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“I couldn’t take yourto theand letting theabout you when she posed for this I know she loves you She may not have told you, but she does”

Train felt the fragile thread of hope strengthen

“Do you knohy she would have stolen my friend’s key?”

She shook her head “No” Then she briskly set the sculpture on a worktable that had so, Ha Killyama They didn’t want to come inside, so they stayed out on the front porch until she arrived” She rubbed her teers as she recounted what happened “I was in the kitchen, and I couldn’t hear much …”

“What did you hear?” Train moved nearer to the table

“She was begging Jonas not to tell her so about The Last Riders”

Train felt his stomach clench in dread The Last Riders kept a lot of secrets One in particular that could destroy the whole club was buried a mile away from the clubhouse, on more property they owned There was no way Hammer or Jonas could know about it, because it was only known by the founding members None of the other brothers knew about it Razer, Shade, Knox, Lucky, Cash, Rider, Viper, and Train himself would kill anyone in a heartbeat who tried to expose that secret

Cash and Shade had found the spot when they had searched for Gavin after he had goneAfraid he could have been lost or hurt, they had searched the entire e h to coe plain surrounded by rocks on three sides and the mountain at its back The men had come to the conclusion that it must have been a crater that had been filled with time

“Did you hear what Jonas said?” he asked

“No They went to Hammer’s SUV and stayed there for almost an hour When she came out, she went to her car and left Hammer and Jonas ca was okay”

“Thank you for telling me”

Peyton looked like she wanted to say so else, yet she couldn’t make up her mind

“I know you’ve only met me one time, but I keep my word You can trust me,” Train assured her