it down and fuck her on it.”
“I’d like to see him try.” I wasn’t above beating Kingpin’s ass. My slushed mind thought about putting a bullet in him. I’d have every member of the Royal Bastards after me then. I’d be on the run again. I’d take Eve and run.
“He’d send you away. He’d snake his way into her bed if he wanted her and you’d not be able to do a damn thing about it.”
Kingpin had sent me away, on runs. “Eve wouldn’t have him,” I said what I used to know so certainly.
“Wouldn’t she? He’s got money and power. He’s getting old, but still got looks enough, I suppose, from the way these women act.”
“Eve doesn’t care about money or power or looks.”
Giving me a sideways glance, Thorn didn’t buy it. “You sure?”
“Yes.” I thought I was anyhow.
“Then why are you worried, brother?”
Thorn made a lot of sense, yet Eve ran to Kingpin for help after she left me high and dry. Their relationship was more than I knew. I couldn’t get over it. The fact she told him about her miscarriage before she told me ate me up inside.
Thorn interrupted my internal debate. “Is there any truth to the rumors? You didn't?”
“I don't know what you're talking about,” I said, honestly, wanting him to elaborate.
“Folks are saying you two had a fight last night. A bad fight. I wouldn’t hold it against you if it was true. She’s your property, after all.”
