“That was for Harlow,” Blade said, “And this is for Ashley.” He ran the knife slowly down Bullet’s body again, before suddenly lifting it up and violently stabbing it into his gut. Then he pulled it out and stabbed again, this time in the chest. His eyes were cold and hard as he continued to stab Bullet. There was blood everywhere. I lost count of how many times he stabbed but it had to be over twenty times. Finally, he stabbed into Bullet’s neck and twisted the knife as it went in. He left the knife in there and then sunk to the ground. I had no idea what he was doing until I saw his body was wracked with sobs; his back heaving.

“Leave,” he grit out, still not looking at me.

I knew when a man was broken and when they needed to be alone so I left him to it. I exited through the door to the shower where I stripped and dumped my clothes in the rubbish he had set up in there. Then I showered and washed all the blood off me. I was coated in it. Once I was completely clean of it, I changed back into my clothes and left through another door that I guessed would take me back into the warehouse. I was correct and quickly found the building exit. Once I was out, I took a moment to catch my breath. That had been an intense experience; not so much because we’d killed Bullet, but more because we’d put our differences aside and come together to do it. Blade had revealed himself to me today, in more ways than one, and I knew it was going to take me some time to work through it in my mind.

***

Later that night, I watched Harlow get ready for bed. I was sitting on the bed, leaning against the headboard. She was at the end of the bed changing out of her clothes into my t-shirt that she’d started wearing sometimes. After her ordeal with Bullet, I wasn’t sure where her head was at with regards to sex. I had no desire to push her but I wanted to talk to her about it; to make sure she was okay.

She finished changing and then climbed into bed next to me. Her eyes found mine and

she smiled. “I’m exhausted. Do you mind if I go to sleep?” she asked.

I slid down the bed so that I was lying next to her, on my side. “We should talk about Bullet.”

“What about him?” she asked. There was tenseness in her voice that hadn’t been there before.

“Sweetheart, he almost raped you. I need to know how that’s affecting you.”

She took a moment to answer me but then said, “I fucking hate him for it and it’s not something that I’ll move past straight away. But I’m not going to let him win. He did this to both of us, Scott. Sure, I was the one he physically attacked but he did it to fuck with you and it did. So, we’ll work through it together. I won’t shut you out so long as you don’t shut me out.”

“I don’t know what the fuck I did to deserve a woman as good as you,” I said as I lightly brushed a kiss against her forehead.

“I think we both lucked out,” she replied, wrapping herself around my heart a little more.

Chapter 32

Harlow

I grabbed the container with the cake in it and got out of my car. Surveying the building, I took in the Storm logo above the front door. It was a huge logo with wings, a skull and flames coming out of the skull. There was a chain threaded through the image. In my mind the chain symbolised the bonds that held the club together. Family. It was so evident when you sat back and watched the way the club members interacted. I’d now been to two get togethers with the club and I visited the clubhouse nearly every day. And the best thing? They’d welcomed me with open arms.

I pushed through the front doors and made my way to the kitchen. When I got there, I was excited to see that Madison was already there waiting for me.

“Can I see?” she asked, excitement bubbling out of her.

I smiled. “Of course.” I opened the container and revealed the cake to her.

“Oh my God, it’s amazing!” she exclaimed.

“You think he’ll like it?” I asked. I’d designed a cake of the Storm MC logo for Scott.

Her warm eyes found mine, and what I saw there gave me goosebumps. Family. She reached out and squeezed my hand. “There’s nothing that you could do or make that Scott wouldn’t love. My brother is completely in love with you.”

Happiness flooded my body, but I was hesitant to accept it. “I don’t think he’s in love with me, Madison. It’s only been a month.”

She cocked her head. “Are you in love with him?”

I didn’t even hesitate. “Yes.”

Smiling again, she said, “So, if you can fall in love with him that quickly, it’s highly possible that he can fall in love with you in that time too.”

She made a good point.

“What’s in the container?” J asked, coming into the kitchen.

Madison shushed him. “Harlow made Scott a birthday cake.”

“Shit, what time’s the party?” J asked.

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