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CHAPTER 6

MAIDEN

Every member who didn’t have a mate had flooded to the gym as soon as the twins walked in, telling Roady they were going to work out. Conveniently everyone—and I mean even the chicks—made it out to the lot.

The gym wasn’t enclosed and it was in direct line of the heat. It was set up like a prison gym outside, and you used more of your own body as resistance. And fuck, seeing Liv bend, twist, pull . . . it was a turn on. Wasn’t going to lie and say I hadn’t admired her. The bond with my mate wasn’t really existent. Emmie was nothing but a memory I didn’t want to remember. My eyes were on Liv and counting her reps.

“You did one less.” I threw my cigarette to the ground and walked across the lot, her sapphire eyes on me. “You did twenty-nine, not thirty. What, with your weight, you should be able to do over hundred.”

Her sapphire eyes ran up and down my body. “Wanna show me?” I don’t think she meant it to be seductive but fuck, it was a real turn on.

“I’ll put ya through your paces.” I gripped her hips and lowered her to the ground off the bar, which she had been doing pull-ups on.

“I love this song.” Lottie dropped the skipping rope and turned the music up. Singing along toParadise City.

“Lottie, you love every song.” Liv smiled at her twin. “Okay, Maiden, show me how to work out like a man.”

“Reason you want to be a man?” I picked up on her wording.

“You know I want to know how to train properly.”

“Well, that is something I can do.”

Lottie was busy singing as I taught Liv how to do a proper push-up, not one of those girl ones. Then I started to count her reps.

“Liv, I’m done for the day.” Lottie rushed to her bag, pulling out a notebook. “Got an idea for some lyrics.”

“Of course you do,” Liv said breathless.

“How the hell are you so unfit?” I asked, really wanting to know the answer.

She shrugged her shoulders. It was like she was on the devil’s poison or something, because how the hell was she so unfit? It was as if her body was unconditioned.

“Maiden,”

“Yeah, Liv?” I was still counting her reps, but she flopped down, rolling on her back.

A grin on her face. “Do you think I need practice?”

“Fucking oath you do.”

She placed a hand under her head and grinned up at me. I didn’t realize what I was doing till I was leaning over her. My eyes flashed to her lips. But before I could kiss her, a growl interrupted us.

“What the fuck is going on!”

Well if it isn’t Jack the Ripper. I loosely grinned at him.

“Not much, mate, just helping Liv.” I looked directly at him. What was his deal when it came to Liv? It was like he had a permeant hard-on for her.

“Can we have a word, Maiden?” He then looked at the girls. “Got to a real gym, can’t have the members out here drooling.” As Enforcer, he had right to do what was in the club’s best interest, but I highly doubt the girls training was code for him to be a dick. A few boos followed his orders, but he ignored them, heading for the garage.

I stood up, helping Liv up in the process. I heard her heart race, which caused me to frown. Perhaps I had been to hard on her doing those extra reps.

I followed Ripper into the garage and wasn’t even surprised when he reached for the cigarette packet on the bench. I frowned when I saw all the empty packets.How much was he smoking?

“Stay away from her.” His back was tense as he gripped the bench. He didn’t turn around, which made me think I had heard him wrong.

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