Undaunted by Douglas Ronnie

Author:Douglas, Ronnie [Douglas, Ronnie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2015-09-14T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

BEFORE WE GOT very far from the stands where we’d been sitting, Zion was in front of me. I wasn’t sure how he’d managed to get there so fast, but he was headed my way. I was torn between excitement and fear as he walked toward me. He’d already yanked his helmet off. It dangled from his hand, looking foreign in comparison to the small helmets I’d started to think of as “normal.” This was a full-face helmet. With it on, I couldn’t have identified him . . . well, aside from the club insignia on his leathers.

“Regulation at the track,” he said, answering the question before I even asked about the markedly different helmet. “They worry about us spilling our brains and ruining the race.”

Suddenly, Noah’s voice interrupted all the words I wanted to say. “Great race,” he started. He’d obviously seen Zion and come to intercept him.

Standing there beside Noah while Zion watched me like I was a gazelle he’d like to stalk and carry off was enough to make me want to whimper. I wanted to ask where he’d been, to tell him I was sorry for upsetting him, to beg him to at least be my friend since we couldn’t be anything else. I wanted to ask him to take me home. I wanted to explain again that it wasn’t that I didn’t feel all the things he seemed to feel. I wanted to make him understand. It felt like a million things clashed in my mind, but all I could say was “Hi.”

Ellen saved me from madness then. In a deft move, she stepped in front of me, blocking me from Zion’s gaze. “Come on,” she urged. “I want you to meet some people.”

“Red and I have some things to discuss,” Zion said in a tone that left no room for argument.

But Ellen was a force to reckon with too. She acted as if the tension weren’t there and said, “Sorry, Killer. Aubrey is with me tonight.” She flashed a bright smile at both men and led me away.

We weren’t but yards away when she looked at me and said, “Dash looked ready to throw down with Killer.”

“He just doesn’t want me to get mixed up with Zion,” I told Ellen. I left off the fact that I already had, and I was trying to stop it from going any further. I debated telling her what Noah had suggested, but I wasn’t sure what she’d think—and I wasn’t sure I could do it.

“Because they both want you for themselves.”

“Maybe,” I started.

Ellen gave me an incredulous look, but said nothing.

“Okay, yes, I know Noah wants me. That doesn’t mean he wants to date me—or that I want to date him. And it doesn’t matter if Zion does. He’s . . .” My words faded. I didn’t want to talk about what he did. “Zion’s a Wolf. I need the job at the bar, and I don’t need a criminal.”

“And Dash?”

“I don’t know, Ellen. It doesn’t matter, though.

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