Vengeance (Steel Kings MC Book 3) by Jamie Garrett

Author:Jamie Garrett [Garrett, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-24T16:00:00+00:00

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Doc

Doc’s head jerked up as he felt Ava stiffen. God, he was an idiot. After dancing around the full story for days, the situation had changed, and she needed to know everything. But instead of telling her carefully, reassuring her, he’d blundered around and then blurted out the truth like ripping off a Band-Aid. Unlike that old wisdom, telling her the truth in that way had been a stupid idea. Ava had had enough shocks the last few days to render most people into a stupor. Despite her brave outward appearance, he wasn’t entirely sure she had avoided it, either. Ava put on a brave face, but without any experience in his world, with no background dealing with people like the Jokers, the whole idea must’ve been terrifying.

He reached around, placing a hand on the back of her neck, trying to support her and feel her pulse without her noticing. Maybe he should lay her down. Her face had gone deathly pale, and her heartbeat was thrumming beneath his fingers, a tattoo so rapid that for a moment he was concerned she would pass out. He reached out his other hand to stroke her face, both to calm her and bring her attention back to him. She raised her gaze to look at him again, but there was still no color in her cheeks. “I swear to you, Ava. No one will get to you or Emily. I promise you that on my life.”

Her forehead creased, her eyebrows almost touching in confusion. “How . . . How do you know about Emily? How do you know her name?”

Here went nothing. He hoped she wouldn’t be mad. Even though she told him to leave her alone, she hadn’t known what the stakes were. Not then, anyway. There was no way he wasn’t going to follow her home that day, but it was clear from her confusion he’d been as successful at hiding as he’d hoped. “I saw her that day, after the attack in the ER.” He sucked in a breath, then continued. “I followed you home, to make sure no one else did, and I saw her, running out the front door to greet you.” Doc cupped her face in his hands. If anything, the passing years had only made Ava more beautiful. “She’s a gorgeous little girl, Ava. the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, after all. I always knew you’d be a great mom.”

Ava’s hand moved to cover her mouth, and Doc swore he could see a tear forming in the corner of her eye. Fuck. He was screwing this up left and right. He sat back. He was dying to comfort her, to wrap her in his arms and never let go, but he had one more thing he had to tell her. One more thing she had to know, then she could choose whether or not she still wanted to be with him. “I was on my ER rotation when it happened. First year. That’s where I met her.

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