I don’t know how to let him go.
I don’t want to but what else is a girl to do.
I gotta do the best I can to survive.
I take up the spot on the tabletop where Harley was, and Abel lifts the skirt of my dress bunching it in his fist so that some guy named JT can put his ink on me.
The tattoo gun starts up again once he has changed out the needle and gotten fresh ink.
I close my eyes as Abel is at my neck, his lips moving against my ear telling me how pretty I look tonight.
I concentrate on his voice instead of the stinging of the needle going in my skin.
The air in the room seems to disappear and I can feel his eyes on me. My eyes pop open and I stare across the room seeing a shadow disappear as someone goes out the front door.
I go to move to chase after him, but the guy is still tattooing me. All my breath is sucked out of me and I feel dizzy.
“Are you okay?” Abel questions, taking my face between his hands.
“I thought I saw someone.”
“He isn’t here.”
“I know. It’s just…”
“I miss him too.” Abel kisses my cheek and I blink back my tears and suck in a deep breath. I’ve got to let Axel go as much as it kills me to do so. I have to take my feelings for him and lock them down tight and forget where I put the damn key, or I won’t survive.
“All done,” JT announces rubbing some antibiotic cream on my hip and slapping a bandage on my tender skin.
“Yeah. We are.” I stare at the door knowing that Axel is gone and not coming back any time soon.
Coming soon
The ride continues in a new series that will carry on in Texas with Abel and Ainsley. Title and release information to be announced later, but here is a peek!
You thought our story was over but that was only the beginning.
When my older brother went to jail, I stepped up to fill his shoes. I held his club down. I did what I had to do to keep his growing family safe. I held Ainsley’s hand when he was sentenced. I held her hand when she brought my nephew into this world. I am still holding her hand when Axel returns to claim what should be his. There is only one problem, I don’t want to give him his life back. I’ve taken it and made it my own. – Abel
Bonus scene
Karly
“Oh, my goodness, just look at them,” I coo over my new grandbabies. Sara and Hades are here for Christmas along with their adopted son, CT.
“This is Kara, and this is Marie.” My daughter beams.
My heart melts. I can’t stop the tears. “After my mother?”
“Yeah. I thought Gypsy needed someone to carry on her name. You know,” she tells me, and I pull her in for a hug as I nod.
“I love it. It’s perfect. Everything is just so damn perfect, I can’t handle it.” Sara rolls her eyes.
We have a had a rocky time since she married Hades against my wishes, but we are on the way to repairing our relationship. I love my daughter and only want her to have the best possible life. I don’t care for her husband. I know he’s not a great man, but he does love her, and she looks so happy. I study Hades as he watches over her and their children and he looks at her like her father, Striker, stares at me with nothing but undying love. My husband’s hands rests on my shoulders. He dips his head down and kisses my hair.
My father and his, Grim and Romeo, are seated on the couch next to one another like a pair of old hateful farts with scowls on their faces. It might have to do with the fact that Sara insisted everyone wear an ugly Christmas sweater for the family photos she is demanding we take. But the minute Sara places a baby in each of their arms I watch as they both soften. My father chuckles as one of the girls fills her diaper and it leaks onto Romeo’s lap. He’s gagging and begging for someone to take her from him. My father says, “Don’t act like you haven’t had worse on ye, like some of them things I have seen you taking home lately. Ain’t that right, sweetheart.” He holds the twin up that he is holding and spit up projectile vomits from her onto his beard.
We are all laughing till we cry only I think my Dad and Romeo have real tears. Sara is on the floor howling in laughter as she tries to get the baby bag open. I look over to see Cole snapping pictures with his camera and I look up at my husband and smile. This moment is everything. This is all I need.
Merry Christmas from The Black Rebel Riders’ and Devils Rejects MC family!
About Glenna
Glenna Maynard is a Kentucky native with a passion for romance, best known for her bestselling romantic suspense novel I'm with You and The Black Rebel Riders' MC series. When she isn't arguing with the voices in her head or drinking reader tears, she enjoys watching classic TV shows with her two children and longtime leading man.
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Character Glossary
A list of characters mentioned in this book or previous books in no particular order.
