Hart of Darkness (The Hart Series Book 1) by S.B. Alexander

Author:S.B. Alexander [Alexander, S.B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Raven Wing Publishing
Published: 2018-06-11T18:30:00+00:00

21

Maggie

Darkness crawled through the parking lot as Dillon and I wheeled in slowly behind the bikers rumbling in on their Harleys. One by one, each of the bikers parked in front of the stone facade that displayed a grand reopening sign above the entrance.

The ride over had mostly been in silence. We didn’t talk about the flirtatious moment in Dillon’s office or our steamy night of sex, or what Denim had shared with us. I didn’t know anyone named Dallas. Honestly, I’d been silently swearing like a sailor that Denim hadn’t dropped Cory’s name.

Dillon found a spot along a fence that backed up to a cluster of industrial buildings and cut the engine, keeping his attention straight ahead.

With the dashboard lights on, I could see his hardened jaw and pinched features. Whatever was on his mind couldn’t have been good.

He’d come close to a nervous breakdown at Skins and Needles the other day when he’d found out Grace had been alive six months ago. Even his father had seen Grace recently. Part of me believed that Grace might be into drugs and didn’t want her family to know she was an addict. Another part of me thought that she might be selling her body like Nadine had. Or she could have been afraid to contact Dillon for some reason, much like Nadine hadn’t wanted to go to the cops. Or worse, Grace could have been sold through sex trafficking.

I reached over the console and grasped his hand. “I got your back.”

He jerked his head at me and gave me a panty-dropping grin. “Good to know.” The diamond-studded nose ring sparkled when he twitched. “I’ve been thinking about what Denim said, and you need to watch your back. He’s right. If you go snooping around the Black Knights, you’re going to end up like Nadine. I know you can take care of yourself, but look what happened to Denim. That has to say something.”

Letting go of his hand, I lifted a shoulder. In my experience, all gangs were scary, some more than others. I didn’t want to follow in Nadine’s footsteps. But I also had a job to do. “I appreciate your concern. I’ll be careful.”

He drilled his eyes into me. “You’re already in harm’s way, baby. Remember where they found Nadine’s body.”

My tummy did a flip over how he called me baby, while acid settled in my throat. “She might’ve been in the wrong place at the wrong time.” The shelter wasn’t exactly in an upscale neighborhood.

“Please don’t get cocky or let your guard down,” he said.

I gave him a two-finger salute. “Yes, sir.”

He cringed as he climbed out, mumbling the word stubborn.

I wouldn’t disagree. I grew up on my own. None of my foster parents had ever cared if I came home or not. So someone worrying about me was nice, but foreign. I still hadn’t gotten used to how Ted worried over me. Not only that, I didn’t listen to Ted most of the time. While I would do anything for Dillon in the bedroom, I wasn’t going to change who I was as a reporter.

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