We completed our meal in silence, the burden of her anger a boulder between us. As we walked again to the resort, I reached for her hand. She pulled it away, and I needed to take it by pressure.

“I do know that is scary shit,” I mentioned. “However we will get by way of it. Collectively.” I kissed her hand.

Maren took it and tucked her arms in her pockets. She wasn’t chatting with me.

Within the resort, Maren appeared misplaced in her personal ideas. We showered individually. Her anger was palatable. There was no method we might be having intercourse. The lengthy trip had drained me, anyhow. As we climbed right into a single King-sized mattress, I pulled her shut and clung to her. She circled in my arms, her again to me. I spooned her.

“You may’t do that to me. Keep indignant. Speak to me,” I whispered into her moist hair. She hadn’t dried it, one thing she at all times favored to do.

“I don’t need to discuss. Hear, I took my meds late immediately because you didn’t pack them.”

“You didn’t say. I didn’t discover them.”

“I maintain them hidden in my bed room at residence. I had a number of firm over and didn’t want my bikers pondering I used to be nuts once more.”

“I didn’t know. I’m sorry,” I attempted.

“You mendacity has gotten the higher of me. It actually harm contemplating you got here all the way in which to Texas to kill me since you thought I lied,” she mentioned, sounding indignant once more. “Simply let me be indignant. It’ll cross.”

“Maren, I’m so sorry. I’m sworn to secrecy.”

“Even to the lady you say you need to marry?” she requested.

“You greater than anybody know the way it works,” I mentioned.

“Do I? I used to be betraying my membership for you.”

“I can’t put you in peril by telling you anymore.”

“It’s positive. I perceive. I have to sleep,” she mentioned.

I kissed her ear. “Simply know I really like you.”

I may really feel her physique tense. She was nonetheless pissed. I couldn’t blame her. I decided that affected us with out consulting her however had no different alternative. We had been working out of time and choices.

Listening to the heavy breaths of Maren falling quick asleep, I felt I used to be being too exhausting on her. The day wore her out. I fell asleep, filled with fear about going to rescue my daughters.

The solar had simply risen the following morning once I observed the spot subsequent to me was chilly and empty. The sheets had been ruffled the place she had been mendacity. Panic shot by way of me as I rapidly scanned the room for any signal of her. I ran to the lavatory to search out it empty. Her garments had been gone, and the backpack was lacking.

However worst of all, she was gone.

I didn’t know what to do. My thoughts was racing with all the chances of the place she may have gone. Did she depart due to our combat final evening? Did somebody take her in opposition to her will? Or worse, did she depart me for good?

I rapidly bought dressed and ran out to the parking zone to see if I may discover any clue as to the place she went. And there, within the distance, I noticed her orange Harley parked on the fringe of the lot proper the place we left it. Reduction ran by way of me, however it rapidly dissipated as I spotted she was nonetheless gone.

Out within the morning air, I searched across the lot, hoping to search out her, or at the very least somebody to ask. However there was nobody exterior. Nothing however the sound of the freeway. Going inside, I requested the entrance desk clerk in the event that they’d seen her.

“The lady who got here in with you. She left only a bit in the past.”

“Was she alone?”

“Yeah,” he answered, shrugging his shoulders.

“She left?” My voice conveyed my shock.

Fuck. I had no thought the place to start out on the lookout for her.

Chapter 15

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