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earlier emotions won’t protrude through the wall I’m trying to rebuild. I don’t want to think of what will happen when Coyote comes back to the clubhouse.

Pulling into the parking spot next to where my car is parked, mixed emotions fill me. Victoria had told me that when the brothers found me, Coyote had held me in his arms the whole way to the clubhouse as someone else drove my car. Now seeing it parked in its spot it looks as if it hadn’t even moved. She’d also told me they’d brought it back so they could get Coyote’s and the other guys’ bikes.

I’d only lived here for a month, but I’d started to make it into a home for myself. Now I can’t think of it as anything but part of a nightmare. One that I don’t want to ever remember. I want to put it in the back of my mind with the memory of the hooded man.

When I told Rachel earlier about inner demons being embedded into someone, I wasn’t lying. Mine are deep within me and I like to think of them being locked in a box buried away where I can’t see them. Kind of like that saying, ‘Out of sight, out of mind.”

“You ready,” Venom asks as he pulls the key from the ignition.

Taking a deep breath, I nod my head and open the door. Climbing out, I glance around the area feeling as if I’m being watched, even though the only people I see in the parking lot are Whip and Neo, who are sitting astride their bikes.

Maybe I should have waited for Coyote. Or better yet just made a list of what I wanted and asked them to go get it. Right now, I’m petrified of going into my apartment. Nevertheless, I’m going to pull my big girl panties on and get this done. After today, I’ll ask if the guys can pack my stuff and put it in storage until I can find another place to live.

I just need to get to that point of feeling safe again.

Chapter Sixteen

Coyote

On the way back to the clubhouse, Shadow and I rode next to each other. It was good having him with me. What he’d told me about his little brother really sunk in with me. I know Blaze lost his daughter when she was a baby and that is as hard as it gets. But losing a sibling or close to it is another form of gut-wrenching torture.

Top that off with losing the mother of your child before you even know about the kid, it’s a roundhouse kick to the face rather than a slap.

I took the time to think of a way to show Tinsley what she means to me. I figured telling her won’t do justice to what she deserves. Or for that matter what she’ll believe.

Actions speak louder than words and showing her will prove my point.

Pulling into the clubhouse parking lot, I park my bike in my usual spot as Shadow moves to park his bike in the spot near mine.

Sitting back on my girl, I take a deep breath before turning the key and silencing the night.

Climbing off the back of my bike, I straighten and face the door to the clubhouse.

“Brother, you got this,” Shadow says as he joins me. “Just be who you are and tell her what’s going on in your head.”

Nodding my head, I stride toward the door, ready to get this over with and hopefully, maybe finally claim my woman in the way I’ve been dying to do. Well at least close to it considering I have to wait for her to heal some more.

As I scan the room, I find all the ol’ ladies sitting at a table, but Tinsley isn’t with them. I furrow my brow while I walk in their direction. They should know where she is.

“Hey, Coyote,” Raven says, smiling when she sees me approaching the table.

“Coyote,” Victoria also smiles as Rachel glances at me with sadness in her showing in her eyes.

“Y’all know where Tinsley is?” I ask, getting right to it.

“You sure you want to know?” Rachel asks, quietly.

“Yeah from what I heard you stormed out of here after overhearing her story, which by the way was a dick move,” Victoria states.

“Where is she?” I mutter through clenched teeth. I’m honestly not in the mood for this shit. All I want is to find Tinsley, grab Cody, and take them to my room and lock out the