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Luna laughs and says, “I broke them up?” Axe winces realizing what he just accused her of, and Luna snaps, “Last I checked, I wasn’t the one whoring myself to a taken man. I was raped while mother dearest was spreading her legs because she wanted to be a kept woman!”
Axe looks away, not able to face his sister’s pain while their mother, the bitch herself sneers, “You can’t be too traumatized if you’re fucking the enemy!”
I tense while Luna tilts her head and asks, “So swallowing a bunch of pills that a stranger gave me isn’t being traumatized, Mother?” the woman freezes as Axe glares at her. Luna says, “Do you know what it feels like to have someone in your life that can take away your pain with just one look, that they can take away your memories with one kiss because that is what Leo does to me and when I left the only way to silence the need to end everything was to drink. So don’t you fucking dare stand there all high and mighty in theenemiesclubhouse because I’m not in a ball crying when you are the biggest whore in this clubhouse which says a lot considering there are several club girls here.”
I gently squeeze Luna’s waist, but she isn’t done as she snaps, “I spent years planning how I’d kill Brock, how I’d make him experience the fear and the pain I went through every single day. How to ensure he knew he was all alone just like I was over the years and then do you want to know what I planned mother dearest after I sliced his throat?” her mother’s tears fall, the humiliation her daughter caused now far from her mind and my girl admits, “I was then planning on the best way to kill myself. Do I slice my own throat? Do I take my brother's gun? Or do I swallow a bunch of pills?”
“Luna,” the woman chokes but Axe doesn’t let her finish, instead he turns and snaps, “Get the fuck outta here now!” and the woman’s eyes widen in shock. He sneers, “I only brought you because I thought you were going to apologize, not fucking accuse her of basically enjoying being raped!”
He shoves her hard, and she stumbles and bangs into the wall, causing her to gasp in shock, but he ignores her and turns to his sister and says, “I’m sorry, little sister,” with so much emotion and Luna looks away, and I press my lips against her shoulder. “I know it isn’t enough,” he continues, “I know sorry doesn’t mean anything, but I swear I’m going to prove to you how sorry I am, and even if it kills me, I’ll get your trust back, the trust mythirteen-year-old little sister had before I allowed that monster into her life.”
I feel Luna’s tears drop on my arm, and I tighten my hold on her as Axe looks at me and threatens, “You fucking look after her. Treat her like the queen she is. Otherwise, war will be inflicted. I don’t give a shit how many lives that will be lost, don’t fucking hurt my sister.”
I give him a nod, not needing to explain my feelings for this woman. My actions have proven that, over the months that she was missing. He turns, and he mumbles, “At least she’s safe with him,” can just be heard as he walks away with Trinket, who I didn’t see following, dragging Luna’s mama with him, who is smart enough to keep her mouth shut.
As soon as he’s gone, Luna turns sideways on my lap, presses her face into my neck, and I wrap my arms around her, holding her tight.
“I don’t know how to forgive,” she whispers against my neck a few moments later, and I swallow hard. “They left me to rot, Leo,” she sniffles, and I press my lips against her head.
“You’ll learn to forgive, baby. It’ll just take time,” I whisper back.
“I don’t want anything to do with my mama,” she admits, and I nod, unsurprised.
Her mother is a fucking bitch.
“Then I’ll support you,” I reply, and she grips my cut and asks, “Can I watch you try to fix old man Trivers's car?”
I smile, “I was going to bring you with me anyhow, princess. I already have a desk in the garage for you to sit at.”
Luna snorts and looks up at me and my heart skips. Despite being teary and despite the pain, she’s looking at me full of love, and I can’t help but lean down and press my lips against hers.
The woman is addicting, and I’ll never be able to live without her again.
Chapter 28
Blade
“Ah, shit!” I curse as I quickly bring my hand back from the stove and shake it out of reflex, then suck on the side of it, instant pain running through me, but I ignore it and quickly bring the frying pan off the heat before the pancakes burn – again.
I’m supposed to be making Luna breakfast in bed, but I think I’m fucking failing as I eye the mess surrounding the counter around the two plates with cut-up fruit, burnt pancakes, and undercooked pancakes everywhere. I’m beginning to realize I take after my father where cooking skills are concerned and Mama's instructions this morning mean shit unless she's here cooking for me.
Fuck’s sake.
So much for trying to do something nice for my girl.
I sigh, shake my head, and curse. After her brother interrupted our heart-to-heart, we haven’t spoken about what was said again since, and that was two days ago.
She said she loved me, and I told her she was my girl, but we need to make it official, and I thought breakfast would be a sweet moment for her instead of store-bought muffins like yesterday morning that were fucking stale.
I’m trying to be here as she asked, not giving her the space I thought she’d need after the shit she’d been through, but I feel like I’m fucking failing. Between the club, her brother’s continuous calls, and her schooling and therapy sessions, I have barely seen her, sleeping with her in my arms, not fucking counting, and I hate it.
I want more, no, I need more, I need her.
I turn my hand over and check the burn. I told the brothers they were to call Psycho today instead of me, and I told Fury he’s to look after the garage. I want the day with my girl to make things official and preferably without any more injuries.
“Leo, what happened?” Luna asks as she quickly comes into the kitchen, and I groan.
See, already fucking failing, she heard me curse.
