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truthful. He had things to tell her, too, so maybe they weren’t very different after all.
    “You are in this with me, right, Darra?” He phrased it like a question, but there was still that hint of domination in his voice.
    If someone had told her she would feel this strongly about someone so quickly, especially after the life she had led, she would have laughed in their face. But she was sick of questioning it. “If I hadn’t decided that I wanted you, that I wanted to give whatever this is between us a chance, I would have told you right away.”
    He nodded, as if pleased with her answer. “And you feel this intensity, this connection that doesn’t seem logical or sane?” His words were now soft and inquisitive, but he didn’t lose that hard edge to him.
    “Yes, Brick, but you know all of this.” She knew he was an animal at heart, had senses far superior to hers, but he was also a determined male and wanted to hear her say it.
    He let go of her hand and leaned back in the chair. His focus was on the bottle in front of him, but she could practically see his mind working. “I’ve been with the Grizzly MC for a very long time. I’ve known Jagger, the President, for just as long.” He was quiet once again, but she knew all too well that whatever he was trying to tell her was hard. “That is the only place I call home, and the members within that clubhouse are the only people I care about.” He looked her right in the eyes. “That is until I met you. We’ve only known each other for such a short time, and I’ve never thought that I would ever want someone to protect, to take care of, as much as I do you.” He didn’t break eye contact. “I love the members of the MC. They are my family, my brothers, and I’d die for them. But even after saying all of that I have never told them about my past, and about the shit I have done.”
    Darra’s heart was beating so hard at his words. It was like she was staring at herself, feeling the same things Brick was. He stayed silent, but there was so much emotion on his face, and she decided that she’d be the one to open up to him first.
    “I got pregnant at sixteen.” Her whole mouth felt swollen as she pushed those words past her lips. “I’ve never told anyone that since it happened.” When he didn’t say anything she lifted her eyes to his. He watched her, but there wasn’t any judgment in his expression.
    “Your parents didn’t take care of you?”
    She shook her head and suddenly found her napkin very interesting. “My dad left when I was a baby, but my mom might as well have left, too, since she was at her boyfriend’s house more times than not.” The room felt so hot all of a sudden, and beads of sweat lined her temple. “But I didn’t get a chance to tell anyone I was pregnant, because when my boyfriend found the pregnancy test he went crazy.” Tears threatened to well in her eyes, but she forced those bitches back. “I had plans on breaking up with him because Eric had a bad temper, especially when he drank.” Brick’s expression stayed neutral, but she felt this intense heat come from him and saw the way he clenched his fists on top of the table. “Eric was older than me—twenty-two at the time—and had his own place. But he partied hard, and didn’t like it when I said no.” Although Darra had thought about all of this stuff throughout her life, she didn’t dwell on it now. She was a firm believer that the past should stay in the past. Besides, it hurt a lot having these memories bombard her. “So, he found the test, confronted me one night while he was drunk, and beat me so badly that I had a miscarriage.” The tears she tried desperately to hold back slipped down her cheeks. She had buried these parts of her life deep down inside of her, and having it resurface had all of that emotion come crashing back inside of her. Brick reached out, and she saw that his hand trembled. Darra could feel his anger at her past as if it were her