Under Fire (Winged Enemy MC Romance) by Olivia Ruin Read Free Book Online

You think whatever happened to Jed wasn’t an accident?”
    “That’s exactly what I think, Zach. You’re a smart kid, now stay home and lock the door. Only trust other members of the gang, you never know who might cause trouble.”
    “Alright, I’ll stay here for now. Leslie… how is Jed doing?”
    “I don’t know yet Zach. Stay there, OK?”
    “Sure, I’ll see you later.”
    I hung up, and found Kat already off her phone. “Any luck?”
    “Tim was at the bar, Nathan wasn’t there. He’s going to track him down and I’ve told him to warn everyone he comes across that we may be dealing with some retribution from a few weeks ago and to stick together.”
    “Good. That’s wise advice for everyone to follow until we know what we’re dealing with here.”
    We sat in uncomfortable silence for a few minutes. Every time my leg twitched I thought it was a vibration from my phone and checked it, but my screen remained stubbornly clear of any notifications.
    “Excuse me, you two ladies are waiting for Jed Turner?” A nurse stood at the hallway.
    “That’s right,” I said. “Can we see him?”
    “Sure, he’s just waking up now.”
    We walked side by side as we followed the nurse to Jed’s room. I had to stop myself from grabbing her hand and giving it a comforting squeeze. Damn it, Leslie, you’re supposed to hate her, remember. Kat didn’t make it easy, though. I could see why Jed got along with her so well, she was a remarkably easy person to talk to, and beyond the beauty she was funny and seemingly well-intentioned.
    I stepped through the door first; I wouldn’t give up that right just yet.
    Jed’s eyes blinked wearily at me as I walked straight up to the side of the bed. I leaned down and gave him a big kiss on the lips. He responded sluggishly and I held it for longer than necessary, luxuriating in the feeling of his lips on mine. After a close call like that it was stupid to be petty and avoiding him the way I was, at least until I knew for sure if he was going to stop seeing me in favor of Kat.
    When I finally broke the kiss I pulled back just a couple of inches. “You scared me, Jed. I had hoped that I wouldn’t ever have to wait for you to wake up in one of these hospital beds ever again.”
    He groaned. “What happened? Trust me, I really hope this doesn’t become a habit, either.”
    I sat down beside the bed to make room for Kat. She gave Jed a close hug and whispered in his ear. I caught “Thank you,” but everything beyond that were soft sibilant sounds that I couldn’t catch.
    After what was far too long for me, Kat pulled back and sat down in the other bedside chair.
    “So what am I doing here this time?” Jed asked. “I remember leaving the clubhouse and getting ready to take a ride, but then…” His face contorted as he tried to recall a memory that just wouldn’t come.
    “There was an explosion,” Kat said with a soft voice. “Someone had rigged Nightshade to blow when it was started, and we’re both very lucky that neither of us is dead right now.”
    I looked at her as she spoke. For someone who presumably had been almost as close to the source of the blast as Jed, she didn’t appear to have any injuries at all. I filed that away in the back of my organized mind.
    “So Nightshade is…?”
    “Gone.” I hated to be the one to say it, but it didn’t look as though Kat was able to give Jed the confirmation that he didn’t want to hear. “I’m so sorry Jed.” I reached across to take his big hand in mine. “I know how much she meant to you.”
    A grimace marred his face and he looked away for a moment. His hand balled into a fist underneath mine.
    I expected him to shout, yell, or try to throw something across the room. He did none of those things.
    His hand relaxed under mine, and he looked from my face to Kat’s and back.
    “When I find the person who did this, I’m going to kill them.” He said it calmly, with no emotion at all. I couldn’t stop a shiver