Page 99 of Army
“Do you accept me?” she asked in a voice he could barely hear.
His gaze locked with hers as he stood mutely. A plethora of emotions were going through him: how she made him feel, his anger at her deception—yet he couldn’t imagine a life without her, how he’d die for the brotherhood, and the fact her fuckin’ brother was president of the damn Pistons. It was too much.I need to get the fuck outta here and go for a ride. I have to clear my head of all this shit.
“Are you going to answer me?” she asked.
He took perverse satisfaction in the hurt that flashed through her eyes an instant before tears spilled down her face.Dammit. I hate to see her cry.He longed to wipe them away and pull her into his arms and feel the heat of her body while he told her it’d all be okay.But how can it? The club won’t recognize her. This will alienate some of the brothers from me. There’ll be tension, fights, and … no trust. It can never work.
“I guess you answered me.” Her voice hitched.
“Is everything okay?” Taylor asked, his gaze darting between Mia and Army.
Mia mumbled something Army couldn’t hear and then rushed out of the locker room. Taylor glared at him. “What the hell did you do to Mia?”
“Did she tell you her brother was the president of the Satan’s Pistons?”
Taylor shook his head. “I’m assuming that’s another motorcycle club, and she didn’t tell me. Why would she, and why does it matter?”
“The fuckers are our rivals.”
“And what does that have to do with Mia? Is she in the club too?”
Army chuckled in spite of himself. “No, dude, she’s not a damn Piston.”
“Then what’s the problem? Why should what her brother does interfere with what you and Mia have going on? It seems dumb.”
“You just don’t fuckin’ get it because you’re a citizen. It matters.”
“You can’t be serious. You’re finding Mia guilty by association just because her brother happens to be in a club the Night Rebels are feuding with?
“This doesn’t concern you,” Army grumbled.
“Mia’s my friend and she’s been hurt.”
“Then she shouldn’t have played a fuckin’ game with me. I treated her right. I didn’t keep shit from her. Go console yourfriendand listen to her bullshit. I’m outta here.” Army slammed his fist into locker again then stalked out while ignoring Taylor’s pleas; he disregarded the looks from the fighters, and paid absolutely no attention to Mia, whom he saw near the front door.
Fuck all of them.
He stormed into the parking lot and jumped on his bike and revved the engine, drowning all sound except the voice in his head.How the fuck did this happen?Ice ran through his veins.I know how. I fucked up by giving her my trust and my heart.
Never again.