Black Rebel Riders
Jack ‘Grim’ Jones – President and founding brother of The Black Rebel Riders MC. Son of Hook, the founding member of the Devils Rejects. Two half-brothers, Benji and Rush. Father of Baby Jones, mothered by Gypsy Red. Step-father to Sarah ‘Rumor’ Johnson, mothered by Gypsy Red. One marriage, Sunshine.
Christopher ‘Rebel’ Black – Club Vice President. Son of Foxie and Slim Black. First marriage, Rumor. Second marriage, Lil Bit. Three children, Axel, Harley, and Abel. One adopted daughter, Miracle, mothered by LL.
Thomas ‘Striker’ Black – Alias, Nash Johnson. Son of Foxie Black and Romeo. One marriage, Baby Jones. Two children, Cole and Sara.
Mike ‘Romeo’ Wells – Best friend of Grim. Moonshine extraordinaire and founding brother of The Black Rebel Riders MC, former club vice president. One marriage, LL AKA Luscious Laura. Two children, Dawn and Jamie.
Marc ‘Tread’ Adams – Moonshine runner. One child, Kyler, mothered by Liberty.
Grady ‘Truth’ Williams – Technological genius.
Stone – Security detail.
Skull – A founding brother of Black Rebel Riders’ MC. Deceased, died in prison.
Kurt- Potential club member.
One-off – Nomad.
Jim ‘Slim’ Black – Founding President of The Black Rebel Riders MC. One marriage, Foxie. One trueborn son, Rebel. A step-son, Striker, fathered by Romeo. A bastard born son, JT, mothered by Wild Cherry. Killed by Grim for betraying his brothers and the club.
Colt ‘Trouble’ – Best friend of Baby. Killed by Rush, half-brother of Grim.
Blaze- Deceased member. Killed by Trouble for betraying the club.
Jailbait- Deceased potential. Killed by The Devils Rejects.
JT - Potential club member. Son of Wild Cherry and Slim Black.
Cole Johnson, AKA Outlaw, California, Colt Black- Son of Nash (Striker) and Karly (Baby), grandson of Romeo, Foxie, Gypsy Red, and Grim. Nephew of Rebel.
Axel – Son of Rebel Black
Abel – Son of Rebel Black
Leading Ladies
Gypsy Red – A wanderer and carrier of secrets. One marriage, Benji. A daughter, Rumor, fathered by Winston Rush, her foster brother. A daughter, Baby fathered by Grim. Murdered in Grim’s home, attacker unknown.
Roxie ‘Foxie’ Black – A woman who speaks her mind. One marriage, Slim Black. A son, Rebel. A son, Striker, fathered by Romeo. Also, raised Baby, daughter of Grim, as her own.
Luscious Laura - AKA LL. Heroin addict who couldn’t get it together. One marriage, Romeo. A daughter, Dawn. A son, Jamie. A daughter, Miracle, father Stone. Deceased, killed by Romeo, her husband.
Wild Cherry – Slim’s clubwhore. One marriage, Doug Franklin. One daughter, Christa. One son, JT, fathered by Slim.
Baby Jones – Alias, Karly Johnson. Biker brat princess. Daughter of Grim and Gypsy Red. One
marriage, Striker. One son, Colt, (Cole). One daughter, Sara.
Sarah ‘Rumor’ Johnson – A tortured soul. Daughter of Gypsy Red and Winston Rush. Taken in by Grim. One marriage, Rebel. Deceased, murderer unknown, but affiliated with the Undead Bastards and Dry Ridge Sinners.
Sunshine – Former clubwhore. Marriage one, Grim. Marriage two, Paul Craven. A son, Patrick, given up for adoption, but fathered by Paul.
Christa ‘Buttercup’ Franklin – High school sweetheart to Tread. Daughter of Wild Cherry.
Amy ‘Peaches’ Mathers – Clubwhore who can shake it like no other. Truth’s girlfriend.
Blowjob Betty – Clubwhore with affiliations to Black Rebel Riders and Devils Rejects. Responsible for Rumor’s murder. Killed by Grim.
Aspen – Ex-girlfriend of Striker. Whereabouts unknown.
Liberty – Dirty girl who loves to get down. One marriage, John. One son, Kyler, fathered by Tread. Lil bit’s cousin.
