Bethany?
Alexis?
Who are they?
Does Lex have a girlfriend that I didn’t know about?
Of course, Lex would have a girlfriend. I mean look at him, he’s gorgeous with his dark hair, he seems to always be wearing it up in a man bun. Thanks to his dad and, unfortunately, his uncle being Hawaiian, he has the same features with tattoos that are peeking out from under the sleeve of his shirt.
I remember my mom telling Anabelle and me about the day her mom and dad met. Evidently, it was swoon worthy since she’d taken one look at him, seen him smile and that was it, she was done for. It was supposedly the same for Justin’s wife. They’d been married for a couple years, had a daughter then she split taking Finley with her. No one knew why but I’m guessing it has to do with Justin being a major asshole.
At that thought my heart feels the strike against it as I realize just how far in my head I’ve been. I have been dealing with Justin and how he controls my every movement. If he finds out that I’m at the Devil’s Riot MC or that Lex is with me, I’m dead right alongside Lex and Anabelle. He’s made it perfectly clear I’m not to be around Lex. That’s why whenever he came to the house to visit, I made myself as scarce as I’m able to.
I inwardly shake my head as the closing of the door brings me back to the now and I focus on Lex. I’m unable to stop myself from licking my lips nervously as I take in the fact Lex’s eyes are narrowed and it looks like there’s a tick in his jaw as if he were gritting his teeth.
Oh boy.
I know that look, Anabelle gets the same one when she’s pissed. Doesn’t happen much with her, but when it does you better watch out because she’s about to do damage. Knowing Lex is pissed I wonder if I need to take cover from flying objects like his sister.
Chapter Five
Lex
I swear Mackenzie as much as I love the woman, she’s a pain in my ass. Between her and my sister they’ve always found ways to make me want to throttle the two of them. Hearing her say that I didn’t love her is one of those moments and I’m fuckin’ pissed.
One because since I was a teenager, I knew when she became of age, I’d make my move. Does that mean I’ve been some choir boy? Hell no. But every woman I sunk my dick in was just to hold me over until I could have the one woman I truly wanted.
The one who has held my heart since she was a little girl and asked me to make her a giant sandcastle one day when we had been at the beach on vacation. It was the last vacation we’d had as a family, but I remember it as if it were yesterday. Anabelle was in the waves splashing with a snorkel in her mouth and goggles in place. Mackenzie was scared of the waves, so our dads made a pool in the sand for her. She had looked at me from inside that pool and asked me to help her make that castle. What could I say? I ended up spending most of the afternoon in that pool with her, laughing as she made her demands for her castle to be the biggest one ever and have seashells for windows.
Now she’s eighteen and both of our lives are far from what they should have been. However, there’s one thing that has always stayed the same and will for the rest of my life. Mackenzie holds my heart in her hands as her light filters through the darkness in my soul. She might not see it that way due to everything she has endured, for God knows how long, but it’s how I see her. How I will always see her.
“Why were you at Justin’s?” The question slips out of my mouth before I can stop it and I instantly regret it when Mackenzie flinches.
“I don’t think that’s any of your business,” she murmurs as she averts her gaze.
“Don’t try that bullshit with me, Kenzie. Tell me what’s going on,” I growl as I move to sit next to her on the bed. Lifting a hand, I grip her chin and guide her into looking at me once again. “I’m going to find out one way or the other, Starlight, but the easiest way is you telling me. Or do I need to confront Justin?”
“No,” she screams, her eyes going wide at my question.
“Then tell me, what the fuck is going on, baby,” I grind out.
“I have no choice,” she says tears welling in her eyes.
“You have no choice?” This causes me to frown even more.
“It’s either I do as Justin says, or he kills you.”
“Come again?” I mutter, my stomach tightens and I’m not sure I want to hear any more, but I have no fuckin’ choice, I need to know what the fuck is going on.
“Justin threatened your life if I didn’t do what he says.”
“When did this start?”
“My sixteenth birthday.”
Fuck.
I should have known.
“Mackenzie, baby, now this is the hard part. What did he do to you?” I ask, cautiously.
“I can’t, Lex. I can’t say it out loud,” she murmurs, tears pour down her cheeks.
“Alright, I won’t make you say it out loud, but I’ve gotta ask. When I do just nod your head yes or shake it no.” I wait for her to nod
