his worried face. “Is Eva okay?”
His gaze shot to where she sat on the bed, tear stains evident on her cheeks. She crossed her arms over her chest to hide her nipples from Ryder. She looked so damn vulnerable that I just wanted to fold her into my arms and kiss the shit out of her, telling her it was all going to be alright. Instead, I had Ryder glaring at me as if I were the monster.
“Fuck, you’ve upset her. And why isn’t she dressed?” he growled as he entered the room. “I think you should leave. I’ll wait for her.”
I opened my mouth to protest, but perhaps he was right. Maybe he could get out of Eva what I couldn’t. If Ryder found out what exactly had happened to her, I’d be satisfied that justice would be served because Ryder would leave no stone unturned to avenge the wrongs done to his family.
“Eva, what do you want, baby?” I kept my voice even and calm.
“I’ll change and come with Ryder.”
My heart fell to my stomach. I didn’t want to be far away from her, but I respected her wishes. At least she’d be safe with the biker and I could catch up with Savage on what the latest was with our detainees.
I left the room and closed the door behind me. So what if everyone had to wait a while before we took off? Eva’s wellbeing was the most important thing. The others could just wait until she was ready.
What I wouldn’t give to be a fly on the wall. Especially if she told Ryder that I’d asked her to marry me. His reaction would be priceless.
I found Savage and pulled him aside. “I suspect Parker couldn’t keep his dick to himself,” I said, staying as calm as I could under the circumstances. We weren’t just talking about any victim—we were talking about my woman, and it tore my insides up that she’d been through such an ordeal.
It was all my fault.
If I’d answered her calls, been there when she needed me, it would never have happened. Just when I finally thought I could redeem myself, something as horrific as that happened to the woman I love.
My heart squeezed and a deep ache settled there. An ache not only for myself, but for Eva too.
I was fucked, destined to never find happiness because all I caused was tragedy to the people I loved most. Amy. Jade. And now Eva.
Savage placed a hand on my shoulder and squeezed. “I know. Idiot bragged about it, trying to prove that he had ownership of Eva.”
It was like a punch in the gut. When it had been a suspicion only, the possibility existed that it didn’t happen. Being right never felt so fucking bad. I sunk down to my haunches, the contents of my stomach swirling around until they shot from my mouth like a projectile.
My poor baby. What hell she must have gone through. If only I could undo it all, reverse time and change the outcome. I’d give my life to take the horror away from her.
“The bastard is going to die. He doesn’t deserve to breathe.” I wiped the saliva dribbling from the sides of my mouth with the back of my hand.
“You can’t take the law into your own hands, Harrison. You made an oath.”
“Fuck that. And I quit, remember?” I spat the bad taste out of my mouth and pushed back up onto my feet, standing tall.
“That’s a mistake, man. You don’t mean it.”
Squinting, I stared at my partner. I meant every fucking word, and even more so after confirming my suspicions. I clenched and unclenched my fists as I imagined what I was going to do to the precious Senator.
“Razor made a joke some time back that I’d be an asset to the MC club. He may just be fucking right. Maybe that’s exactly where I belong—righting the wrongs of the world as a vigilante. Wiping out fuckers who got away with murder because of their position in life.”
“Okay, now I know you are screwing with me. Either that or you have jungle fever and are delirious. The man I’ve known for most of my life would never consider doing that.”
“Well maybe that man is an asshole who was on the wrong team.”
Savage surprised me with his answer. “There’s no harm in reassessing your life. Things change, and you gotta do what works for you.”
“Exactly. I want different things now I have Eva.” I scrubbed a