going to tell you again. Stick will be told the same. Stay away from each other, Serena, or I’ll be putting you straight back on the first Greyhound out of here and back to Mom and Dad.
She dug her fingernails into her palms and turned on her heel before she barged out of the room and slammed the door behind her. She was breathing in and out so fast she felt as if she was going to explode.
Lynx making Stick forbidden was only going to make her want him more. And now she knew there was no way she was going to be able to resist him. He was like a powerful drug. And Lynx banning her from taking it any further was just like he had put that drug in front of her and left the room.
He was practically asking for her to disobey him.
CHAPTER 9
After the argument, Serena was determined to stay out of Lynx’s way. She hid up on the top floor of the house and spent the rest of the day looking longingly out of the window and over to the canyon. Now that she knew it was out there, all she could think about was how Stick had taken hold of her hand and led her out across the desert to his favorite place.
And that kiss.
It had been so much more than she ever could have imagined. It had brought her back to life and now she was open and ready.
She ran her hands through her hair and pulled out the elastic that held it in place. Her blonde tresses fell down across her shoulders as she stood up and made her way to a mirror. The girl that looked back at her looked defeated and worried. But she was determined that she wouldn’t stay that way for long.
She went into the bathroom and grabbed her make-up bag and then she positioned herself in front of the mirror and started to make herself over. She slicked on some black eyeliner and winged it out at the tips before she curled her eyelashes and plumped them up with mascara. She instantly looked like a vamp. A girl who could take on anything. Someone older and more in charge of what they wanted. She outlined her lips with her plum colored pencil and then she glossed a nude matt lipstick on her top and bottom lip. She pouted at herself and smiled. It didn’t take much for Serena to enhance her looks, and she was happy with the results. She spritzed on some perfume and then she pulled off her shorts and t-shirt and slipped into a long flowing white maxi dress. The way it floated down around her body felt amazing. It was cooling in the warm summer breeze that drifted in from the open window.
When she was finished, she went back to look out toward the highway. From her vantage point, she could just make out the silver sheen of the trucks and cars passing by, miles away, back on the main roads. Suddenly, in the distance, she saw a line of bikes heading her way, spraying out the dust behind them and it made her heart race.
She hadn’t seen or heard anything of Stick since they had been outside together and then returned to see Bull, Stag, and Hawk in the kitchen. Maybe he had left and was now on his way home.
She felt her hands tingle with anticipation and she turned and made her way to the door. She pushed it open, and slowly and quietly walked across the floorboard, as to not make a sound. She descended the stairs, one floor at a time, and she didn’t even turn her eyes in the direction of Lynx’s room. She didn’t want to see him at that moment in time after their harsh words.
When she got to the bottom floor, she looked cautiously from room to room, and she could see that there were some of the men relaxing in the living areas. She was half tempted to go in there and strike up a conversation, but at the same time, she didn’t want to give off the wrong impression, and if Stick was on his way home, then she didn’t want him to think that she was just talking to anyone.
She made her way into the kitchen and she was relieved to find it empty. She crossed over to the refrigerator and opened up the door so it swung back and slammed off the wall behind it. Inside, there wasn’t
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