I stepped forward.“Let me make something crystal clear.You throw another brick, send another note, or even look at Tempi the wrong way… you’re gonna have a hell of a lot more to worry about than this Ledger bullshit.You’ll have me.And you don’t want that.”
They both nodded, eyes wide, and their heads bobbed like fucking bobbleheads.
“We good?”I asked.
“Y-yeah,” Nick said.
Frank mumbled something that sounded like agreement.
I glanced at Hodge and Podge.“Let’s roll.”
Podge unlocked the door.Hodge gave Nick one last glare before letting him go.
We stepped out into the sunlight.
The moment the door shut behind us, I felt like I could breathe again.
“That was fucked,” Podge muttered.
Hodge grunted.“That Ledger shit sounds like a cult.”
“Or worse,” I added.“But we’re not running.”
“No,” Hodge said.“We’re not.”
We straddled our bikes and fired up the engines.
And as we rode back to the clubhouse, one thing became clear:
Whoever this Ledger was, they thought they could scare us.
They were wrong.
They hadn’t met the Saint’s Outlaws yet.Not really.
And I wasn’t going anywhere.Not while Tempi was in this city.Not while someone was threatening her.
Chapter Twenty
Tempi
The bar was quiet.
That kind of quiet that only settled in after hours, when the floors were mopped, the chairs flipped, and the world outside faded into the hum of neon lights and the faint scent of whiskey and citrus cleaner.
I wiped down the bar with slow, lazy strokes and let the last Halestorm song echo from the old jukebox.My hips swayed to the beat, and a smile tugged at the corners of my mouth.
Twister was coming.
Swift and Gramps were out front waiting for him.Once he got here, they would leave.
I’d worked in a daze all day, floating on the memory of his mouth on mine, his hands on my body, the way his voice had turned rough and possessive when he promised he’d come back.
“I’m leaving!The hot bikers said they would walk me home,” Britta called from the entryway.
I turned toward her, caught her smirk, and rolled my eyes.“Try to behave,” I laughed.
She gave me a knowing wink.“I will as long as you manage to make it to your bedroom this time, babe.”
