Free AN OUTLAW MONSTER (A Back Down Devil MC Romance Novel) by London Casey, Karolyn James

towel through. It was more than she had opened it
the first time which meant I saw even more. A bare leg, the roundness of her
hip, even a quick glimpse of the side of her breast.
    The door shut again and I made a
fist and put it to the door.
    I can ’ t get too close … I can ’ t have it happen
again …
     
    **
     
    She opened the door wearing nothing
but a towel.
    Are you trying to fucking kill
me?
    “ I
hate to ask, ” she
said, “ but do you
have a bandage or something for my knee? ”
    I looked down and saw the gash on
her knee. It was nasty, fresh with blood, but it wasn ’ t dripping.
    “ What
happened? ”
    “ You, ” she said.
    “ Me? ”
    “ When
you were running with me. I looked back and those guys had machine guns. I
tripped and hit the ground. You kept going. ”
    “ Sorry
for saving your life. ”
    “ I
didn ’ t say anything, ” she said.
    “ Come
here and sit down. ”
    She sat on the edge of bathtub. I
grabbed a bandage and turned to face her, on one knee. There was just a fucking
piece of cloth keeping my eyes from devouring her entire body.
    I touched the back of her leg and
lifted. “ Does it
hurt? ”
    “ Stings, ” she said.
    I focused on the gash. “ It doesn ’ t look that deep. You ’ ll be fine. ”
    The towel was riding up her legs,
inches from showing me her slit. I swore if I inhaled a deep enough breath I
would smell her. That sweet scent, like honey.
    I patched up her knee and started
to stand, turning to try and hide my hard cock, but Harlee grabbed my hand.
    “ Thanks,
Trent. For this. For trusting me. I ’ ll
do anything, okay? I really can ’ t
stand those guys over there. ”
    I nodded. “ Just take it one day at a time right now.
Trev was right. You have no idea what you stepped into here. ” I broke my hand away from
hers. “ You can have
the bed. I ’ ll be on
the couch. I ’ ll make
sure nothing happens. Get some sleep, darling. ”
    That was the last bit of
conversation for the night between myself and Harlee.
    An hour later, I had killed off
another three beers. I sat on the edge of the couch, my gun on the table, empty
beer bottles next to it, and my dick still aching. I then did something I hadn ’ t done in a long time.
    I took care of myself …
     

twelve.
     
    (harlee)
     
    I told Trent everything I knew
about Night Soul. The conversations, people they hurt, women they slept with,
any guns I saw, and anything that I could possibly think of. I never thought
being in their clubhouse would actually come back to help me. The more I spoke,
the more it seemed to ease the tension with my pretense and Back Down Devil MC.
    The biggest problem was the tension
between me and Trent.
    Trev wanted us to stay in his
apartment until he gave orders otherwise. The place started to feel like it was
a paper bag because we always seemed to be on top of each other. Each time I
saw him, my body felt woozy and warm. I knew he couldn ’ t have been comfortable sleeping on the
couch. A few times I snuck out of the room and crept down the hallway to find
him sitting on the couch, gun on his lap. One time he was standing at the
window, gun in his hand.
    He was full on protecting me. Not
just saying it.
    When I showered, I thought of Trent
with me. It was so dumb because getting too close to him was too risky for both
of us. Yet just being near him kept the temptation growing and growing. Like
the one thing I couldn ’ t
have and I wanted it more than anything in the world. Plus, I was a woman. I
had needs. I had wants. Trent ’ s
eyes unlocked fantasies that were in the back of my mind. Now there in the
front of my mind and I was desperate for him to do something.
    I had witnessed the monster a
couple times that first week with him. The way he fought, defended his club ’ s honor, not to mention
his sheer size and muscular strength was just so impressive. Another MC came
for a drinking party and they all started to bet on fights. They were all
friends yet they all