I hand my satchel over without question. Caterpillar doesn’t.
“I can see this through. Don’t pull me off now.”
Panther looks at him hard. “It’s not about seeing it through. We are close enough, and the roads are clear. Give it to them.”
Caterpillar nods solemnly before handing over his satchel. He leaves without another word.
Panther turns to me. “What happened?”
“Nothing, but he was insistent that I give him my half. I refused. He got angry when he went to check the road, and I grabbed his half for safekeeping in case I needed to run. He also didn’t directly accuse me of setting us up, but he insinuated that I cannot be trusted because of my background,” I tell him without hesitation.
“Do you think he was acting weird?” he asks.
“He called the cops out before Talon saw them. Seemed suspicious that he knew they were there,” I tell him.
“We will keep an eye on it. Good job out there, prospect. Keep up the good work,” Panther tells me.
I nod before getting back on my bike to head home.
I will never admit it, but those words from Panther meant a lot to me.
CHAPTER
TWELVE
ASPEN
“I’m so excited to see what the bar looks like now,” Rain says as she bounces in the driver’s seat.
“You need to calm down and pay attention to the road before you crash.” Maggie laughs.
“I’m not going to crash,” Rain tells her.
While they banter back and forth, I stare out the window and think about him.
Ever since I made amends with Asher, things have been different between us…and I love it.
He makes me want more.
The guy has me completely wrapped around his finger, and he doesn’t even know it. Or maybe he does.
“I can’t remember. Did you ever see the bar before it was destroyed, Aspen?” Rain asks.
Guilt rolls through me.
The bar was a legitimate business for the club. One that also doubled as a place the brothers could party without tearing up their own clubhouse.
Then Adlet destroyed it.
Another thing that happened because of me.
No, I wasn’t the one who sent someone in with the intent to do the maximum damage to the structure, but it was my fault for bringing the Ragged Anarchy into their lives.
Well, Maggie and I.
“Hey, are you okay?” Maggie asks, pulling me back into the present.
“I’m fine. I was just thinking I don’t think I ever saw it. Not even from the outside. I knew it existed, but that’s it. Calloway kept me away from it,” I tell them.
