Free Friction (Oath Keepers MC Book 5) by Sapphire Knight Page B

crap he pulled today. He should’ve talked to me. I’m his sister—not his child.
    He raises his hands up to calm me with his fatherly/big brother bullshit he’s always done that I’ve gotten used to over the years of growing up with him. “Now Sade’s, just calm down,” he soothes.
    “You’re not pulling that monotone shit with me this time! You know how I feel about you not calling me back! You ride a motorcycle for God’s sake—nothing wrong with that, but people are assholes, and when my brother doesn’t call me back for hours, I think some jerk ran him over! I’ve already lost Mom and Dad, Si. You know how I get about not being in contact.” My eyes tear up at the mention of losing my parents, and his hands drop, pulling me into a hug.
    “I know; I’m a dick and sometimes I forget about how you worry about me.”
    “It’s not like I call you twenty times a day, brother. It’s only like once a week, a little more now that I’m here with you. I’m not trying to be a nag…truly. I just love you and want to make sure you’re okay.”
    “I got you little sister.” He pulls me in a little tighter, and once I’m done showing him I love him, my anger spikes again over Twist.
    I rear back and kick him really hard in the shin making him jump back in shock away from me.
    “The fuck was that for?” he shouts and I glare.
    “How could you not tell me about Twist? Thankfully, Avery seems to have a bigger heart than my own brother and told me about Twist being in the hospital! Was I supposed to just wake up with him not being there and not worry? I sleep next to that man every single night!”
    “What do you mean you sleep next to him?” he grumbles, deflecting on my private life.
    “Oh no! You don’t get to go there; you’re the one who messed up today.”
    Avery grabs my hand and my face shoots to her.
    “2 was the wrong; but you’re here now, so how about you go see Twist and you guys talk about this stuff later, not so public. I think the yelling is drawing too many eyes to y’all.”
    Silas and I both gaze around and see five or so nurses enjoying the show of me tearing my brother a new asshole. Probably looks funny seeing a short, pregnant lady with a huge belly chewing out a big ol’ biker.
    “Okay, that sounds like a good idea,” I agree easily. I shoot a scowl at Silas as I walk past him into Twist’s room.
    My eyes instantly land on my damaged man, his colorful tattoos even more prominent against the pale blue hospital gown and bright lights. Warm tears fall down my cheeks as I make my way to him; the sight of seeing him look so broken, rips me in pieces.
    His forehead is wrapped in gauze hiding the upper portion of his face and one of his arms has gauze covering it as well. His nose looks disgusting and the worst part of all is he’s strapped down. They have his hands secured to the bed and I want nothing more than to untie him and take him home with me.
    I spin around to yell at my brother about this, too, but he’s already right behind me, catching my arms as I turn.
    “Wha-what is this? Why is he like this?” I cry.
    “They did it for his and their own safety.”
    “Take them off, Silas!” I gesture toward Twist’s arms angrily and hiss, “What if he wakes up?”
    “He’s sedated to give his body some healing time so they can run tests and make sure he’s all right.”
    “You know he has dreams; they can’t do this to him! I won’t let him feel trapped. I’m so glad I came…he needs me. They won’t know what to do; he has to be free.”
    “Calm down… I promise when he wakes up I’ll take them off. You haven’t seen him when he rages, Sadie.”
    “He’s been upset around me, and he’s not a fucking monster who deserves to be strapped down like some crazy person.”
    “You don’t know what Twist gets like when he’s angry; he could kill these people if he gets mad enough. If I let that happen then we would never see him again. You think you know, but you