Chapter Nine
R yker
I revved the Harley’s engine, powering down the highway, gritting my teeth so hard my jaw hurt.
I was headed the wrong goddamn way, dammit.
But the anger in Prez’s eyes had run through me like a tidal wave.
This job was everything.
I understood that, but it fucking twisted up my insides to leave Anna like that, without a goodbye, no explanation, no last moment.
We’d been deprived of that last moment last time. How the fuck could I do this to her again?
The cool desert wind whipped around me as I passed the red rocks that led me down to Mexico.
Down to my future.
Without her.
There was no telling how long I’d be gone. How long until I’d set eyes on her pretty face again. My heart ached, wishing like hell I could have brought her with me, knowing this was the life for her.
She deserved more.
Anna deserved so much more than me.
Maybe leaving the Sinister Knights was what we would have to do, after all.
Pain rippled through my body at the thought of leaving King and Saint, my brothers.
We’d saved each other, our wolf pack strong, indestructible.
Until now.
Until her.