t smell like freedom; it smelled like stale beer,

istening to the muffled sounds of a biker clubhouse settling into a restless silence. My conditions had been

e more entertaining than annoying. That look was still burned

speed. Rows of Harleys, Indians, and a few custom builds stood in various states of undre

stopped talking the moment the he

his chest Tank, the enforcer grunted. He was holding a torque

traight past him to the center bay where a dismantled Road

the cavernous space. "The primary chain is dragging, and whoever worked on this

ed his club tattoos. "Listen here, Chen. Just because the VP has a soft

on a run, the engine is going to seize at seventy miles per hour and send you sliding under a semi-truck. But hey, it's your fun

ward, his eyes narrowed. "We've been maintaining t

ing it wrong for a l

k could stop me, I made three precise adjustments. I hit the starter. The engine roared to life, b

y was still there, but a thin layer of b

n her," a voice draw

standing there for a while. He didn't look at his men; he looked at me. The sunlight from the o

h for a week. Tank, Reaper get the supplies for the North corridor run. Mia is the lead mec

, and stomped out, followed by the others. Reaper lingered

, the garage felt t

lking over to the lift. He set

iped my hands on a grease rag, keeping my eyes on the bike. "Why

my personal space. The scent of him cedar and high-octane fuel wrapped around me. "And because if they knew you w

light, but it felt like a brand. I should have pulled away. I should have snapped at

spered, though

't protect you? Don't notice that you're the only pers

ally finding my voice and stepping back. "I'm here to win a race and cle

think this is a game to me? My father is a traitor. My brother is dead. And the people responsible are current

is coffee and

it to the private track at midnight. If you're going to race for

weeks to survive this clubhouse, six weeks to keep my heart under lock

ted on the garage wall, I realized for the first tim

man who just wal

t the private track, or should we focus on a moment where Mi