by Vivian Gray
Slime, to my amazement, does shut the fuck up. He glares at his subordinate from across the table, but he doesn’t say another word. Meanwhile, Crusher seems to grow more surly.
“Look, Miss Espinoza – Maria,” he says to me, grimacing as he sets himself to sit upright in his chair, “I appreciate that you’re trying here. But what you’re advising us to do, to go into your father’s compound and take him down – well, it’s dangerous as fuck. And I’m not really aching to go into another situation like the one at the storehouse on Crescent Street.”
“Everything went right on that mission, boss,” Blade interjects. “I’m sorry that you got shanked, seriously, I am, but like I said, that’s on us more than it is on Maria.”
“And you’re sure we can trust her?” Crusher asks Blade, right in front of me, clearly not giving a shit that I’m standing right there. “What I mean is, you’ll vouch for her?”
“I don’t know if I’d go that far, boss, to be perfectly honest.” Blade casts a furtive glance my way and then immediately turns his attention back to Crusher. “But I do think that this is the best shot we’re going to have at taking down Juan Espinoza once and for all. And if Maria here is willing and able to provide that information, we ought to take her up on the offer. It’s one hell of a coup, in my opinion, to score this kind of insider information. Trust me. I’ve heard the way she talks about her old man. Maria doesn’t have any love lost for Juan.”
“It’s true,” I add, not caring that I’m not supposed to be speaking at this point. “And besides, at this point, the only thing I have to lose is you all. You’re my only protection against my father and his men. They’re coming for me. That note—” I point to the note on the table between Crusher and Blade. “—was meant as much for me as it was for Blade or any of you. He wants me to know that he knows I’ve sold out the Espinoza cartel. And he wants me to know that he’s coming for me. He knows I’m here, so I need you to take him out before he does anything rash.”
“Rash, like what?” Crusher asks, bewildered.
“Rash, like come after Blade,” I answer.
“He’s done that already,” Blade notes, pointing to his side, where he took a knife just weeks ago.
“Okay, Miss Espinoza.” Crusher sighs, letting his guard down just a little bit. “Let’s talk turkey. What can you offer us, and what do you want in return?”
I look at Blade, who can’t quite seem to meet my gaze. He and I both know what’s coming next – and it’s not that I want to stay his prisoner.
“I want to be free,” I tell Crusher. “I want to be free to go wherever I want to and do what I want to do. I don’t want to be beholden to the Blood Ravens or the Espinozas or anyone anymore. I want to live my own life. If you can do that for me, I am willing to give you the entire scope of my father’s operation. I will give you manpower movements, where they’re going to be at what times, where all the storehouses are, the works.”
I look from Blade to Crusher, doing my best to avoid looking at Slime, who’s gazing at me lecherously.
“So,” I say finally, after waiting for someone else to speak up, “do we have a deal?”
Don’t stop now! The story continues in Book 3 of the Blood Ravens MC trilogy, TOUGH SINNER! Go check it out!
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Tough Sinner is book 3 and the finale of the Blood Ravens MC trilogy!
I was born to break girls like her.I planned to make her beg for mercy.But Maria took me by surprise.I've been a bad man, a born sinner since Day 1.But with her… there might be hope for redemption.BLADEI don't believe in love.A cheating ex cured me of that stupid delusion.In her wake, she left seething rage and a death wish.And now, it's time to get my revenge.Because the woman who broke my heart has a younger sister…And a father who's the head of the biggest cartel in the state.So why not use the innocent girl to destroy the guilty man?I've spent years doing anything that my club, the Blood Ravens MC, needs me to do.I collect debts, break skulls, enforce the outlaw's brand of justice.Compared to all those dirty jobs, this is going to be pure and sweet.But Maria isn't the cruel cartel princess I expected her to be.She's too smart, too sexy.And when she says she wants to help us bring down her father, I don't know what to do.Can my enemy's daughter be trusted?MARIAThey took me.Or rather, he took me.Blade.He chained me to a bed, made me his.And deep down, I loved it.But afterwards, I begged to know what he wanted from me.Or more importantly, from my father.That sick, cruel father of mine who wanted to bar me from my dreams.The father I'm desperate to make pay for his crimes.So when Blade told me what they planned to do, I offered to help.I helped the man who kidnapped me.Why?Because, for the first time, I felt like I mattered.Maybe I'm being stupid and naïve.Maybe, all the biker sees when he looks at me is a silly girl, a midnight plaything, too distracted by his brawny shoulders and his prowess in bed to realize I meant nothing to him.But maybe – just maybe – he feels what I'm feeling, too.That's all I can hope for.Because I didn't want to fall for the man who took me.I just wanted to be free.But I'm learning now that freedom has a price.And that price might just be my heart.
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