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wouldn’t open.
    Ricardo laughed. “Child locks, sister dear. You’re not going anywhere.”
    Luna beat on the glass as the SUV pulled out of the lot. She twisted to look out the back window and watched as Blaze erupted out of his clothes and into a massive grizzly bear. The animal lumbered after them, gaining in speed, but the poor beast couldn’t keep up with the SUV.
    Tears streaked her cheeks as she watched her mate get smaller and smaller.
    “Fucking shifters.” Ricardo glared at her in the rearview mirror. “You’re fucking a goddamn shifter? I knew you were just a piece of trash. I’m guessing you gave it up to him. I knew it was too good to hope that you’d still be a virgin, but maybe your new owner won’t mind so much. You can show him all the tricks you’ve learned in the bear’s bed.”
    “Blaze is going to come for me, and when he does, you’re going to be sorry.” She sniffled. “I’m his mate. He’ll never stop looking for me.”
    “We’ll see if he still wants you once I’m finished with you.”
    “If you’ve sold me to the President of the Black Daggers, won’t he be upset if you hurt or scar me?” she asked, hoping what she said was true. She didn’t think she’d be able to withstand any of Ricardo’s torture methods.
    “Don’t worry, sweet sister. He just wants a hole for his dick. I don’t think he much cares what you look like. He has an old lady for that. If you hadn’t fucked up, that could have been your spot. But you had to get squeamish and take off in the middle of the night like some spoiled brat.”
    “I don’t want that life, Ricardo. I never did.”
    She watched his hands tighten on the steering wheel. “Growing up, it was
    always about you and what you wanted or needed. Well those days are over, dear sister. Mommy and Daddy aren’t around to wipe your nose for you anymore. It’s time for me to finally get what I deserve, what I’ve worked so damn hard for, and you’re my golden ticket. Once you change hands, the Desert Dogs will see I mean business and hold up my end of an agreement, and then they’ll have no choice but to give me the V.P.’s spot.”
    “All of this is so you can be V.P.?”
    “I could have had the President’s spot all those years ago if you hadn’t fucked me over. But the Black Daggers backed out of the arms deal we had when you
    vanished. Their President decided that if I couldn’t handle my own sister, then I couldn’t be trusted with something as important as selling the AK’s they’d smuggled into the U.S.”
    “Poor, pitiful Ricardo.” If she were a shifter, she’d have bared her teeth at his sorry ass. “You think I give a shit if you’re low on the totem pole in your lame ass biker gang? The Desert Dogs haven’t let you rise to a higher position because they know you’re shit. Everyone knows it but you.”
    “You would be wise not to anger me, Luna.”
    She watched her brother’s face flush and grinned like a loon. “If you’re going to torture me anyway, what do I have to lose? You can go fuck yourself, Ricardo. I doubt anyone else would.”
    The stench of burnt rubber filled her nose as he slammed on the brake and
    swerved onto the side of the road. He got out of the SUV, then jerked open the back door. When Ricardo leaned in and grabbed her by her hair, she was ready for him. It hurt, but she let him drag her from the vehicle and then she did what she should have done all those years ago.
    Drawing back her foot, she nailed him between the legs. His grip on her loosened and she punched him in the nose before kicking him in the balls a second time, just to make sure he wasn’t able to run after her. The man in the passenger’s seat was too busy laughing his ass off to come after her.
    Before Ricardo could recover, Luna ran as hard and fast as she could back the
    way they’d come. “Help! Someone help me!” She screamed as loud as she could as she ran down the street.
    As she crested the hill, she heard