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Chapter 1

ARE YOU SURE THIS is the place?” I stepped out of Annie’s car into the cold January night My hand lingered on the passenger door as though I ain and dive back inside

The bar lookedA stiff wind could blow it over More motorcycles than cars sat parked in front of the tin-walled structure The place was crowded There was no real rhy situation No lines or curbs marked where to park It was just a massive free-for-all

“Yep,” she answered “This is it Maisie’s” She waved to the red neon sign positioned at a crooked angle Despite the sweet-sounding name, the bar looked about as innocent aswell Not me

“You sure there’s not another Maisie’s?” One that didn’t look like it could give you tetanus just by walking through the door

“Look” She motioned to a nearby Lexus parked between a pickup and a rusted Pinto, her breath puffing like fog from her lips The luxury vehicle was about as out of place in the lot as ere in our skinny jeans and designer coats She walked a few steps closer to the vehicle, her boot heels crunching over the snow-covered gravel “It’s Noah’s car” Noah Annie’s latest obsession and the reason ere even here

Nodding, I buried my hands into pretend that I wasn’t totally out of ood ti too wild for me Not even a biker bar

Still, I tried to i here with ia and Pepper didn’t have boyfriends who kept them occupied, this wasn’t their scene

It’s not really yours either

True I wouldn’t find my type here No one to flirt with Definitely no one to take back to the dor band would qualify

Sighing, I looked over at Annie just as she parted the front of her coat and seized both of her enore was optimally displayed within the deep V of her too-s the botto out with tonight Georgia was out with Harris Pepper and Reece invited me to stay in and watch a movie with them, but that alwaysfriends They were in love and it was in everything they did Every word Every touch And yes They were constantly touching each other— naked It was enough to turn my stomach But hey Better them than me

Love was losing control And I never lost control I just uys every week—but I was always fully cognizant ofthe way

Sighing, I tucked a short strand of hair behind irl of late, had a date tonight Allthat was the last thing I wanted, I was stuck with the likes of Annie Not the nicest girl I’d met in my two years at Dartford but she was the only one available Since I wasn’t the kind of person to stay in and stare at the walls or watch reruns of Glee, that left me here At a biker bar

The ht have miscalculated what I could handle, because as bad as Maisie’s looked on the outside it orse inside

Apparently the snored here because the air was thick with the stuff My virgin lungs seized and I coughed As wild as I got, I didn’t s I put ineyes squinted into the haze