The Biker's Rules novel Chapter 67

'This is a type of treasure hunt, just for you. Read the cards, listen to the songs, and relive the memories. Maybe you'll understand how I feel about you at the end.

First, you have to go back to the place where I first saw you but also almost lost you. We ve both lost part of ourselves there, but it s also the place where I realized that you are my everything and that I ll never be able to live without you. You are my angel and I understand now what I m fighting for, you re everything I want and I ll die for you in a heartbeat.

Tears well into my eyes and slide down my cheeks again, but I m not even trying to wipe them away, I just let them fall. Alejandro grabs my arms and pulls me up as if I m a delicate snowflake. He wipes the tears from my face, his blue eyes full of love, warming up my shaking body.

So this is what Damion meant with his message about the hunt – it s a treasure hunt and I suppose he s the freaking treasure. Cocky bastard.

"I don t know what you did to my brother, cause it seems that he lost his balls judging to this effeminate behavior, but fuck, what do I know? It s not as if I ve experienced a love like yours before." His head angels to the side and he wipes the last tear away with his thumb, a softness still lingering in those ice-blue eyes.

"So, where are we going, little sister?"

I take a last look at the tombstone and give a little smile – Xander Blackburn, loving father, husband, and hero – written on the one side – Miranda Blackburn, loving mother, wife, and angel – written on the other side. And at the bottom in big curly letters – Together again!

I may not have peace in my heart, yet, but I know I ll get there. I ll get there with the help of my demonic angel, and the rest of my loving family, those that are blood-related and those that are not.

"The haunted house." I know what Damion s trying to do, he wants me to face my fears, my losses and the only way is to face the place where it all took place head-on. I take a last look at the tombstone with a sad little smile.

Alejandro helps me in my car – I m not sure how he got here – and puts on a song from his phone and hands me another card.

'Angel with a shotgun – The Cab. This song played on the radio just after I got the message that you ve been kidnapped. The words made me realize just what I was fighting for and it gave me the strength I needed to get through the battle.

The song starts to play and I swallow the burning feeling of tears in my throat, only now grasping the devastation he must have felt, the frustration, anger, fear … and the words of the song reach into my soul, just like it did with him.

'I m an angel with a shotgun … shotgun …

Get out your guns, battles begun, are you a saint or a sinner …

They say before you start a war … You better know what you're fighting for

Well baby, you are all that I adore … If love is what you need, a soldier I will be

I bite the inside of my cheek to keep myself from crying some more, but the significance of this song, this moment is just too great. Not only is it his voice that sings the song, but Damion is my angel and my devil, my heaven and my hell, my everything and he ll always fight for me, for us. I know from this moment on he ll be there whenever I need him to be, always.

Suddenly the looming darkness of the house we ve just stopped at is not that dark anymore. I know that the things and lives we ve lost here, will always leave a hole, but the sadness will go away cause we have a bright future together – me and my demonic angel warrior.

A red fire truck from station 19 is parked next to the house and the men are standing around as if they re waiting for us.

"Can I have the keys to the car?" One fireman asks politely. I hand over my keys, knowing that he's friends with Axel.

"I'll make sure to get it back to your place." He walks away and I'm not sure how we're going to get back to my place, but it seems that at least my car will make it there. I walk through the weathered door just to find Jackson sitting on the staircase.

"Hey sis, are you alright?" I swallow some imaginary spit down and give him a faint smile while clinging to Alejandro s hand in mine. I give a quick glance to the right, the room I was tied up in is now just a dark hole of shadows.

"Yes, I m fine." He holds out a brown bag and I take it, vibrating with anticipation. I let out a deep breath and stick my hand into the bag, pulling out a box of matches and another handwritten card.

'I want you and Jackson to burn this house – together we ll make it a better place.

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