(Mira)
The compound was quieter than it had been in days.
I didn't know why.
Ridge had left hours ago without telling me anything. Just walked into the bedroom, got his guns, and when I tried to ask what was going on he told me to leave it the f**k alone and walked out.
I'd stood in the kitchen for a long time after that. Listening to the sound of bikes leaving through the gates. Trying to figure out what I'd missed. The way Ridge had looked when he came in. The way he hadn't looked at me when he left.
Something was wrong. That much was obvious. But nobody was talking and I knew better than to push. The brothers left behind were focused and quiet in a way that told me this wasn't normal club business. This was something else. Something bigger.
So I cleaned. Wiped down the kitchen. Sw
