Free Broken (Soldiers of Darkness MC Book 1) by Michelle Betham Page B

give a shit about you. And I don’t need your fucking help anymore, OK? I can do this by myself. Just tell me who they are…’
    I laugh, I can’t help it. Is she fucking serious? ‘I ain’t telling you shit, darlin’. For your own safety.’
    ‘Fuck you !’
    She spits the words out, and I sense a real danger here. I ain’t sure she’s gonna do as she’s told, and I can’t afford to take that risk. I shouldn’t even be here. I should be over at the clubhouse, checking up on how last night went. Although, there’ve been no phone calls so I’m sensing we’re OK. Odi might be a complete dick when it comes to women, but when it comes to getting a job done, he’s smart. He knows what he’s doing, which is why I sent him out there, with Viper’s crew. ‘Am I gonna have to baby-sit you, sweetheart?’
    ‘Like I said, Mack, fuck you! ’
    I step forward and grab her arm, grasping her wrist tight. I ain’t got time for games. She’s a problem I didn’t ask for, don’t need and don’t want. What I need is to be spending my time keeping Viper and his crew on side, not planning how to gun them down because I let my cock do the thinking. I saw her, I wanted her, I let her talk me into something I had no idea would become this complicated. Yeah, OK, I was weak. I’ll hold my hands up. She got to me. But now I’ve fucked her I can see clearly. It’s out of my system. My head’s back where it needs to be, and this is a lesson I’ve, thankfully, learned before it’s too late – don’t let a woman get to you. Because it could be fucking fatal.
    ‘You’re going home, Izzi, even if I have to put you on that fucking plane myself. You got that?’
    ‘You can’t keep me prisoner.’
    ‘That’s exactly what I’m gonna do. You ain’t going anywhere, I ain’t going anywhere. Not until it’s time to take you to the airport.’
    I let go of her arm, which was a mistake, because the second I do that she slaps me so hard I actually stumble backwards. Jesus! This bitch has got some strength to go with those balls.
    ‘You have no idea what I’ve been through to get here. You have no – fucking – idea.’
    I place a hand against my cheek, and I can feel the skin hot against my palm. She sure hit me with some force there. And the crazy thing is, it’s making my cock hard, it’s a freakin’ turn-on! ‘So tell me.’
    She leans back against the countertop and folds her arms defensively against herself, turning her head to look out of the window. ‘I had to know what I was walking into, Mack.’ She lowers her voice, and the anger seems to be dissipating slightly. ‘I had to become someone I never thought I could be, to do this; to even think about doing this. And I’ve always been tough, always been strong, but this…’ She bows her head, and I feel a wave of something I can’t explain wash over me. ‘Coming back to a strange country, on my own, it was hard. But I kept thinking of that night, what they did to Aiden; my father. The look in their eyes as they mercilessly gunned them down… wondering why they didn’t do the same to me…’ I watch as she throws back her head and lets out a long sigh. It’s almost painful to listen to. ‘I had to come back here, and I had to be ready, and the things I’ve had to do to make sure I’m…’ She stops talking, and I don’t want her to do that, I want her to carry on. I want to know what this beautiful, damaged young woman has had to go through to get her to the point where she’s quite calmly talking about ending someone’s life. I do that shit on a regular basis, but I’m a fucked-up bastard who can handle anything. She isn’t. ‘I found someone on the internet…’ She suddenly lets out an almost manic laugh, as though she can’t comprehend what she’s just said. ‘How fucking naïve does that make me sound? I found someone on the internet… well, we kind of found each other…’
    I move a little closer to her, finally pulling my hand away