Remember the Night (Nightriders MC Book 0) by Silver James

Author:Silver James [James, Silver]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Lucky

AS THREATENED, I’D returned to Gemma with blood on my hands. And with that blood came the realization that it was time. No more secrets.

Gemma stared at the leather-bound notebook nested on her flattened palm. “I don’t understand.”

I resisted the urge to dig my boot toe in the dirt. “It’s Ethan’s.” Ethan West. My best friend growing up and Gemma’s big brother. And the man I almost went to prison for.

“His journal?” When I nodded, she closed her fingers over the spine. “How did you get it?”

“Don’t ask.” She tried to hand it back but I kept my hands jammed in my hip pockets. “It’s all there, Gem.”

Damn but she looked…small, all curled in on herself emotionally and physically.

“Why are you giving it to me?” She didn’t look up at me when she spoke.

“Because I want you to have it. That book holds the truth and you deserve to know.” Gemma’s throat worked as she gulped. It was so damn hard not to take her in my arms. I wanted her in my bed. Now. But I had to come clean first. Because this was about far more than fucking her. This was about love, about claiming her as my mate. I took a step back to put more distance between us. I didn’t want to screw this up by rushing her.

When she spoke, her voice sounded like shifting sand—soft but gritty. “I already know the truth, Luc. I know what he did to Janie, that he accused you and tried to blame you for it. I tried to tell my parents. They called me a liar.” Pain flooded her expression. “And worse. Ethan was golden. He was…theirs. I…wasn’t.”

“What are you talking about, Gem?”

“Adopted. I was…adopted.”

I could no longer stand the separation or the waves of pain radiating from her. I reached for her with both hands and coaxed her to lean against my chest. “I didn’t want to leave you behind. But you were so young, Gemma.”

“I wasn’t. I’ve never been young.”

“I realize that now. I’m sorry, and I want to make up for lost time. Will you give me a second chance to make it right? To be the man you need me to be?”

She searched my face and I hoped she’d find my truth there. “Do you remember the night you left?” she asked.

“How could I forget?”

“I cried. For hours. I ran away two weeks later. I looked and looked, but I couldn’t find you anywhere. I figured you didn’t want me.” She lifted a shoulder to hide her hurt. “No one did.”

Gemma shoved the book in the back waistband of her jeans and stretched on her tiptoes to cup my cheeks. Damn but her hands felt perfect on my skin. Her scent filtered through my ragged defenses.

“I wanted you, sunshine. I just couldn’t have you. Not then.” And maybe not now. I had more to confess, more secrets to spill. Her reaction would send me flying. Or kill me.

I eased her back and dropped my hands.

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