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“Considering the Demon Riders are working with Skye’s dear old stepdad I think she’ll be just fine,” I drawl. “It’s probably a trap. You could be in on it.”

“Ugh, what did Skye ever see in you?” Meghan says, “You’re as stupid and pig-headed as you look. I can’t believe she’s spent weeks crying over you.”

“I’d watch your fucking mouth in my bar, little girl,” I snap, patience wearing thin.

“Would all of you cut it out! While you’re wasting time arguing Skye could be being hurt!” the tall one shouts, surprising us all into falling silent. She takes a deep breath, as surprised as us by her outburst. She looks at me, fixing me in the eyes though it seems to be hard for her to do so. “Look. You don’t have to help. But at least hear us out.”

“We wouldn’t be in this situation if they’d heard Skye out,” Meghan snaps.

“Meghan please!” the girl yells, holding her hand up to silence her friend. I nod for her to continue. “Yes. Skye didn’t tell you about Bill. But she didn’t come here because of him. She really did want to find out more about her dad, and who her mom is, all that was true. But she did have another reason for coming. We dared her to. You see, she was there that night at the gala, she saw you speaking to Bill, and she wanted to find out why. She hates him, she wants to find out the truth about Bill and expose him. She hasn’t spoken to him since she found out what he’s really like. She was always on your side.”

“And now these biker dudes have taken her to get to you and you can’t be bothered to help her!” Meghan jumps in.

“You expect us to believe that Skye’s stepfather just happened to decide to con an old man into half of his land, the half promised to the Angels of Havoc, and not the other half, the half that was left to none other than his stepdaughter, Skye, and she had no fucking idea? She had nothing to do with his plans?” I reply.

“Wait? What will? Skye doesn’t know anything about a will,” Trish adds, genuinely confused.

Before I can speak, Drifter finally weighs in. “Angel, I’m inclined to believe them.”

“Me too,” Buzz agrees enthusiastically, “I knew something was off, Skye couldn’t be that good an actress.”

“And you, Gunner?” I ask.

He thinks for a moment before speaking. “I think, no matter what Skye’s real motives are, if the Demon Riders have her it means nothing good. Either they think it will hurt us, and to let it slide is to seem weak, or they plan to force her into handing over her land or helping Bill in some way.”

He has a point. We should at least find out the Demon Riders’ motivation and get to the bottom of this once and for all. We can rescue Skye, we owe her that much. It doesn’t mean we have to forgive her. Though from the looks on the other’s faces, it seems they’re buying the girls’ story.

“Alright. We’ll find her,” I agree.

The collective relief from everyone else is palpable.

I sure as shit hope this girl is worth it. I should have sent her packing the moment she walked into our lives.

I can’t let go of the anger I feel toward Skye. Not yet. Because if I did, then the fear I feel for her life would overtake it. I don’t want to admit it to myself, but the thought of something happening to Skye hurts me more than anything she’s done.

I realize that no matter what, I’d ride into the depths of hell to save her.

And that’s pretty much what we’re about to do.

Chapter 25

Skye

When I awake, feeling groggy and confused, it takes me a minute to recall what happened before it all comes flooding back with startling clarity.

Shit. This can’t really be happening, can it?

I’ve been kidnapped!

Startled, I sit bolt upright, the sudden movement makes me feel woozy after whatever drug they gave me to knock me out, chloroform I guess if the movies are accurate. Immediately, I’m worried about the effect that the chloroform may have on an unborn child. If I am pregnant, will this harm my baby? I don’t even know if I am pregnant yet, but already the thought of something happening to my child fills me with dread. I guess that answers that question. If I am pregnant, and something inside me, some innate womanly intuition tells me I am, I know I want to keep it. Whether or not the fathers want anything to do with us. But I can’t let myself think about that right now. Right now I have to figure out where I am, who brought me here, and why.

Slower this time, I sit up, tentatively checking my body for injuries. I’m surprised to find that apart from a banging headache I’m unharmed. Even more strangely, I’m unbound, and I’m being held in what appears to be a simple but clean bedroom. Not exactly your textbook kidnapping cell, though I should be grateful I’m not chained to the floor in some basement, I suppose.

As soon as I feel able, I get up and survey my surroundings. My first port of call is to check the door which unsurprisingly, is locked. The single bed is built into the floor, so there’s no way of moving that to barricade my attackers out. There are no windows to break out of either and no other furniture I can use apart from a small mini fridge. There are water bottles inside it, and I greedily open one, chugging half of it in one go. For a second, I wonder if it might be drugged, but my mouth is so dry that I’m past caring. The only other thing in the room is a door that leads into a simple ensuite bathroom. There is a small window in here, but too small for me to break out of. I stand on the toilet lid, straining to see if I can look outside the small gap to work out where I am but all I can see are streetlights and the vague shape of a nondescript building.

Frustrated, I return to the room, pacing the floor as I wonder if the girls have realized I’m gone yet. I can’t be sure, but I thought I heard Lucy calling out for me. How long until the police put out a search? Will they even know where to look for me? I don’t even know who took me. Judging by the appearances of the men who took me, I’m guessing they could be bikers. I didn’t get a good look at their tattoos, but I’m pretty sure they didn’t have Angels of Havoc ones, besides, the guys made it perfectly clear they wanted nothing more to do with me, so why would they want to kidnap me?

Which means that it’s more likely the Demon Riders MC. But what would they want with me either? I know Bill’s been working with them, but surely there are better ways to make me come home than this.

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