Free Viper's Pit (Diamondbacks Motorcycle Club Book 1) by Evelyn Glass

“But I don’t expect a little princess like you to understand.”
     
    Eve licked her lips. She felt sick to her stomach, and she was pretty sure whatever drug Jacob had given her the night before had nothing to do with it.
     
    “What do you plan to do with me?” she asked. “Why haven’t you killed me yet?”
     
    “You’re useful,” Jessica said.
     
    Now Eve was really confused. “Me? How?”
     
    “To keep the Viper at bay.”
     
    “What the hell are you talking about?”
     
    “Lind cares about you,” Jacob said. “If we have you, chances are he won’t do anything stupid.”
     
    Eve snorted. “Then, you’re out of luck. There’s nothing between me and Lind.”
     
    “I know you fucked last night,” Jacob said. “It was plain to see.”
     
    “A one-night stand surely doesn’t qualify me as blackmail material?”
     
    “You may have fucked once, but I’ve watched him fall for you over the past few weeks.” Jacob smiled a chilling kind of smile. “Trust me, sweet cheeks, he’ll do whatever we ask him to if it means keeping you safe.”
     
    Eve’s heart fluttered in her chest. Could that be true? Could Lind truly care about her so much? She knew it was crazy given the situation, but that notion filled her with joy.
     
    “He’ll already be on the hunt for me,” Jacob said. “He’s smart; he’ll have it all figured out by now. All we have to do is make sure he knows we have you.”
     
    As he spoke, he was already dialing.
     

CHAPTER TEN
     
    Lind’s phone buzzed and rang in his pocket. Cursing, he fumbled for it with one hand as he steadied the car with the other. He didn’t even look at the display before he answered.
     
    “Yeah.”
     
    “Hello, Viper.”
     
    Lind froze. His fist curled so tightly around the steering wheel that his knuckles turned white.
     
    “You son of a bitch,” he growled.
     
    “Yeah, I know. You’re angry.”
     
    “I will find you, and I will kill you.”
     
    “I wouldn’t be so violent if I were you,” Jacob all but purred in his ear. “I’ve got leverage, you know? The sweetest kind.”
     
    Lind’s stomach turned. “Where is she?”
     
    “Right here.”
     
    There was a pause, and then Eve’s voice came to the phone.
     
    “Lind?” She sounded tentative and scared, but at the very least she was alive.
     
    “Eve!” Lind cried, ignoring Alec’s questioning look. “Are you okay?”
     
    “I’m fine.”
     
    “Did he hurt you?”
     
    “No. I’m fine,” she repeated. “Truly.”
     
    Lind heaved a sigh of relief. “You hang in there, sweetheart, all right? I’ll find you.”
     
    “He’s not alone in this,” Eve said hurriedly. “He—”
     
    There was a smack and a sharp cry, and then Jacob’s voice was back on the phone. “As I was saying, I’ve got leverage.”
     
    “If you hurt her, Jacob, I swear to God—”
     
    “What?” Jacob said. “What are you and God gonna do to me, Viper? Now, you listen to me. You convince Alec of your good faith…by the way, I’m surprised he hasn’t killed you already.”
     
    “You bastard—”
     
    “Shut up,” Jacob snapped. “Listen closely. You convince Alec that you’re on his side and you bring him to me. You get me Alec, and I get you your girl.”
     
    “Why are you doing this?”
     
    “Why wouldn’t I do this?” Jacob paused. “Tonight. Eleven o’clock sharp. I’ll text you the address. If you’re even two minutes late, I’ll kill her.”
     
    He didn’t give Lind the chance to reply before he hung up.
     
    “SON OF A BITCH!” Lind roared, snapping his cell phone shut and back in his pocket.
     
    “Well?” Alec asked from the passenger seat.
     
    Lind shot him a sideways glance. His phone beeped. “The good news is we know where they are,” he said.
     
    “And the bad news?”
     
    “The bad news is I have to give you over to him.”
     
    “Or he’ll kill her?” Alec guessed.
     
    Lind nodded darkly. “Yep.”
     
    Alec rolled his