Brewer (Manchester Chapter Untamed Sons MC Book 4) by Jessica Ames

Author:Jessica Ames [Ames, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-01-26T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

OPHELIA

His words hit me in the chest like a block of cement.

“The club is at war, princess…”

This is my fault. I brought this to his club, to his life. I glance over at Mara standing at the bar, my heart thudding. Is she going to suffer for me?

Are all the men in this club going to die because of me?

Madden grabs my face, bringing my attention to him. “Hey, get that look off your face.”

My head feels fuzzy, but not fuzzy enough to mask the gnawing pain in my stomach. I want it to go away, that empty hollowness, but I know it won’t.

“This is my fault, Madden. Whatever way we spin it, all this crap is because of me and my father.”

“The Pioneers knew what would happen by putting Farrah’s body outside our clubhouse, Ophelia. That’s not on you. They’re provoking us, just as they have our Birmingham chapter in the past. They know this dog bites when poked.”

I wish I could believe this isn’t my fault, but I don’t.

The door to the common room opens and more brothers pile in. One man is huge, with a shaved head filled with tattoos. He’s carrying a small girl who must be maybe two or three years old. She’s wearing pyjamas with ponies on and rubbing at her eyes. They’re with a petite woman with dark hair, who also looks as if she’s come straight from bed. She’s wearing a pair of leggings and a hoodie I’m sure does not belong to her as it hangs off her.

They seem like an odd couple, but the way he looks at her when he talks to her makes my own stomach flip.

Madden slowly rises to his feet, and when the man gets closer, they clasp forearms in greeting. “Hey, Maisie,” Madden says, tickling the little girl, who giggles. It’s such a sweet sound in an otherwise bleak landscape that I can’t help but smile.

The woman’s eyes find mine, and I see questions there. “Since neither of these men are going to introduce us,” she says, stepping around the mountain of a man she’s with, “I’m Hope. This is my daughter, Maisie, and my old man. The club calls him Terror.”

I glance at him and understand why he’s called that. Even in the picture of domesticity, holding that beautiful little girl, the man looks terrifying.

“This is Ophelia,” Madden says. The way he says my name is so possessive, it makes my skin prickle.

I give a small smile. It’s all I can muster. If Hope is offended, she doesn’t show it.

“Prez wants church in five,” Terror says to Madden.

I can see he doesn’t want to leave me, and I want to tell him I don’t need him to hold my hand through this, but the words choke in my throat. “I’ll be okay,” I assure him. “Go and do what you need to.”

He leans over and kisses me in front of everyone. I don’t know why, but him showing that much affection for me in front of his burly brother makes me feel warm inside.

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