Break Out (Riot MC Next Generation Book 1) by Karen Renee

Author:Karen Renee [Renee, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-07-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Conniving and Devious

Simone

With his hand at the small of my back, Steel guided me into their clubhouse. It was brighter than I expected, since they had florescent lighting throughout the common room. To my immediate left I saw at least seven aluminum baseball bats hanging from a wooden wall mount. That was convenient… and telling. I glanced over my shoulder at Steel.

“Keep moving,” he murmured.

I kept moving and realized none of the women were here. “Torque didn’t mess around.”

A member across the room sauntered to the bar. “No, he doesn’t. Tor knows how to scare ‘em off.”

His voice sounded vaguely familiar, and I noted his name patch read ‘Tie.’

“Did he go outside?” Steel asked, moving beside me and I caught a whiff of his crisp, woodsy cologne.

Tie huffed out a laugh. “Probably. He ain’t got no shame.”

Torque entered the room from hallway to the right. “I’m not outside, asshole.”

A mischievous smile crossed Tie’s face. “My bad, Veep.”

Torque rolled his eyes at Tie, then faced Steel, but not before giving me an unimpressed look.

I shoved the key to Steel’s room into my pocket. “I’ll just head out back.”

Steel looped a finger into the belt loop of my shorts. “Jade.”

I turned to him, wondering if he wanted a kiss before I left, but the earnest look in his eyes stopped me short.

“Remember what I said.”

My eyes slid to Torque and back to him. Something about this byplay irritated me, but I didn’t know why. Through a small miracle, I kept my temper in check. “Hard for me to forget.”

His brows drew down, but I pulled free of his hold, ignored Torque, and walked to the back door.

Before I made it outside, I heard Torque ask, “Why did you bring her here?”

Tie called out, “Who cares? I’m glad he did.”

The door closed behind me before I heard if Steel even responded. Compared to the front of the clubhouse, which had oaks and pine trees shading the entry, there weren’t many trees out back to block the sunlight. It took a moment for my eyes to adjust to the bright sunshine. I stood on a slab of concrete, which vaguely reminded me of the Riot Clubhouse, but there weren’t any picnic tables and I knew this wasn’t an area for loitering.

To my left, was more of the building and from the small window, I realized it was their kitchen which jutted out into the back – as if it were an addition to the original structure.

I shielded the sun from my eyes with my hand. The backyard gently sloped down and I saw a humongous pit with a low circular brick barricade. From the remnants of wood in the center, I assumed it was a firepit. A few feet away from the bricks were anti-gravity lounge chairs, plastic Adirondack chairs, and a couple of free-standing porch swings hanging from metal frames.

From my right side, Rafferty’s deep voice made me jump a foot in the air. Luckily, I covered my mouth to keep anyone from hearing my yelp of surprise.

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