Salvation by Stephanie Tyler Read Free Book Online

didn’t work to calm people the fuck down.
    He’d forced himself to forget that Luna was standing there, watching everything. Best that she saw what she was in for, right from the start. And once the guards jumped into the ring and yanked the LoV away, bloodied and bruised from their time with Bishop, the ref held Bishop there.
    He looked into the crowd and saw more of the guards rounding up LoV members. There were more of them here tonight than Bishop was used to seeing at a fight. What the fuck was going on?
    When the crowds calmed, the ref finally cleared him to leave and Bishop ducked through the ropes and walked past Luna, who’d been safe and sound the entire time, surrounded by three burly guards with guns who faced outward, trapping her in a prison for her own safety.
    As Bishop went by her, she reached through the men and grabbed for his arm. Stared at him as he stared through her. Finally, the guards moved away and she said, “Bishop...”
    God, he hated that she saw that. But he didn’t jerk his arm away, just let her hold him and he continued walking. She had no choice but to hang on or she’d be swallowed up by the crowd that seemed intent on following him.
    And she wasn’t being deterred, calling, “Bishop,” until he finally turned and asked, “What?” and waited for her inevitable reproach.
    Instead, she put her hands gently on either side of his face and she kissed him. For a second, he froze, and then he eased against her, his body seeking the comfort of hers.

Chapter Six
    Bishop’s stance softened a bit after Luna kissed him. She ran a hand over his cheek and then she turned and tugged him toward the back, where the doctor was waiting to check him out.
    She hadn’t seen him take many hits at all, but she wasn’t taking chances with him.
    She could admit the fight shook her, but it had also turned her on. She’d seen Bishop fight before, and it had turned her on then as well. But this was such a primal show of force, and he was doing it completely on her behalf. Conquering with ease.
    She just needed to make sure he wasn’t paying too high of a price. The man with the knife had worried her. She understood that Keller had allowed Bishop to take him down, that climbing into the ring armed wasn’t protocol. No one in the warehouse was supposed to be armed, and she supposed that was how Keller kept order over such large crowds.
    Part of her respected that. And a larger part hated him for forcing Bishop to do his dirty work. Especially because Bishop didn’t really seem to mind.
    In the back locker room, with several bodyguards milling around, a doctor looked Bishop over as Luna watched. The crowds sounded like they’d turned the post fight into a party, and occasionally, the doors rattled. She was grateful the two burly men had locked the doors and stood in front of them, their weapons holstered but obvious.
    A knock on the doors made one of them open them, and in came a light-skinned black woman who spoke sharply to the guards, who seemed to jump to.
    “Who’s that?” she asked.
    “Zara. She’s the sister of Keller’s woman—she’s a doctor. She’s in charge of all the medical care on the compound. She doesn’t take any shit,” the doctor looking Bishop over told her.
    Luna watched her walk through the locked-down room, pointing, asking questions and finally stopping in front of them. “Bishop, are you all right?”
    “Fine,” he said through gritted teeth.
    “It’s a mess out there. Give it a few before you guys head out,” she advised, then turned to Luna and introduced herself. “Luna, it’s nice to meet you. Keller said you’ll be staying with us.”
    “That’s true, yes.”
    Zara glanced at the doctor checking Bishop out. “Why don’t you let Bishop have some privacy? It’s getting crowded in here.”
    The doctor took Bishop behind the curtain and when Luna stood to go with him, Zara said, “He’ll only be a few minutes. You’re okay here. And you’re a lucky