Frustration burned through me.“You can’t just keep me here.”
Anchor tilted his head slightly.“Is there anybody looking for you?”
The question hit harder than it should have.I opened my mouth automatically, then stopped.Because no, not really.My parents were gone.I didn’t exactly have a long list of close friends checking in on me every day.
All I’d had was Erin, and now she was missing.
Anchor’s expression shifted.Not pity, just understanding, which somehow felt worse.
I looked away first.“That’s none of your business,” I muttered.
“No,” Anchor agreed quietly.“But it answers my question.”
Nobody said anything after that.
God, I hated this.I hated that part of me was starting to realize these men might actually be trying to protect me.
Push spoke before I could spiral any further.“Nothing’s gonna happen to you here.”
My eyes lifted back to him automatically.
His voice was rough like gravel, but steady.
I crossed my arms carefully against the ache in my body.“That’s easy for you to say.”
“It’s true.”
“According to who?”
“According to me.”I hated how steady that sounded.Push stepped a little closer, not enough to crowd me, just enough that I could see the tension sitting in his shoulders.“You’ll stay in the clubhouse,” he said.“Pearl and Shay are there.You won’t be alone.”
I frowned slightly.“The other women?”
He nodded once.
“You’ll have a room.Food.You’ll be comfortable.”
I blinked at him.Was he seriously trying to make involuntary biker captivity sound like a vacation package?
“That is a very weird sales pitch,” I informed him.
Piney laughed again.
Push ignored him completely.“You’ll be watched,” he said bluntly.“But nobody’s gonna hurt you.”
Still suspicious.Still terrifying, but somehow not nearly as terrifying as I thought they’d be after I woke up underground with a concussion.
I swallowed hard.“And why exactly should I believe that you’re not just going to kill me?”
Push held my gaze steadily.“Because,” he said calmly, “we’ve had plenty of chances to get rid of you since you set foot back on the island.”
A chill slid down my spine.
Anchor nodded once.“We’re not the ones making people disappear and killing them.”
The words hit like ice water.
My throat tightened instantly.I looked between them.“Then who the hell is doing it?”
