Hunter dipped his head, keeping Kodiak's lips in view."They're hurt and need to recover somewhere safe."
Some people were harder to read.Kodiak tended to mumble, and he kept his beard and mustache long.Through the years, he'd learned his president's habits and expressions.
Kodiak rubbed his face."This ain't a hotel, brother.We're not set up to play rescue mission."
Hunter's eyes narrowed."They're not staying long.Just need time."
Kodiak stared at him."You trust her?"
Hunter nodded.Annie had given him no reason not to trust her.She'd kept the truth from him, probably out of worry for her own safety.
While he didn't know much about what had transpired in that house, he recognized when someone needed help.As soon as Annie's sister felt better, he'd make sure they checked into a hotel and had the means to go somewhere else.
Kodiak sighed."Ass...walk.Trouble comes..."
Hunter nodded again, not catching the words but seeing the warning on Kodiak's face.
But for tonight, the girls were staying.
And no one was going to touch them while they recovered.
Chapter 7
Leigh lay curled onHunter's bed, her breathing shallow for the first time since they arrived at the clubhouse.Annie sat beside her, one hand resting lightly on her sister's arm, afraid to press too hard.It seemed as if every inch of her sister's skin had a bruise or scratch.
Cleaning the old blood off her and witnessing the bruises that were all colors from purple to yellow to black, she wondered how Leigh survived.
She could only imagine what Jason had done to punish her sister after she escaped him.Knowing he would make her sister pay for her mistake, she hadn't fled the house until she was sure she had a good shot of getting away.
All she had to do was find the lot where Jason hid her car, retrieve the hidden key from the metal magnetic case in the wheel well, return to the house, and get Leigh.It would've worked, too, but Jason came home from work early and caught her running down the street.
Every time Leigh shifted on the bed, she winced.
Annie was sure her sister had a bruised or broken rib.
She hated this.
