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Alexis says, sounding annoyed.

Harmless my ass that bitch is known for setting people up. I mean hell the bitch set Alexis up that one time where she had the cheerleader start kissing me. I’m not one to put anything past the vindictive skank.

As I put the key in the ignition and my Bluetooth connects to my phone, I put my phone down and hit the gas as I shift gears. I’m not about to let anything happen to my wife.

Through the speakers, I can hear Alexis knock on the door to Lori’s house and then sobs of the woman herself.

“Alexis, thank you so much for coming,” Lori cries.

“Shh, it’s okay what happened?” Alexis asks soothingly.

“He happened,” Lori says right before screams of terror pierce my ears.

Fuckin’ hell. Who is he?

Chapter 16

Alexis

“He happened,” Lori cries as she points to the man sitting on the couch. A man I’ve seen several times but didn’t pay much attention to.

Lori’s brother.

Matthew.

Shit.

He’s always given me the creeps with his leering looks and beady eyes.

One minute he’s sitting there grinning the next he’s lifting a gun and pointing it at Lori and pulling the trigger.

Screaming, I jump backward, my hands coming up to cover my mouth.

“Lori, no,” I whisper, eyes widen at the sight of the blood pouring out of my once best friend's head. Glancing back to Matthew, I see the grin has turned into a demonic looking smile. I need to get out of here. Turning I bolt toward my car; however, I’m stopped by the biker who’d been following me.

“Please let me go,” I cry, fighting against his hold on my arm.

“Not a chance sweetheart,” he laughs, tightening his hand around my arm as he drags me back into the house past Lori’s lifeless body lying on the floor.

“Why are you doing this?” I demand, tears freely streaming down my cheeks.

“My sweet, sweet, Alexis. You’ve very much disappointed me. Don’t you remember me?” Matthew chuckles as he stands up.

At his full height, I let my gaze drift over him taking in the cut he’s wearing and the gun still in his hand.

“I know who you are. You’re Lori’s brother.”

“Yeah, I was her brother. And she also disappointed me by not doing the one job she was supposed to do,” he sneers as he makes his way across the room to stand in front of me.

“What job?” Matthew chuckles at my question as he grips my other arm and pulls me to him as the biker who’d been holding me lets go.

“Isn’t it obvious sweetheart? She was to keep you away from the dickhead and keep you pure for me. I claimed you the moment you first came to town. I’d have had you long before now if it wasn’t for my uncle sending me away when he did. He’s dead now and so I’ve come home to find not only the girl who belongs to me is still fuckin’ a black dude, but another club has come into my territory.” I can’t stop from grimacing in pain when Matthew tightens his hold on my arm.

“Please, let me go. I don’t belong to you. I’m sure Twister or Horse would talk with you about this situation,” I plead.

“Sweetheart, that's not how this is going to go down. I’m not worried about those pussy fucks. I’ll get my territory back in no time. No one fucks with the Dragon’s Fire MC without repercussions and they will soon learn that they’re in for a rude awakening. For now, it’s time for us to get out of here.” Matthew states before everything goes dark.

Waking up, I don’t know how much time has passed. Sitting up, I find myself in the back of a moving van.

My ankles tied together.

Great.

Why didn’t I listen to Tanner when he said to come back? Because I’m an idiot who thought nothing would happen in the time it took to go get my friend. Or who I thought of as my friend for so long. Now I’m not sure if she was ever really my friend. Thinking back now she’s always been mean to me about everything. If it wasn’t about her then she didn’t want anything to do with it. I swear I’m a complete idiot.

“You think this is a good idea Prez?” Shaking my head to clear it as someone asks the question, I wait to hear the response holding my breath.

“This is our fuckin’ territory those Devil pussies should never have come here. Too bad my uncles couldn’t see further