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Prologue

The night that changed it all

Tabitha stood in the freezing cold It had been a week since Siun, pointed it in his face, and didn’t just shoot once, but multiple times

There was no doubt Devil had arranged for his best friend Dean to come and take him Lash had sat her doith her father and they’d discussed why Si Ryan was a problem Their association with the Billionaire Bikers MC, as well as with the law, ements needed to be made, deals done War stopped

She wrapped her are had been cryptic and had come from an unknown number She’d known it was Si for her

They were er that claimed her as his

Tears spilled down her cheeks as she thought about everything that had gone down in less than aher as she tried to sleep She’d given her best friend a black eye as she’d woken up terrified, and when she’d lashed out, Daisy had no choice but to restrain her

She hated it

Hated her life

The only sure thing for her right noas the e that asked her to be here The one piece of salvation she’d experienced

The sound of aup She expected it to be Anthony or her nephew Simon, but it wasn’t It was her man

He was alone Gone was the Chaos Bleeds leather cuthim as one of theirs In that instant, she kneas different Staring at him now, Tabitha knew she’d lost Simon Lost that part of him that made him part of her

He turned the bike off and threw his leg over the side, co he was different

She’d heard her fa people How it changed theured they were all trying to sound nor happened It was part of who they were They didn’t run fro They just hadn’t delved into great detail about it

Tears streamed down her cheeks

“It wasn’t supposed to be this way,” she said

“No, it wasn’t” He didn’t reach out to touch her

She was tainted Ryan had ruined her

Staring at Simon, she wondered what to do

There was a distance between the at Si, but he stared at her