33. Angel
ANGEL
Iwalk down the hall and give a soft rap on Ari’s door. “You awake?”
A small groan from the other side of the door tells me she’s already awake, but just may not be up for company, especially mine.
I open the door, anyway, concerned about my sister.
Ari draws the covers up to her cheeks again.
Same thing she’s been doing every single time I come to find out if she wants to come downstairs for a bite to eat or simply spend some time outside of her room.
“Come have breakfast?” I ask, not really expecting a different answer.
“I’m good.”
“You’re not good, Ari. You never come out of this room for anything that you need.
I just want to help you after everything that we’ve been through.
Did those assholes hurt you while I was gone?
I swear I tried my hardest to get back to you as soon as I could after learning from Auntie that you were taken back by the Scorpions.
I’m so sorry it wasn’t as quick as it needed to be. ”
Her eyes meet mine. “You have nothing to apologize for. Our stepfather, he’s an entirely different story.
You remember all the times he held us in his arms and read us bedtime stories, all the time no matter what was happening between him and Mom, he was the one who was always trying to keep the peace? ”
I’m not sure where this is going but I remember what she’s saying. “Yeah, I remember, Ari.”
She sniffs. “He was always a great guy, right, spending time with us. We never not once thought of him as a stepdad. He was our father after ours died and Mom married him. How could he?”
Her eyes are so puffy and she’s so distraught.
I take her hand. “My understanding is that he was gambling, Ari. I don’t know for sure, but it sounds like he was in debt up to his eyeballs, at least from what I heard.
It’s the only explanation I’ve been able to come up with for him selling us to the Scorpions.
Apparently, the Scorpions run women for the DeSantis family in Vegas, that’s really all I know. ”
Ari nods, pulling her knees up beneath her chin.
But her eyes never waver from mine. “Yeah, that’s exactly what I heard when I was in the Scorpion’s basement.
A couple of them were talking and apparently our stepdad didn’t just owe a little bit of money.
He owed so much that the only way in hell of paying it back was to sell his daughters to the Scorpions who had made a back-door deal with a man in Columbia who likes to buy virgins and breed them. ”
“Oh my god. I pull Ari to me. You do not worry about me, okay? Rogue and his guys have been taking care of me.”
She smiles gently. “I swear the way he looked at you in the basement, covered your neck skin. That man couldn’t take his eyes off you.”
My throat is almost raw with emotion. “Ari, Rogue asked me to marry him. We’re going to get married, and I want you to be my matron of honor, can you do that for me?”
Ari hugs me tight. “I would be honored. Guess that means I need to quit hiding in this bedroom and face everyone downstairs.”
I give her a squeeze. “It’s time, sweetie. Besides, they’re all pretty nice once you get to know them and they warm up to you.”
Her eyes seem to have brightened, and I see a glimpse of the mischief of days past in her eyes. “The first thing I’m going to do is find the asshole who stole my clothes and give him a piece of my mind!”
Thanks for reading! I hope you loved Rogue and Angel’s story as much as I loved writing it!
Find out what happens when Ari finds out who took all her clothes off and put her to bed naked. Sparks are sure going to fly when she gives him a piece of her mind, because I don’t think Hayze has ever been on the receiving end of an ass chewing from a woman.
Ari may be welcomed at the MC club by some, but others see her as a threat and annoyance to the RBMC.
He’s done unspeakable things in the past. She has major trust issues. No matter what his rationale, she’s not letting him off that easy. Preorder Hayze’s Protection here, the second in the Royal Bastard series.
ARI: The smirking devil would do well to stay far away from me after the stunt he pulled in my bedroom.
He may be sinful and sexy sauntering around the MC club in those snug fittin’ jeans and t-shirt that shows off every muscle on that body, but he’s not fooling me.
I’ve seen the inside of other MC clubs, and this one’s no different, they just happen to be friendly.
But how long before he and his buddies start acting like the men they really are?
Hayze: The flash of those eyes should keep me away, but instead there’s something about Ari that makes me want to shield her from everything bad in this world.
An innocent caught up in a deadly world of trafficking, it’s clear trusting anyone, especially the VP of the notorious Royal Bastards, Tucson Chapter is the farthest thing from her mind.
When things go completely south at her sister’s wedding, I’m no longer giving the sassy beauty a choice.
Ari can kick and scream all she wants, but I’ve already decided she’s going to be mine and she’s under my protection now. Hayze’s Protection
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