Page 45 of Unmasked Anarchy

“You willin’ to fight that war?”

I exhale, my body humming with a new feeling.Determination.“Yes.But I don’t want to see him hurt.I couldn’t live with that.I truly believe there is someone out there for Gage, someone who will love him for every single thing he is, and in return, he will give the best of himself.That person isn’t me.”

He leans back, lets the swing take him half an inch.“If you wanna do this, I’ll get you out.No strings.I want your freedom, not for me, but for you.”

I study his face, and I know he means it.

"Are you willing to fight the war for me?"I whisper, afraid of his answers.

He grins, the slow, dangerous kind that breaks over his face with the promise of disaster.“In a heartbeat.The minute I saw you, darlin’, I knew I’d burn the world down for you.”

My heart skips a beat.

I take a step, then another, until I’m crowding into his space and the swing bumps my knees.Kael doesn’t make any move to stand—he just plants his boots wide and opens his hands, accepting whatever I plan to give him.I drag my fingers through his tangle of hair.He tilts his head back, blue eyes devouring every inch of my face.

“I’m in,” I whisper, surprise tripping through me like it’s my first truth in years.“I want out, Kael, I want to be free, and I want this, whatever the hell it is.”

His arm slides around my waist, rough palm burning through the thin cotton of my shirt.He pulls me close and his other hand curls around the back of my neck, pulling my mouth down to his.He kisses me long and deep, sucking the air from my lungs and turning my legs to jelly.

“You sure you want to go from one club to another?”he murmurs, pulling back.

“It was never the club life I didn’t love,” I whisper.

“Then welcome to the Fallen Sons MC, baby.”

And just like that, I feel like I am finally home.

11

“Need a favor,” Kaelmurmurs, leaning down and running his thumb over my bottom lip, cigarette in his other hand.

I am soaking in the sun in the compound, lying back, enjoying the feeling of being completely at peace.Well, okay, not completely, but better than I have felt in a long time.Kael took me to a club lawyer this morning to draft up divorce papers.It hurts to know Gage will get them and it will tip him over the edge, but if I don’t do it now, he will forever have a hold over me.

“Oh?”

“Come with me?”