Diamond – Skankho Pocahontas wannabe bitch. Clubwhore. Nasty snatch bitch with a bedazzled pussy. Killed by Foxie.
Smokey – Undercover agent posing as a clubwhore. Killed by the Dry Ridge Sinners.
Dawn – Daughter of Romeo and LL.
Michelle ‘Lil Bit’ – AKA Chelle Bell. Sister of Shred and Lasher. Cousin of Liberty. One marriage, Rebel. Three children. A son, Axel. A daughter, Harley. A son, Abel.
Miracle – AKA Morgan. Daughter of LL, father unknown. Adopted by Rebel and Chelle.
Kimmie – Clubwhore - JT’s old lady.
Bridgette –Friend of the club. Best friend of Miracle.
Dawn — Daughter of Romeo and LL. Married to Patrick ‘Mute’ Hanes.
Harper- Wife of Marek, sister of Danny, lover to Cole.
Sara – Daughter of Striker and Baby aka Karly and Nash. Granddaughter of Grim, Foxie, and Romeo.
Ainsley – Daughter of Tiny Leone.
Devils Rejects
Hook – President of the Devils Rejects. Father of Benji and Grim. Killed by Grim.
Benji – Hook’s son. Husband of Gypsy Red. Step-father to Rumor. Killed by Grim.
Lucky – Undercover detective.
Squirrel – Brother of Foxie Black. Killed by Grim.
Winston Rush – Half- brother of Grim. Longtime lover of Gypsy Red. One daughter, Rumor, mothered by Gypsy Red. Killed by Romeo.
Marek- Acting President in book 9, husband of Harper.
Hades – Brother of Harper. Husband of Sara (daughter of Striker and Baby).
Stephanie – Wife of Tiny Leone (cartel boss). Stepmother of Ainsley.
Dry Ridge Sinners
Shred – Club President. Twin to Lasher. Brother of Lil Bit. Died in prison. Killed by Kurt.
Lasher – Vice President. Twin to Shred. Brother of Lil Bit. Died in prison. Killed by Kurt.
Pinky – Enforcer.
Cowboy – Truck driver. Whereabouts unknown, assumed dead. Former lover of Foxie.
White Militia
Paul ‘Lick’ Craven – Leader of the racist group. One marriage, Sunshine. One son, Patrick.
Lenny Craven – Owner of the strip club Pink Lips.
Patrick ‘Mute’ Hanes – Son of Sunshine and Paul Craven. Old man to Dawn.
Born Sinners
Rhyner – Prospect, undercover with the Devils Rejects. Friend of Cole. Boyfriend to Bridgette. Nephew of Porter.
Porter – Member of the Born Sinners.
Wilcox – President of the Born Sinners, Sunny Kentucky chapter.
Available Now
Black Rebel Riders’ MC
Grim The Beginning
Rumor
Baby
Striker
Romeo
Heart of A Rebel
A Rebel Love
A Rebel In The Roses
Blood of A Rebel
The Devil’s Rebel
Devils Rejects MC
Hades’ Flame
Boogeyman’s Dream
Reaper’s Till Death
Cupid’s Arrow
Uno’s Truth
Cocky’s Fight
Stand Alone Titles
Beauty & The Biker
Born Sinner
Lil’ Red & The Big Bad Biker
Making Her Mine
Dirty Love
Dirty Truth
Don’t Let Me Go
Stone Deception
Cowritten with Dawn Martens
You Wreck Me (Prospects)
The Boom
Allie Faye Books
Crashing Into You
You Rock Me
My Best Friend’s Girl
Then There Was You
Must Love Curves
Hades’ Flame Preview
When you make a deal with the devil he’s going to want to collect his dues.
Sara
I gave up everything to be with Danny.
All I want is his love.
All he wants is to build an empire.
A new day is upon the Devils Rejects MC.
I am a stranger in their eyes.
The daughter of an old enemy.
A forty year old feud doesn’t end overnight.
I will show them I have rebel blood running through my veins, but a Devils Reject owns my heart.
Danny
I was made a deal I couldn’t refuse.
A deal that promised me my forever.
I shook hands with the devil to get what I wanted.
