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

running through me at how matter-of-factly he said it. There would be no discussion around it, no matter that I was a member of the government. I could tell that he didn’t care and wouldn’t hide his intent from me.
    I couldn’t think of anything to say, and the silence stretched on until Jed spoke again.
    “This wasn’t an accident. Neither was Patty’s death. We need to warn the rest of the club, because someone is obviously targeting us. God, if Frank weren’t already dead I would be halfway to that hell hole of a prison he was locked in. This must be fall-out from the blown drop. Because of him we’ve got a massive target on our backs and we don’t even know who’s holding the gun.”
    “Leslie and I already called a few people to spread the word,” Kat said. “We’ll make sure everyone knows to watch out, whoever is doing this must be pretty skilled. They killed Patrick, knew enough to set an explosive on Nightshade, and for all we know they had a hand in Frank’s death as well.”
    It was a sobering thought. Would they come after me? There shouldn’t be anyone outside of the motorcycle club who knows that I’m an agent, and I doubt they would stop to think that the bartender at the club’s bar would have anything to do with their criminal activities.
    There was a knock on the door. The same nurse from earlier had returned. “We’ve taken a look at your x-rays and it doesn’t appear that you have any major internal damage. The biggest injuries are all external, the cuts and abrasions, and you will definitely develop a significant amount of surface bruising. We’d like to keep you overnight for observation just in case.”
    Jed shook his head. “I’m not staying. I need to get back. I need to protect everyone else.”
    “Come on Jed, you should stay here and rest overnight, just in case.” As much as I wanted him to come back with me, it was the smarter move for him to stay in the hospital.
    “I think he should come back,” Kat said. “He can rest just as well back home, and we can make sure that nothing happens to him.”
    Oh, great. She’s siding with him against me.
    Jed’s voice took on a quieter tone. “Leslie, I’m fine, really. Or at least I will be. You heard the nurse, it’s just minor stuff. It’s not like I got shot again.”
    “No, you almost got blown to shreds!” I took a deep breath. I was not helping the situation. “Ok, fine. If you want to go home, I can’t stop you.”
    The nurse looked as though she wanted to say something, and then thought better of it. Jed didn’t have the look of the type of man that could be forced to stay somewhere against his will.
    “I’ll go get the paperwork all ready to discharge you, then,” she said.

CHARLES
    The drive back was rife with tension. Jed sat beside me in the passenger seat and Kat took the back. There was very little talking to each other; Jed and Kat spent the ride calling every single member of the club that they could reach and warning them about what happened and the potential dangers.
    This time Jed was able to get through to Nathan. I could hear the relief in his voice when the vice president picked up the phone. Kat and I had told him that we couldn’t reach him earlier. If Nathan had been killed while Jed was out of commission in the hospital, I know that he would never forgive himself.
    Every member had been contacted either directly or indirectly by the time we re-entered the city limits. The atmosphere relaxed somewhat, and Jed was even able to make a joke or two about how he would have to spend the next two years carefully rebuilding Nightshade piece by piece.
    I stopped off at the small house that Kat had set up in after getting back into town. I could tell she was reluctant to leave us. Well, reluctant to leave Jed, anyway.
    “Are you sure you’re going to be alright?” she asked. “I’m not sure I like the idea of just the two of you alone in Leslie’s apartment. It’s not as safe as if you were