Free Rebels (Nomad Devils Motorcycle Club Book 2) by Carmen Faye

had Logan right smack in the middle of it. Enough so that he’d fired him. She wanted to ask. She wanted to know if he knew something that could help her. But she couldn’t ask.
     
    The one thing she’d learned in all of this was that nobody was what they appeared. So she had to tread carefully with them. Make sure that she could trust them before she did. Never reveal her position. It was like a deadly game of chess.
     
    “I don’t know why I called you.” He continued. “I thought maybe…I mean no one else even acknowledges me. They are all up…I mean,” his voice trailed off. “I’m still researching. I have a plan. I was hoping that we could work together. Privately of course.”
     
    “I’d have to know what it is we are working on.”
     
    “I’m a little leery of trusting anyone at the moment. I hope you can understand.”
     
    Melissa nodded and wanted to tell him that he had no idea just how much she understood that statement. But she kept her cool.
     
    “I need help,” he confessed to her. “I’m in danger. And if I’m right, so are you.”
     
    Those words caused her ears to perk up. “Danger?”
     
    “Yes,” he answered. “If I’m right, you were sent into that house that night to die.”
     
    Melissa felt the breath catch in her throat. She had no clue how much his words would impact her.
     
    “No one can know we meet. It’d guarantee we don’t make it through this. But trust me, what I have is enough to turn the system and this town upside down. And I’m still learning more. I will be in touch, Agent Fuller. I will give you more information. But for now I just wanted someone to know. I have to go. Like I said, I will be in touch.”
     
    And with that Wallaby walked off. Melissa leaned back against her car and tried to catch her breath. Someone wanted her dead and now she had to find out who and why.
     
    ***
     
    “Stop!” her rising voice did the trick. Asher let go of her almost immediately.
     
    “Someone is not in a very good mood,” he teased. “What’s going on?”
     
    “I don’t know,” she answered. “But I’m scared.”
     
    Hudson realized that something serious had happened and mentally chastised himself for immediately taking the situation to a sexual level. He couldn’t seem to help it. Whenever he was around her his body went wild with desire. He wanted to touch her and be with her.
     
    Sometimes he had to take a step back and remember there was more to their situation than their hunger for each other. They had to set that aside and work on things from time to time. Especially right now. They were so close to having the proof that they needed and they couldn’t afford to lose their focus.
     
    But something about the way she trembled in front of him was different. It wasn’t longing. She was terrified. Shaken up. Something had happened that was seriously bothering her.
     
    Asher’s instincts were to pull her into his arms and try and protect her. The problem was that she wasn’t that kind of woman. As submissive as she might be sexually, she was very independent and she wouldn’t appreciate the gesture. She wanted his support and caring. She didn’t want him to hide her away. Even if that’s what he wanted to do most.
     
    “Tell me,” he reached for her shoulders and watched her tense. “What’s wrong?”
     
    His concern was evident. She could see it. She knew that he could tell this was real. He would want to hide her away somewhere and keep her safe. Protect his little woman. He best damned not say it. He knew better.
     
    She wasn’t sure how to tell him. Hell, she wasn’t even sure what to tell him. She guessed she’d start at the beginning and that’s what she did.
     
    They sat down and she poured out her heart. The call from Wallaby. Her hesitance. Their meeting. The fact that he’d been fired. Why he’d been fired. The fact that he was shaking and terrified. That he didn’t trust her and most certainly wouldn’t trust