STEEL: MC ROMANCE (Forsaken Riders MC Romance Book 3) by Samantha Leal Read Free Book Online Page A

now we both want to take what’s ours.”
    “But it can’t be both of yours…?” Candy was still playing dumb.
    “Exactly,” Steel sucked in on his cigarette. “So now we’re at war… Fighting over who’s going to take control of the club…”
    “Over Red X?” Candy laughed. “Have you seen that shithole? Why do either of you even want it?”
    King and Steel both laughed, and Lexi’s eyes glinted with affection.
    “Because,” King said. “Money… Principle… Power… This is our town. It’s Slate Spring’s patch, not Ironhill’s.”
    Candy nodded in agreement and picked up her glass. She sipped it down quickly to calm her nerves, and the warmth spread throughout her.
    “But I haven’t seen anyone from this other gang hanging around,” Candy said genuinely. “Wouldn’t it be obvious?”
    Steel shifted uneasily in his seat and turned her to face him.
    “You’re being used, babe,” he said sadly. “The girl… She’s using you to gain information.”
    For a moment she didn’t have a clue what he was talking about, but when it hit her, the anger raged through her.
    “Destiny?” she asked with disbelief. “Destiny is…what? A spy?”
    King nodded his head, and Lexi leaned forward and took hold of Candy’s hands.
    “I know it sounds crazy,” Lexi said. “But we’ve been watching her. She’s working for them.”
    Candy nodded and rubbed her eyes.
    “She even told me she was from Ironhill,” she laughed. “But I didn’t think anything of it…”
    “Well, why would you?” Lexi sympathized.
    “It’s nothing you could have prevented,” King assured her. “But that girl has been in Red X playing dumb for weeks now, and god knows how much information she’s learned about us and our practices from what Marv or anyone else may have said… She’s reporting it all back to the Iron Riders, and now we’re at a disadvantage. Plus, she’ll know more than she’s letting on about the workings of the place and exactly how to hit Marv where it hurts.”
    Candy shook her head and bit her bottom lip. How had she been so blind? Even though she hadn’t known anything about this motorcycle club rivalry, she had always prided herself on being a good judge of character and being able to assess a situation. But Destiny had completely fooled her. She had tricked her into being her friend and used her in more ways than one. She got Candy to do work for her, to hold her hand when she was supposedly nervous… And all the time she was spying and no doubt using all of the information or anything Candy said about Marv to feed back to the Iron Riders. She felt sick and betrayed.
    “Man, I feel so stupid,” Candy dropped her head into her hands.
    “Candy, it’s not your fault,” Lexi reiterated. “You weren’t to know anything about this… Why would you have any reason to suspect she wasn’t genuine?”
    Candy shrugged and rubbed her eyes.
    “Plus, you’ve only been in Slate Springs a few months. It’s not like you know everyone and everything about the place.”
    “None of us would have even known if King and I hadn’t come in there the other night and seen her… Did you not notice how she hid down out of sight?” Steel said as he wrapped his arm around her again.
    Candy thought back to the confrontation and how King and Steel had burst through the doors with their shotguns. They had been face to face with Destiny and she had run behind the bar and hid down by Candy’s feet.
    “Of course,” she said. “She didn’t want you to recognize her.”
    “Exactly,” King said. “But it was too late… I’d seen her over in Ironhill a few months back, draping herself all over one of their top dogs.”
    “Fucking bitch,” Steel dragged on the cigarette and exhaled loudly.
    “So what do I do now?” Candy asked. “I mean, I can’t just avoid the place.” She looked up at Steel, and he took hold of her and stared at her dead in the eyes…
    “That’s exactly what you do,” he said