Page 148 of Ink's Devil

A gym? I turn and eye the building. It’s certainly big enough. But I can’t help messing with Mace. “You want me to go back inside so you can get on with it, Ground Pounder?”

His shoulder bumps hard into mine. “Nah, you fuckin’ Leatherneck. Want you to stay right where you are, Brother. Working on it with me.”

All jokes are put to one side as he turns and looks straight into my face. “You’re fuckin’ home.”

I am. And fuck me. A gym of our own? “You brought this up in church?”

“Not officially. Didn’t have a chance, but I know everyone’s for it.”

“Count me in,” says Beef. “Need somewhere to work off Mel’s fuckin’ cupcakes.”

I walk to the building, then eye the surroundings, then look back at the fence behind. “You know, we could do more than just have this for us. It could have its own access. Maybe start a new business venture on our own land.”

“Now you’re talking.” Beef looks at the unpaved road that runs along the back of our property, an approach road for the mill at one time. “You know, you might just have an idea there, Ink.”

I raise my chin at him. Of course, at the back of my mind is the thought that I’ll be able to train with Beth under my watchful eye and won’t have to deal with the worry of her being out of my site at that place she currently frequents.

Did I say I’ve got it bad for my old lady?

Well, I have.

Vanna

Being a single mom of a fourteen year old boy isn’t easy. Now he’s gotten on the wrong side of the law, I’m at the end of my tether. He has a dad, just one who denies his existence. But for my son’s sake, I have to give it one last try to break the barriers down. Perhaps this time he’ll step up and help.

Trouble is, he doesn’t recognise me, let alone the boy he left ten years ago.

He’s also the member of an outlaw MC, and nothing like the man I used to know.

Mace

Lizard had been right to worry about the girl wanting her ‘Property of’ tat removed from her back. Putting a patch on someone has meaning in our world and at the very least we need to know whose patch we’re removing.

Then I find out about the kid she’s brought with her, and the story she tells is heart-breaking. I didn’t realise by offering mine, and my club’s protection, not only was she going to break it, she was going to steal the heart of this confirmed bachelor as well.

That patch I have to ignore? Well, unless we tread carefully, that’s going to bring trouble to the club.