Dark Secret - Avelyn Paige Page 0,4
Twat Knot has an eye for the ladies, and he’s been chasing after Kasey since the first time she came to one of our parties. The one voted most likely to be Texas’s Biggest Queen Bitch. Shelby’s best friend. My adversary. Any time Shelby gets into trouble, Kasey is always by her side. She’s a bad influence on her, and that’s saying something coming from her outlaw biker boyfriend. Kasey is the last person I want around my girl, and has been the reason for several of our most recent fights.
I shoot him the middle finger. “Fuck you, dickhead.”
If I didn’t have to take Kasey as a package deal, I’d have put a stop to her attending the club’s parties long ago. We don’t need that kind of evil polluting the air. How Shelby can stand to be around her is lost on me, because two seconds into being in her presence, I want to gouge out my eyes.
“I thought she’d be the first person you’d want at your party.”
“Let me repeat myself: Fuck you, dickhead.”
“It’s cute when you get your feathers all ruffled up like that.”
“Have you seen my girl or not?”
“Maybe you missed her, being holed up in your room all night. You’re missing out on all the fun, kid, seeing as your patch party only happens once. You should be out sampling the buffet.” He runs his finger down the cleavage of one of the hang-arounds.
“Looks like that one’s been sampled enough by the looks of it.” The girl on his lap sneers at me.
Sneering back, I peer down at my phone. She’s more than twenty minutes later than when she told me she’d be here. Definitely not like my girl. I pocket the keys to my new ride and head back inside, thinking maybe I’d passed her when Judge and I had walked out. The party has been raging for hours. She might have snuck in and not made it back to meet me in my room like we’d talked about earlier.
I scan the clubhouse, but see no sign of her.
Swiping my finger across the screen, I pull up my contacts and call her number. It rings twice and goes to her voicemail.
“The fuck?” I mumble, trying again. This time, it goes straight to voicemail. I try a third time and get the same thing. Without a second thought, I bolt from the clubhouse and straight to my bike.
“Where’s the fire, Hash?” GP yells out as I pass by, but I don’t acknowledge him, my focus solely on Shelby. She never ignores my calls, not even when she’s pissed at me. I need to find her and figure out why she’s ducking me. With a flick of the ignition, my bike roars to life between my legs.
I check my phone one more time before taking off. Nothing. No return calls. No texts. No alerts. The cameras I have set up around the apartment the club had been letting me use hadn’t sent any notifications to my phone all afternoon. If she’s there, the chance of her not tripping the cameras is slim. The club life’s dangerous, and having eyes on her and our soon-to-be temporary home are priority to me when we’re out handling club business. Where the fuck could she be? I audibly growl when her name pops into my head.
Fucking Kasey. Pounding in her number, she picks up on the second ring, the road noise filling the receiver.
“Where’s Shelby?” I demand harshly. “I know she’s with you.”
“She’s not your problem anymore, asshole.”
“The hell she isn’t.”
“Why would she want to be with someone like you? Lose our numbers, prick.” The line goes dead.
Fucking bitch. She’s done something. Shelby wouldn’t run out on me like this. I have to find her.
Popping the kickstand, I peel out of the parking lot, swerving in and out of traffic until her apartment building comes into view. I don’t even bother trying to find a parking spot, pulling straight up into a loading area near the front entrance of the building. I look around the lot and see Kasey’s piece of shit Taurus isn’t in her usual spot. Not a good sign. Taking the steps to her place two at a time, I reach the door and pound the fuck out of it.
“Shelby?” I yell. “Darlin’, you in there?” Silence. I lean my forehead against the door as I continue to pound on it. “Come on, baby, answer the door.”
Think. Where else could she be? Outside of Kasey and I,