Dear Diamond by Walls Stephie

Author:Walls, Stephie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wallflowers Publishing
Published: 2018-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

10

Nikki

The engine roared to life, and I realized that in a short amount of time, that sound had started to ignite a fire within my soul. It fueled me with energy, and electricity coursed through my veins as soon as the hum of the motor flowed through to my skin. I imagined the vibrations to be as addictive as narcotics, or maybe that was the man who brought the noise to my ears and the rumble between my thighs.

It was raucous and should have startled me with as frazzled as I was after the encounter in the parking lot, but it calmed me with the anticipation of the freedom I found on the back. The solitude, the lack of noise except the rustle of wind, the inability to communicate with anything other than nature—it trumped yoga, chocolate, and my little experience with sex. Ryker didn’t have to ask me twice to hop on. The moment he put that helmet on my head, I was ready to ride.

And then he took a right out of Swank’s parking lot rather than left.

I leaned in while he could still hear me above the whistle of moving air. “Where are we going? My apartment is the other way.” My fingers dug into his side as I pulled myself closer to him.

Ryker angled his head so he could watch the road and talk to me at the same time. “My place.” He put his feet on the ground at the stop sign and waited for the argument he anticipated.

“I need to go home.”

“You need to be safe. That isn’t in your apartment. You haven’t even heard from your mom, have you?” He was well aware that I hadn’t, so there was no point in asking.

I shook my head. He revved the engine, put it in gear, and that ended that discussion. As much as I wanted to be mad, I didn’t want to be alone. My apartment wasn’t safe, and if Ma hadn’t called, I couldn’t imagine what that meant for her wellbeing, much less my own. There was safety in numbers, and Ryker was currently my only plus one. Keeping my head down had also meant not having friends. Without Ma, I was on my own in the neighborhood.

In what felt like the blink of an eye, we’d gone from Swank to Ryker’s, and now I waited for him to unlock the deadbolt so we could escape the wind and the night. It was after two, and my body was exhausted, even if my mind hadn’t shut down. Inside the club, I had a false sense of security. Thinking the bouncers would protect me from anyone U21 was ludicrous—they were Union 21—yet inside those walls, I hadn’t felt threatened.

The parking lot incident had scared me. I’d never been that close to anyone yielding a weapon, especially not as a threat toward me. Ryker was even more confounding. There was zero reason for him to be involved in this or with me. Nevertheless, he hadn’t left my side.

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