Page 54 of Cage's Fall

The need to throw a punch at him to prove I was a better man and was stronger. But instead I just stood there, my eyes going off Aaron and on to Autumn.

“Holly’s looking for Aaron. She said you’d know where he was. She was right.” And then I went to leave. Autumn’s hand on my shoulder stopped me. I looked at her, waited for her to say something, she seemed torn up about it.

As if she wanted to tell me but couldn’t.

Was she that concerned she would break my heart? I was a man not a boy, I could take it but it would fucking hurt knowing she was going for a man, that I couldn’t compete with. But she had to know Aaron was not a man that would marry her, or love her. Then again neither was I.

“Autumn, leave it.” Aaron was standing behind her. “Cage and I need to have a word. I’ll sort it.” He said, and I wanted to know what the fuck needed sorting.

He kissed the back of her head, and shoved me to get walking. I knew then that her and Aaron were more than just friends, and it sent roaring rage through me.

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“Stop thinking the worst of her,” Aaron said. For some fucked up reason- most likely to punish me. He followed me out to the garage.

“I’m not.” Was all I said.

“Come on. Holly calls you concerned then you find Autumn and I together. I know what’s running through your head.” Aaron looked at me with this all knowing smirk. “Got to admit brother, never thought you’d fall for Hawk’s daughter.”

“Haven’t.”

“Well, she has for you.” Aarons words caused me to look him in the eye.

“She was just telling me how she fucked something up with a bloke, didn’t give me a name. But I know it's you.”

“It’s not.” I gripped the spanner. “Why are you in town Aaron?”

“Got shit to handle.”

“Don’t bullshit me. Holly is concerned. You and her have a fight?”

He tilted his head. “Can’t fight with a woman that isn’t mine.”

“Yours.” I scoffed. “You were always obsessed with claiming things as your property. Holly deserves better then to be marked by a Bastard.”

“Autumn deserves better then to be marked by a Vulture.” Aaron pushed himself away from the bench. “Especially a gutless one like you.” He was speaking like I had insulted him with the Holly line.

I gritted my teeth. “Yeah you’re right. Which is why, I ain’t in the picture.” I said throwing the spanner on the workbench. “You still didn’t answer why you are in town.”

“Vod got arrested last night.”

“So?”

“So you are without a president, and vice. Hawk asked me to step in while he works out who to step up. Hard for a man to do much when he goes in tomorrow.”

For fuck sake. My luck couldn’t be that bad. “Don’t you have your own mother Chapter to run?”

“Yeah I do. But I’ve got a VP that can run it while I clean up Hawk’s Chapter.”

“You tell Holly you are leaving her for six months?”

“What do you think the fight was over?” he said glaring at me. “Now you and I need to have a fucking conversation cause I ain’t getting in a punch up with you every time you see me with Autumn.”

I scoffed. “See you with Autumn. So you and her are a thing?”

“Autumn and I have a history.”

“Yeah and a future by the sounds of it.”

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