Isqueezed my eyes closed, hating how weak and grateful and pathetic Imust have looked, but unable to do anything about it, because Idid suddenly feel weak and grateful and oh so miserably pathetic.
“Gauge,” Dom warned, but then stopped. Whatever he had just been about to say, he stopped himself. “Keep them safe.”
“Always, brother,” Gauge replied, and those two words cut me to my soul.
Dom had brothers.
He had three brothers and one sister, but for some reason we just weren'tgood enough.
For some reason he chose these men and this club over us every single time.
Ishoved out from under Gauge’sheavy grip and walked away, knowing that he would follow me. Because if there was one thing Ihad learned about Gauge, it was that he would find me and keep me safe, no matter where Iwent.