Page 24 of Lust

I nodded my head. But my mind was already calculating payback.

“Oh and,” he again pauses “Turns out your new boss was in on it.”

“What do you mean?”

“Kace Striking. She went right back to him, and from what I see. He got Gabe’s money, and got Gabe off of the track. The two really did a number on us.”

I was speechless. No Links had to have it wrong. But then when I thought about it. It made perfect sense. And that fucking hurt me to think that. I went from furious to raging within a second and stormed past Links, heading for my sports bike. If Kace thought he could rip my brother off, my family, he was wrong.

13

Ivory

Arriving at Kace’s house. I didn’t want to believe it. But then I saw one of Gabe’s sports cars parked in the driveway. I still didn’t want to believe it.

I knocked on the door, and she answered.

Kace was quick to pull her away from the door, stepping in between us.

“Ivory leave.” Kace says, looking me in the eyes.

I scoffed. “You’re defending her! HER!” I yelled. “She did the same thing to Gabe, that she did to you! And now what you take her back with welcome arms?”

“At least I can fulfil his sex needs.” She piped up and my glare went from Kace to her, back to Kace.

“You told her about us.” I gritted out. Was he serious? He couldn’t have seriously done that!

“Ivory. Stop.” Kace says another two words.

“Why should I? You were clearly in on her robbing my brother!” and I shoved him in the chest. “You two deserve each other.”

And I turn and leave not listening to Kace screaming my name to stop. I reach my sports bike, and see her standing out the front door, with a smirk on her face.

“You think you are safe because you hang out with the bikers?” I say to her, and she hears every word, and does a slight shrug of her shoulders. “You just ripped off the wrong family.” I looked at Kace, who is standing near me. “And so did you.” I then climb back on my bike and leave. Moving the bike around Kace, as he goes to stand in my way.

They thought they were untouchable. They were wrong.

* * *

“The question iswhat we do in response.” Links mutters and runs a hand through his blonde hair. “We need to answer this. This feud between Kace and Gabe has hit a point that we can’t ignore.”

“Always thought their feud was just between them.” Asher added. “But involving Olivia to deceive Gabe, that’s a dirty act.”

I was sitting there quietly. Listening to my brothers as they plan our reply to Olivia hurting one of us.

“First off these bikers.” Dad said. “Earn in our cities. The King Deceivers are higher up the food chain than a normal one percent. After all the other one percenters sort of answer to them.” He leans forward. “But that doesn’t make them untouchable. First we attack their properties, get the council to pull permits. As for their clubhouse. I know for a fact it’s on crown land.” And just like that, dad was thinking like a criminal—only a clever one.

Elle was sitting beside me and she grabbed my hand under the table, turning to me. “I’m sorry.” She whispers. Being twins but opposites in everything else was hard.

“About?” I asked.

“This. The NASCAR,” She pauses, making sure the boys were still in deep discussion. They were, when she turned to me fully. “I know you liked Kace.”

“Ace,” I used his road name. “is nothing but a biker.”

“One you liked.”

I shrugged. “Turns out he liked flirting with me, but loves her.” And that hurt to admit. “He took her back Elle. He was part of it.”

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