Dagger by Harley Wylde

Author:Harley Wylde [Wylde, Harley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BIN 009385-03040
Publisher: Changeling Press LLC
Published: 2020-05-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Zoe

When I’d seen the man coming out of the shadows, I’d recognized him, and been terrified. Then he’d hit Jared. Not once. Not twice. Three times. Rapid punches that had knocked Jared out cold. If Dagger hadn’t heard me, hadn’t come to save me… I shivered, not wanting to think of what could have happened. Would Jared have died? Would I? It never occurred to me the man wasn’t really part of the Devil’s Fury. Dagger was right. If I’d said something sooner, then maybe they could have found the man before he hurt Jared.

Dagger sat on the edge of the guest room bed, holding an ice pack to Jared’s battered face. I lurked in the doorway, not wanting to interrupt. Even though Dagger had said more than once he and Jared weren’t exclusive, I could tell the other man meant something to him. No one had ever been as tender with me as he was right now with Jared. Except maybe Dagger, as I thought back to the gentle touches and nice things he’d done for me. But this was different. I could clearly see the connection between them. Dagger might have been married to me on paper, but I knew I didn’t have his heart. The man who lay unconscious had more of a claim to him than I did.

The big biker came off as gruff and a bit scary, but deep down, I had a feeling he was capable of love. Despite his past, and the way he kept people at a distance, one day Dagger would fall for someone and fall hard. I swallowed the knot in my throat, when I realized that person might very well not be me, and I’d trapped him. It was clear he cared for Jared, maybe even loved him on some level. While Dagger was good to me, it wasn’t the same. Might never be.

It felt wrong, watching them, like I was intruding on their time together. Even though Jared hadn’t woken, I didn’t think Dagger would want me in there with them. I backed up and decided to make some coffee. Now that Jared had been injured, I didn’t think my husband would be leaving in the morning for Mexico. In fact, it was possible he’d changed his mind entirely. My heart ached at the thought of my son. If I hadn’t seen a picture of Luis, then I wouldn’t have even known what my own child looked like. I might have come to this country with the best of intentions, but the fact remained that I’d abandoned him.

What kind of mother did that?

“A rotten one,” I muttered to myself.

My hands shook as I prepared the coffeemaker, and I spilled grounds across the counter. Once the pot was brewing, I cleaned up the mess I’d made and sat at the table, uncertain what I should do. Maybe it wasn’t too late to fix things. I didn’t know who had my son, or if Luis was in trouble, but it wasn’t fair to ask Dagger to go after him.

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