Page 1 of Calypso’s Shield (Royal Harlots MC, Los Angeles Chapter #1)

CALYPSO

P ain like I’ve never felt before rips through me, sending shockwaves through my body. No control. No warning. Nothing.

This isn’t the first time I’ve suffered like this, but it’s the first time it’s been this bad. I can usually tell when the pain is going to come on and prepare for it.

This time, I’m under so much stress I didn’t see the warning signs, and now it’s too late.

I’m due in court in an hour. My divorce from that slimy bastard, Dave Train, is finally here. And I can’t even get out of bed.

This is one of the reasons we’re getting divorced. Not just because he couldn’t keep his dick in his pants, but because every time I was sick, he became cruel. Controlling. As if my pain were some kind of personal insult to him.

He took everything from me. My willpower, my choices, and my life for years.

Now, because I can’t stand on my own, let alone make it to court, he’s going to win. He’ll be awarded everything.

His abuse and drug use spiraled out of control these last few years, and I was always on the receiving end of his anger. My face and my body were his personal punching bag. My bank account was his endless supply of cash. I couldn’t do it anymore. I had to tell someone.

That someone was Allura, my best friend. When I finally confessed what Dave had been doing to me for the past two years, she lost it. She threatened his manhood in so many colorful ways he won’t ever piss without looking over his shoulder until he granted me a divorce.

Allura and I have been inseparable since freshman year of college, and now we’re prospecting together for the Royal Harlots MC in New York City. She tried to warn me about Dave from the start, but I was too blind. Too hopeful. Too stupid.

Never again.

I’ll never trust another man with my secrets. Or my heart.