Lies will threaten to destroy us.
Lies will build my empire.
Innocent blood will pay my debt.
I will do anything to protect the woman I love.
Prologue
Sara
Drag Creek, Kentucky
“You can’t possibly be okay with any of this!” My mother screams at my father. Hell, I am sure the whole state can hear her.
He pinches the bridge of his nose. “There was no other choice.”
“There’s always a choice, Nash. You want our daughter to drop out of school and raise a baby with that man. And he’s a man, Nash. He’s too old for her. I can’t. I won’t accept this.” I knew yesterday when she said she would accept Danny and Cain Thomas it was too good to be true.
Danny hugs my back to his chest as we listen from the front porch of my Grandpa, Grim’s house. “I’m sorry about all of this. If I had never talked to you…”
“Hey.” I twist around to face him. “I chose to get in the truck with you. I chose to be with you. I chose you and I’d choose you again.”
His mouth comes down on mine and I open to him completely. Danny brings out the best in me. With him is where I am meant to be. His soul calls to mine as if they are old friends.
He is mine and I am his.
I won’t stop fighting to be with him. Cain Thomas needs us.
He doesn’t have anyone else.
“It won’t happen. I won’t sign the papers.”
“It’s already happening, Karly. You can hate it all you want to, but legally that little boy sleeping in there is our grandson. If you don’t get on board with this you could lose Sara forever,” my father warns.
“I’ve heard enough out of both of ye,” I hear Grim’s loud voice boom. “We did what we had to. Sara did what she had to because she knew what was on the line. You may have been off in California living your fancy little life where everything was fuckin’ perfect and your shit didn’t stink, but you aren’t in Cali-fuckin-fornia. You’re in my house. Sara will go with Danny to Webb Hollow as soon as they are married. He has to be there to get a handle on his club. He don’t need to be here pussy footin’ and sucking your asshole to prove himself, Goddamnit. Now ye either plan your daughter a fittin’ weddin’ or shut the fuck up.”
Danny’s eyes widen at the same time as mine because Cain is wailing from his bassinet.
“I don’t want to go in there,” I admit
Danny grabs my hand. “We’ll do it like we’ll do everything…together.”
I smile. “Together.”
Sara
“You sure you’re ready for this?”
“What?” Danny’s dark brows knit together. “Marrying you?”
“Well…not only that but doing the wedding in Drag Creek? I know things haven’t been easy with the tension between the Devils and the Black Rebels. Is bringing the clubs together right now a good idea?”
His good hand reaches out for mine and he tugs me toward him until I fall into his lap. It is a long story, but Danny lost his hand when the homemade bomb he made detonated in his grasp.
Danny’s arm snakes around my waist as those torturous lips brush over my temple. “Baby, you know I would love nothing more than to avoid this whole meeting between the two clubs, but I know you. I know you want your family around no matter what you say.”
Letting out an annoyed huff, I know he’s right.
I passed my GED, that was my mom’s main stipulation for this wedding. She still isn’t thrilled with the choices I have made but she loves CT. Cain Thomas. He’s really Danny’s nephew, the son of his dead sister, Harper and equally dead brother-in-law, Marek.
We were with Harper when she went into labor and due to circumstances, I took the baby to raise as my own along with Danny.
These past six months haven’t been easy, but when I look at my son and Danny, I know it has been worth the struggles.
Danny inherited a motorcycle club he didn’t want, but a club who needs him to lead them. The Devils Rejects have been involved in some seriously bad shit, but Danny has been turning things around. A change like that doesn’t happen overnight though.
During this time, I have been living in Drag Creek, Kentucky and on the weekends, Danny makes the drive from Webb Hollow, a small town, in northern Tennessee that is home to the Devils Rejects to be with me. I haven’t actually spent any time with Danny’s club. Our weekends together are never long enough, and CT is always with us too. Once we are married though Webb Hollow will be my new home. I only hope that the two clubs will continue to keep the peace. My grandfather, Grim, was president of the Black Rebel Riders’ MC until a few months back when him and his VP, Romeo, (my other grandfather) passed the club to my father, Striker and his brother, Rebel. My older brother, Cole, is an enforcer for the club as well.
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