“That’s my rules. If you want me to go with you, then Ramona comes too.”
He nodded.
“Okay then, how about Friday? We’ll slip out in the middle of the night. You, me, and Ramona, of course, then we can leave the Lewd Outlaws and never look back?”
“It sounds wonderful,” I said sadly.
“Why do you sound so sad?”
“I feel like it sounds good on paper, but you know the rules. You can’t turn your back on an Outlaw.” Cupping his cheek, I looked deep into those dangerous blue eyes. “I don’t want anything to happen to you, Snyder.”
He took my hands, then brought me into his arms. “Shasta, nothing is going to happen to me. I promise you that. With you turning Skid and Warrant, it’ll make things so much easier. We can move in on taking Sabbath out. But I think my plan is better. It gets you away from all the drama once and for all.”
We heard footsteps coming down the hall, and I pulled away from him, knowing his words were just a pipe dream neither of us could live.
A heavy knock on the door drew him even further away from me, and he opened it, allowing Clash to enter.
“Sorry to bother you guys, but Sabbath has a run for us.”
“Us?”
“Yeah. He’s sending you, me, Ranger, Wasp, and a few prospects out to collect some shit. But he didn’t specify what exactly we’re picking up.”
“When’s he want us gone?”
“Like ten minutes ago.”
Snyder grabbed my wrists, pulling me into him. “Think about what I said, Shasta. My offer stands, and I’m serious about it.”
I nodded, but deep down, we both knew it would never happen.
The two men left me alone in the room, giving me time to stew in my own thoughts. I didn’t want to stay in the clubhouse for too long, especially if Sabbath was lurking about, so I headed back over to Ramona’s place, desperate to put distance between me and the men who turned my whole world upside down.
“You look terrible,” Ramona observed, staring at me with wide eyes.
“I feel terrible.”
“What’s wrong?”
“Snyder just asked me to run away with him.”
“That’s good, isn’t it?”
“Sure, if it could actually happen. But we both know that’s not going to happen in this world. Sabbath would find me, Ramona. I have to see this through. Until Sabbath’s dead, I’ll never feel safe.”
“So, why don’t you just do it yourself?”
I sighed. “Because deep down, I know I’d never be able to pull the trigger. Anytime I look at him, I don’t see Sabbath, I see Adam. And that’s who I fell in love with.”
She nodded, taking a drink from her water jug. The doctors said she needed to drink a lot of water along with her prenatal pills.
“What happened with you and Axl the other day?”
She shrugged. “He wants me to be his Ol’ Lady.”
“Wow! That’s amazing.”
“I told him no, Shasta,” she said, rolling her eyes. “For obvious reasons.”