AN OUTLAW MONSTER (A Back Down Devil MC Romance Novel) by London Casey, Karolyn James Read Free Book Online Page B

me. He was tempting me. He
wanted me to snap.
    I inched closer to Trev, almost
going nose to nose with him. “ The
truth … yeah, I didn ’ t kill her right away, did
I? I let her live. Before I could get anything out of her, something happened
with Duke. He lost his damn mind and started fighting people. I went to his
rescue because The Hell Five were the ones guarding the outside of the
building. They came rushing in with machine guns and I took off, saving Duke. ”
    “ And
saving that bitch, ” Jasper said.
    I turned and thought about hitting
Jasper. Instead, I nodded. “ That ’ s right. I saved her. Want
to know why? ”
    “ I
think that ’ s why we ’ re standing here, ” Trev said.
    “ She ’ s not a trained killer, ” I said. “ I watched the way she
moved. ”
    “ Hell,
who wouldn ’ t? ” Jasper asked. “ I wouldn ’ t mind bending her over a
table …”
    I stepped back and leaned against a
railing. I folded my arms. “ Let
me know when you ’ re
done. ”
    “ Sorry, ” Jasper said. “ I ’ m just saying … she ’ s not bad looking
at all. ”
    “ That ’ s not why she ’ s alive, ” I said.
    I knew some of that was a
complete lie.
    “ Then
why is she alive? ” Trev asked.
    “ First
off, Duke lost it, ” I
said. “ I had to make
sure he didn ’ t end up
dead for real. That ’ s
part of the reason. The other part? She ’ s
not a goddamn killer, Prez. She was forced into this from Night Soul. They ’ re expecting Duke to be
dead and Harlee to be back at their clubhouse. ”
    “ Harlee? ” Trev asked.
    “ That ’ s her name. ”
    “ You
got the name, ” Jasper
said. “ Good for you. ”
    “ Listen
to me, ” I said. “ She knows the monster,
okay? I had her. She watched what I did to protect Duke. My point here is that
we have someone who could help us with Night Soul. We have what they want. We
have Duke, alive. We have their so-called assassin, alive. It ’ s going to fucking drive
them crazy to think how bad they fucked up here. ”
    I looked at Trev. He looked at
Jasper, then at me. “ So
you think she knows something? ”
    “ Depending
on how long she was with the MC, ” I said. “ I didn ’ t get that far with her
before Duke went crazy. ”
    “ So
she ’ s here now, ” Jasper said.
    “ Yes, ” I said. “ Right now, the entire game
over there is busted up. Guys are beaten up but nobody was killed. The Hell
Five have a mess to clean up. And then Night Soul will be waiting for Harlee to
go back to them. We ’ ve
got the upper hand on this now.  I ’ m
not trying to step out of line here with anything but we have always acted
harsh and what did it get us? So maybe now we can be strategic. ”
    “ The
monster, ” Trev said. “ Talking beyond the violence
and blood. That ’ s not
like you. ”
    I looked at Trev. “ I ’ m tired of watching scumbags trying to kill
my brothers and kill my new President. We just got rid of Ripper after a long
road of lies. If I killed Harlee, what would it do? Nothing. It would piss off Night
Soul and they ’ d be
right back at us again. But now, we have the brains behind it. We knew about
the gambling. We knew about the hit on Duke. We stopped it, trashed the place,
and took the woman they sent to kill Duke. Plus, here ’ s the million dollar question … what else does she know? ”
    That got Jasper ’ s full attention. He
grabbed for his knife. “ I
can make her talk. ”
    “ Any
of us can, ” Trev
said. He grabbed my shoulder. “ You
think she trusts you? ”
    “ I
made it very clear to her there are two options in this situation. Either she
tells me what I want to know or she takes a bullet to the head. I ’ d call that a good
foundation for trust. ”
    “ You
think you can actually pull the trigger on her? ” Jasper asked me.
    I reached for my gun with a grin on
my face. Then I made my move to solidify who I was and to end whatever bullshit
everyone thought about me right then.
    I grabbed the blade