An Outlaw Monster (Back Down Devil MC #10)(14)

“We’ll talk about this later,” someone else said. “Right now, all that matters is that Duke is here, alive.”

“Prez,” Trent said. “There’s more.”

That’s when Trent nodded to me.

Prez?

He and Jasper were then staring at me. Then Duke looked at me. He raised an eyebrow.

“Wait a second,” Duke said. “She… she took my drink order but never brought me a drink.”

There were a few seconds of silence. I saw everyone looking at each other, processing. Trent stood with his face like stone. His eyes were so intense as he stared at me. Like he wanted me to trust him, no matter what happened.

“She was serving drinks?” Jasper asked.

“Yeah,” Trent said. “Then things went to hell… because of Duke…”

There were a few seconds of silence again and then Trent took out his gun. “Before anything happens…”

That’s all I heard.

Because someone was then behind me… a hand around my body and a hand around my mouth.





nine.



(trent)



Kye grabbed Harlee and I seriously considered shooting Kye. I pictured a bullet blasting through his f*cking head for touching her. She tried to scream and kick, her eyes wide as she stared at me, wanting me to help her.

But that’s not how it was going to work.

“You said you were going to kill her,” Trev said to me. “Now she’s here.”

“Wait a f*cking minute,” Duke said. “Tell me she was the one…”

“Duke, go get a beer,” Trev said. “You, Max, and Hudson. Right now.”

Duke said something under his breath but Max and Hudson grabbed him to get him away. I knew me and Duke weren’t done yet.

“Kye, take her inside,” Trev said. “Put her in Trent’s room. This is going to be his problem and he will fix it.”

My heart sank a little as Kye carried Harlee away. She continued to kick and tried to scream. I wanted to tell her to just calm the f*ck down. It was up to me to kill her and I wasn’t going to do it. I had my reasons, right or wrong.

“Tell me she’s the one,” Trev said.

I slowly put my gun away. “Yeah. She’s the one. I watched her pour the poison into Duke’s glass. Then she dropped the little bottle down a drain.”

“And she’s still alive?” Jasper asked.

“Do you want to know what happened?” I asked. “Or are you two going to f*cking assume and accuse me of something?”

I was livid. The monster inside me was stirring. It was pissed that it only got a little bit of fun fighting all those rich businessmen. The monster wanted more. Not to mention another side of the monster wanted Harlee.

“We’re listening,” Trev said. “I’ll shut my mouth for a few minutes to hear this. Because it has to be good, Trent. That woman was going to kill a table member of this MC. And you’re supposed to be a monster. A ruthless f*cking outlaw who would kill anyone at anytime for any reason.”

I turned and face the President of the club. My eyes were wide. He was f*cking with me. He was tempting me. He wanted me to snap.

I inched closer to Trev, almost going nose to nose with him. “The truth… yeah, I didn’t kill her right away, did I? I let her live. Before I could get anything out of her, something happened with Duke. He lost his damn mind and started fighting people. I went to his rescue because The Hell Five were the ones guarding the outside of the building. They came rushing in with machine guns and I took off, saving Duke.”

“And saving that bitch,” Jasper said.

I turned and thought about hitting Jasper. Instead, I nodded. “That’s right. I saved her. Want to know why?”

“I think that’s why we’re standing here,” Trev said.

“She’s not a trained killer,” I said. “I watched the way she moved.”

“Hell, who wouldn’t?” Jasper asked. “I wouldn’t mind bending her over a table…”

I stepped back and leaned against a railing. I folded my arms. “Let me know when you’re done.”

“Sorry,” Jasper said. “I’m just saying… she’s not bad looking at all.”

“That’s not why she’s alive,” I said.

I knew some of that was a complete lie.

“Then why is she alive?” Trev asked.

“First off, Duke lost it,” I said. “I had to make sure he didn’t end up dead for real. That’s part of the reason. The other part? She’s not a goddamn killer, Prez. She was forced into this from Night Soul. They’re expecting Duke to be dead and Harlee to be back at their clubhouse.”

“Harlee?” Trev asked.

“That’s her name.”

“You got the name,” Jasper said. “Good for you.”

“Listen to me,” I said. “She knows the monster, okay? I had her. She watched what I did to protect Duke. My point here is that we have someone who could help us with Night Soul. We have what they want. We have Duke, alive. We have their so-called assassin, alive. It’s going to f*cking drive them crazy to think how bad they f*cked up here.”