Beauty and the Lumberjacks: A contemporary reverse harem romance (Hard 'n Dirty) by Lee Savino

Author:Lee Savino [Savino, Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-05T16:00:00+00:00

In the middle of the night, demons rise in my mind.

“Sierra’s a hot little piece.”

“Yep,” Jack agrees, taking a pull on his beer.

“She’s been around the club, what, a year?”

“Little longer. Her mother used to hang around the Hell Pit before she died.”

“That’s right. Wannabe old lady. Hit by a car and left her girl all alone,” Dex says thoughtfully. “Dried up old hag, the mother. But the daughter… she grew up just right.”

“Yeah,” Jack answers. Through the screen door, I watch my boyfriend bob his head, eager to agree with the club leader, so oblivious to the satanic glint in Dex’s eye. “Sierra’s great.”

“Mmm.” Dex takes a hit of his joint, passes it to Jack. The light from the silent TV reflects off his brass rings. “You know how it is in the club. Before you take an old lady, you gotta give her to me.”

I suck in a breath, jerking back in the shadows where I’ve been hiding. I knew Dex was up to something. The president of the whole MC doesn’t single out a lowly patch to hang out with, like a school girl desperate for a BFF. Jack was so excited about this meeting, so hopeful. Like the rest of the club, he hero worships Dex. And now we’re stuck at Dex’s house.

I glance back at the fire pit, where my backpack still sits. I don’t want Jack to share me with his club prez. The thought of Dex touching me makes me sick. Should I run? Maybe just walk down the street for a bit, come back when the guys are high and half asleep and no longer in the mood. I can leave my backpack and just say I needed some fresh air. My stomach’s not feeling right anyway.

I’m so busy planning my escape I miss Jack mumbling something.

Dex doesn’t answer right away. He plucks the joint from Jack’s hands and stabs it out. “I think you’ve waited long enough. Call her inside, Jack. It’s time to share.”

I jerk awake. For a moment, I’m not alone. Memories lurk in the shadows. Jack coming out the door to call my name. Me hiding alongside the house, holding my breath until he goes back inside, tells Dex I must’ve run. The slam of the front door followed by the roar of pipes: the prez leaving.

Is that what really happened? Must be: when I went back inside to Jack, Dex was gone.

The next thing I remember is the sound of the gun. The shot echoes in my memory as I scrub my face. Try as I might, I don’t remember what happened before the gun. Before the blood.

I remember what happened after all too well.

I stare at the ceiling, willing it to turn grey with the dawn. I can’t sleep, I can’t settle. I’ve spent too much time on the run, paying penance for that night, Jack’s death.

But here in the lodge, with a chance to breathe, maybe I can remember why Jack had to die.

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