's hair and grit scratching her cheeks. The bikes roared dow

nt she belonged, at least for now. But the way Ace kept watching her, the way Rocco let his susp

ught the quick tilt of his head. Stay steady, his

deep, but sweat still beaded her back. Every second, sh

n't ta

wer growl as the convoy slowed..Ashley's sto

eaving and swerving, eati

ered, pulling his bik

lse spiked.

olan said. "Then we'

way the Vipers faces set hard. Running wasn't in their bones. They weren't

s came free from saddlebags. Ashley's breath came fast, s

kes back, "Knew it! Told yo

d ride," No

Fangs wer

chain whipping through the air. Ashley ducked with a startl

sending the Fang spinning into the d

creamed to jump off, but she couldn't. If she fell now,

s chaos. The convoy split across the r

eyes lock

e fought with wild aggression and Cole with reckless bravery, Jax was sur

t. His blade glinted silver, and every time it flashed,

the last instant, slid his knife free, and in a blur, slashed the man's arm wid

twisted-but she c

whistle past, then rammed his bike shoulder-deep into the Fang's, sending both machines shuddering. He cut

l. And it wa

een men fight before-but never like this. There was no hesitat

, the body crumpling under spinning wheels. Rocco's shotgun thundered. Nolan ro

night stank of gasoline

nged straight for her. His face was

ey f

ax was

on, drove his blade straight through the man's throat. Blood sprayed dark in the moo

rt stopped.

blade on his jeans, slid it back into it

seared int

e. Finally, the Fangs broke. Those still alive peeled off,

desert suddenly eerily quiet again. Bodies and

ut his voice was steady. "Check your woun

ike a madman. "That is on

the dirt, his eyes dartin

trembling. Her lips part

t from the others, expression unreadable, eyes black as stone in the moon

red. Was it

cond. An acknowledgment th

her gaze, her h

or keeping secrets. It was about blood. Their blood. Her blood. Theirs sp

thing in her wanted t