Page 27 of Marked By Myth

Opened.

Funny, how we both still used that code for everything.

I didn’t want to look too far into the reasons behind that, but when the box opened, I pulled out his piece. The one his father gifted him when he patched in. His pride and joy.

I’d leave it at the gate when I got out, but it was on those boys for getting in between me and my escape.

I moved back out, gun in hand, ignoring everyone around me and marched back to the gate. The boys were both standing now, worried expressions on their faces.

“Um…miss?”

I aimed the gun at them, and motioned for the gate to be opened.

“Rox…”

“Open the goddamn gate, prospect, or I’ll put a hole in you.”

“You wouldn’t—”

I shot at his feet, making the little fuckwit dance with fear. Moving the gun higher, I held it steady.

“Rox,” I heard Flash say from behind me. He’d hightailed it out of here fast last night, leaving me in the clutches of my fucking ex-husband who marked me with his teeth, cock and ink. I turned the gun on him. He held his hands up, moving in front of the other two. “We can’t disobey the Prez, you know that. Please, come inside and I’ll call him.”

I shot at the gate behind him. All three boys jumped to the ground, and I moved over to the gate. Punching the green button, I watched as the gate slowly opened with a rickety sound. Flash was on his feet, but he made no move to stop me. I turned the gun around, and handed it to him.

“Give this back to Adrian.”

“Please…you know he’s going to lose it when he finds out you’re gone.”

I stepped a foot outside the compound grounds. “Good.” Turning on my heel, I marched down the street the compound was on and toward my future.

Where I hoped my fiancé would take me back and understand I had no choice in what happened last night.

But I think I already knew it was a lost cause. Even still, I couldn’t keep playing games with Myth.

He’d sink me again, and I’d never be able to pull myself back up to the surface. I barely did the first time.

Letting my tears fall, I mentally said goodbye to Australia. If I came back, he’d never let me go again.

I’d probably never let him.

Myth

I looked at Flash, and the two idiots who were hoping to prospect for us once Flash integrates into our club and patches in. They couldn’t meet my eye. The bullet hole in the ground right by the gatehouse told me I already knew the reason why I was so mad, but I wanted to hear it for myself.

“Why is there a bullet hole in my gate?” I asked, my voice as level as I could get it.

“She—”

“She?” I cut Flash off. “Are you saying you let my ol’ lady leave the compound when I gave you explicit instructions she wasn’t to leave?”

Flash pulled a piece from behind his back. A piece I recognised very well. I took it off him, knowing exactly how he got it.

Fucking minx.

I was a little hard knowing she took charge like that. She was still my Rox inside.

But I was also a little annoyed I didn’t get to see her after she saw those tattoos I left on her.