Chapter Seventeen
The very next morning, the entire concrete compound felt completely different from the way it had felt for the past five days. Raven’s sudden return to the clubhouse had completely shifted the daily energy of the people insidesome of the patched club brothers actually seemed significantly more relaxed, happy, and calm, as if her beautiful, familiar presence simply reminded their minds of “the good old days” when things were easy and the club wasn't fighting internally. I tried my absolute best to just ignore the changing atmosphere while I stayed busy helping Riley do chores in the large kitchen, but the painful, tight knot of pure anxiety inside my stomach simply wouldn't loosen up at all.
I was standing by the large sink, slowly wiping down the wet wooden counters wit
