Free Fight For Her (Soldiers in Arms Book 1) by J.A. Bailey, Phoenix James Page A

wasted no time in gunning the bike and screeching around the corner to where he could hear her. Waverly stood with the asshole he assumed was her ex-fiancé and he had her held by one arm. Another man—an older one who he guessed was her father—stood on the other side of her. Clearly, they’d come to persuade her to come home.
    Waverly reached up to slap the younger one, but he caught her wrist. Her father yanked open the car door and both men pushed her into the car.
    Fire burned through his veins. If they thought they were going to take her against her will, they had another thing coming.
    He revved the engine. Tires squealed and rubber burned as he headed straight for the car. As the ex-fiancé was climbing into it, he rammed the bike into the car. The door jammed shut and crumpled. Walker lurched forward, his head connecting briefly with the metal. A shaft of pain speared through his skull.
    He caught a glimpse of the man’s ashen face before leaping from the bike, shoving aside Waverly’s father and yanking open the passenger door.
    Hauling her from the vehicle, he pushed her behind him while her father straightened himself. Walker eyed the older man coolly. The fiancé was still trapped in his side by the buckled door, but frankly he didn’t give a shit if he had to take on both of these suits. They spent their time intimidating and bullying a woman. How fucking tough could they be?
    “Get your hands off my daughter,” her father spat.
    “Touch her again,” he said in a low, menacing tone, “and you’ll have more than a dented car to worry about.”
    The older man narrowed his gaze at him. “You can’t tell me what to do with my daughter.” He peered around him at Waverly, who clung to Walker. “You’re going to give up everything for this man?”
    Waverly glanced at Walker and nodded. “Yes.”
    Walker saw the muscles work in her father’s jaw.
    “You realize I’ll never send you another penny. You won’t get anything from me or Adam. If you choose this life, you will no longer be my daughter.”
    She lifted her chin. “That’s fine with me.”
    Her father shook his head in disgust. “Don’t expect Adam to give you anything for the baby either.”
    Walker curled a fist, fighting every instinct to lay out the man with a punch. How could any father be so heartless?
    “She won’t need anything,” Walker vowed.
    Her father glanced between them and shrugged. “You’ll regret it.” He climbed into the car and they stepped aside when he started the engine. They waited until he had driven off before Walker lifted his bike and inspected it.
    “I’m sorry, Walker.”
    He glanced at Waverly in surprise. “For what?”
    “Your bike.” She grimaced and came forward to press her sleeve against his head. “And your head. You’re going to have a headache later.”
    He lifted a shoulder and chuckled. “The bike can be fixed and my head is pretty damned hard.”
    “I should never have agreed to talk to him. I didn’t even know my father was here.”
    “How could you have known they’d try to force you to return home?”
    She shook her head. “I can’t believe it either. I suspect my father thought he could use the journey to talk me around.”
    He rubbed his hands up and down her arms before drawing her close. “Are you okay? The baby okay?”
    “Yes, we’re fine. I’m a little shaken but nothing I can’t handle.”
    “Did you mean it?” Walker asked.
    “Mean what?”
    “That you’d give up everything for me?”
    A smile spread across her face. “Of course. That is, if you want me.”
    He drew her close. “Baby, how could I not? I’ve never wanted anyone so bad. I knew you were trouble from the moment I set eyes on you. I knew you’d make me break all the rules.”
    “Are you glad you did, though?”
    “Damn right I am.” He cupped her face and gazed into those blue eyes that had captured him from the beginning. “I’d break every rule over and over again for you. For you