Ink's Second Chance - Carol Dawn Page 0,24

tighter against his body and the soft kiss to the top of the head tell me all I need to know.

Sammy has me and he isn’t letting go.

***Ink***

I have never, in my entire life, felt rage course through my body like it’s doing right now. It’s taking every ounce of self-control I have to stay calm around my woman. I don’t want her stressed out or scared any more than she already is.

Watching her scrub her body raw in the shower was heartbreaking. I wanted more than anything to jump in and help her. But she would have refused my touch at that time.

I hate that she feels dirty. When I get my hands on the fuckers who raped her, I plan to take my time making them pay.

“Sammy,” Rachel says against my neck. “You’re going to hurt your back carrying me around everywhere. Find me a chair and plop my butt down on it.”

“Plop her over here next to me,” Laura says as I enter the lounge room.

Letting her go is the last thing I want to do, but I really need to talk to Bear.

“You okay with that, baby?” I ask Rachel.

She hesitates for a second before nodding her head.

I walk over and put Rachel on the couch next to Laura. I take a step back and watch as they both start crying and hugging each other. I turn and head to Bear’s office.

“Trigger and Wolf just pulled in,” Slim says as I enter the office.

“Can you have them take everything up to my room?” I ask him. “Except her chair.”

“Sure thing,” Slim says, leaving the room.

“Prez, I think we need to call a meeting with Rachel,” I tell Bear whose looking over something on his computer.

“Why?” he asks.

It’s a legitimate question but it pisses me the fuck off. I take a deep breath in to control this rage. I need to find the men who hurt her.

“She has names,” is all I say.

Hawk looks up from Slim’s security consoles with wide eyes.

“She has names?” he asks. “The man who attacked her?”

“Men,” I correct. “The men who attacked her. And yes.”

“Five minutes,” Bear says. “I’m texting everyone now.”

With a nod, I leave and head back to Rachel.

I need these names more than I need my next breath.

Chapter Fourteen

Rachel

“Then he turns back and tells me his name before leaving.”

I needed to tell her. Laura has been my best friend for years and I needed her to know what happened to me. I know that I’m about to tell Sammy and all of his brothers, but I need my girl to know, too.

“I’m so sorry that I wasn’t there for you,” Laura cries. “I should have freaking known that you would have been targeted since you knew both me and Ink. It was careless not to realize that.”

I smile and gently elbow her arm.

“If I remember correctly,” I say, trying to hold back my own tears. “I was pretty adamant about being completely fine out there on my own.”

Laura doesn’t say anything. I can understand how she might think this is her fault, but I truly don’t blame her, Sammy, or anyone else.

“I have something for you, Miss Rachel.”

I look up at the voice and freeze.

Laura chuckles.

“That’s Wolf,” she whispers. “He’s new. And so very sexy.”

“Thank you for the compliment, Miss Laura,” Wolf grins, pushing my chair next to me. “You’re both very beautiful young women.”

I grin up at Wolf.

“You have manners,” I say.

He simply smiles and nods.

“Can you give Sammy lessons?” I ask, trying to hold my giggle in. “He’s about as rude and obnoxious as they come.”

“I’ll have you know, baby, that it took years and years to hone my craft, I think I’ll skip on those lessons.”

For the first time since my attack, I laugh. Sammy walks up behind Wolf and pats him on the shoulder. They walk off talking as I’m still working through my giggles.

“That man is a fruit loop,” Laura says.

I nod my head in agreement.

I watch as Sammy and Wolf talk. I can’t move my eyes away from him. In high school, he was the hottest boy around. Every girl wanted him, and every boy wanted to be him. I always had a crush on the popular boy with the muscles and tanned skin.

But, looking at him now, what I thought was hot back then is nothing compared to what he looks like now. The boyish good looks have all but disappeared and standing there now is pure unadulterated male. His muscles now