Cupid's Arrow (Devils Rejects MC 4)

Hades is already in his office waiting for me. His expression is grim when I hand him my peace offering. “You better have a damn good reason for this shit. It’s too Goddamned early.”

“I second that,” Boogeyman agrees, announcing his presence. He grabs a donut and flops down in a chair. I take another sip of my coffee and hope they have a solution to get me out of this mess.

“I have a lot to fill you in on and don’t even know where to fucking start, but it’s bad. Real fuckin’ bad. We have a rat.”

“Explain,” Hades says, motioning with his hand for me to continue.

“I had a call from fucking Mandy, saying she needed to see me that it was urgent. MaryAnn was out shopping with the girls, so I didn’t see the point in telling her I was going. Anyway, I got there, and she asked me to walk with her. Boogeyman, don’t if you know this or not but her father’s land is on the other side of the woods that borders your backyard.”

His head angles to the side and he questions me, “What’s she know?” His response is enough to confirm that Mandy was telling the truth.

“Says her father has a game camera up and it caught you shooting that prospect that’s been missing. Also says you buried him in your backyard.” He starts to speak but I cut him off. “That’s not all. She knows too damn much about the missing sorority girls in the area and it’s not because I said shit all about it. Someone is feeding her information. I know you’re going to say to put her to ground, but she says she’s pregnant with my child. Whether that’s true or not remains to be seen but I can’t and won’t hurt my own child or a pregnant woman for that matter.”

“What’s she want in return for her silence?” Hades speaks for the first time since I started telling all. He’s eerily calm. As for Boogeyman, he looks ready to kill and I am second guessing calling him in.

“Says she wants me to dump MaryAnn and remarry her.”

Hades whistles.

“That’s not all. MaryAnn is pregnant too. Found out yesterday.”

“Does she know about Mandy?” Boogeyman asks, softening his tone.

I shake my head. “What the fuck do I do?”

Prez rubs his chin. “You’re not going to like this, but it is what must be done. Give the bitch what she wants. She’s bound to be talking to someone. She’ll let her guard down or whoever she is working with will fuck up eventually. As for MaryAnn, you can’t tell her. If this is going to work…shit’s gotta be believable. There’s no room for her here at the clubhouse but Reaper and Harley moved into their rental a few weeks ago and you will still be able to check on her when stopping by the office. When she shows here upset, I’ll suggest she stay there.”

I swallow hard. I know he speaks the truth. Only what if it takes too long to find the rat? What if she doesn’t forgive me when the truth comes out? What if I lose her forever?

“Cupid? You good with this?”

I nod even though I am far from good.

“Good get this shit rolling,” he dismisses me. As I get up from my seat he tells Boogeyman to stay put. “You and I need to have a chat about Eugene and what you are gonna do about moving that body off your property.”

With that I take my leave. I get on my bike and go for a ride, trying to get the courage to destroy the woman I love. I’ve never been a coward until now. The temptation to put her on the back of my bike, ride off to Mexico, and never look back is strong. But that isn’t who I am. I’m a Devils Reject and, in this life, you can ride or die. I’ll ride for my club until the day I die.

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When I get back to the house my gorgeous pregnant girlfriend is sleeping. Her blonde hair is in a messy knot on her head. A few stray strands frame her face. I stay standing in the doorway for half an hour just watching her, wondering how long it will be before I can watch her anytime I want to. I have to make her hate me. It’s the only way she will believe me. I have one hour before I am supposed to be at the new jobsite for Reaper’s construction company. He put me in charge of my own crew. I can’t let him down because I have personal shit going on. He’s trying to grow his business, so he can give Harley the life she deserves. Eventually he says he wants to make me his partner. With two kids now on the way, I have a lot riding on this too. Raising a family isn’t cheap and I have two to support now.

I could kick my own ass for ever touching Mandy again, but it is what it is. And I have to do what I must to make this right for MaryAnn and that means protecting her and our child from whoever is behind this shit with Mandy. Glancing at my watch, I know it’s now or never.

The bed dips under my weight as I sit on the edge next to where my sweet Mary slumbers. Her hand clenches into a fist around the hem of my shirt. “Hey. You just get back?”

“Yeah,” I lie. “Let’s go to the living room and have that talk.”

Letting go of my shirt, she rubs her eyes and stretches like a cat.

I get up and offer her a hand to help her up, but she ignores it and gets up from the other side. She immediately goes to the bathroom and I go on to the living room, mentally preparing for what I am about to say to her. I don’t know whether to sit or stand. I stand by the window that overlooks the front lawn until she joins me.

MaryAnn chooses to sit on the armchair, so I take the couch. I clasp my hands together and say a silent prayer that we’ll get through this somehow.

Chapter Sixteen

—MaryAnn

“I lied to you. I lied to you about everything. I’m still married…to Mandy. She’s pregnant and coming home, here to give our marriage a real shot. She’s my wife and I have to put her needs first…” He keeps talking but my brain isn’t registering his words.