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Chapter Sixteen

Sniper

Ihad watched Katey carefully with her bent over her food as she moved it around the plate. There was a flash of jealousy I hadn’t expected, when I saw that she was talking to one of my club brothers, but then I noticed it was Falcon, and relaxed. However, when she suddenly upped and ran from the table, I wondered what had happened.

Falcon headed my way, a hint of a smile on his face. “You good?” His brown gaze studied me a little too carefully.

“Yeah, I’m good. Just need to talk to Katey.”

“She’s more fragile than she looks.” He watched me to make sure I understood.

I snorted. “Yeah, sure. Fragile like a bomb.”

Falcon shrugged. “You’re not the asshole you appear on the surface, so why should she be?” With that question he gripped my shoulder and left me to my thoughts.

He had a point, but I wasn’t in the mood to hear that shit. Katey might have some good parts about her beyond her ability to save a life, and my first instinct on seeing her talking with another man might have been to get jealous—but that was irrelevant. Right now I needed answers. And it was that thought that propelled me across the bar and down the hall that led to our room. There was something she was keeping from me, I knew it, but I didn’t know why.

Was she secretly still hung up on her ex, or was it something else?

I pushed the bedroom door open hard enough that it smacked against the wall. I regretted that move when she screamed and jumped away from me with her back against the wall.Shit.“Sorry.”

She glared at me. “What?” Her hands were balled into fists at her sides. “I mean, what do you need?” The correction was telling, as if she was worried I might put my hands on her.

I ignored the fear that flashed in her eyes. “What I need to know is how the hell your ex has enough money to put a fifty thousand dollar bounty on my fuckin’ head!”

She froze instinctively but there wasn’t one fucking hint of shock on her face. When she opened her mouth Iknew, I just fuckingknew, the next words out of her mouth would be a lie.

“Don’t fucking lie to me Katey,” I warned.

Her gaze connected with mine for just a second before she looked away. “I’m not lying.”

“You’re thinking about it.” My heart pounded, and I took a few steps forward because I needed her to understand. “I need you to tell me the truth Katey, all of it. I can’t keep you safe if I don’t have all the information.” Why the fuck was this such a hard concept for her to grasp?

She hesitated again and I knew she was thinking of another lie. “He’s probably selling drugs. That was kind of his specialty in the MC.”

“Katey,” I groaned.

“Maybe guns too.”

“Why the fuck are you lying to me?” I shook my head. “It’s like you want him to kill you. Is that what you want? Because if so, you can get the fuck out and stop risking the lives of people who actuallywantto live!” This woman drove me fucking crazy. “Well?”

“Well what, Sniper? You already have your mind made up so maybe I really should just pack my shit and go.” She walked away and I gripped her arm and pulled her back. “Get your hands off me.”

“No.” I spun her around and backed her against the wall. “What the fuck is going on? Answer me.”

Defiance and heat flashed in her blue eyes. “I don’t know, okay? I have no fucking clue only that he’s made a lot of connections as a biker. It could be anybody.”

It was another fucking lie, and I growled my frustration. “You are frustrating as hell, you know that?”

“Yeah well, you’re a bossy asshole. And you’re grumpy too!”

“You’re maddening.” Why was she so determined to push all my buttons?

“And you are… annoying.” Her chest heaved and I knew what was about to happen before it even happened.

One hand gripped the back of her head and the other settled at her hip. “Fuck,” I shouted a second before my mouth crashed down on hers. Her mouth was fucking perfect with lush lips, her bottom slightly thicker than her top lip. Her tongue was wet and warm against mine. I shouldn’t be kissing her, not when I was charged with her safety. Not when I barely liked her. Not when she was my buddy’s sister.

Katey let out a shaky sigh that turned into a moan as her body melted into mine. Her hands spread across my back and slid down to my ass, pulling me closer until my cock pressed against her. She moaned even deeper, and my control snapped.

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