motorcycle club · obsessive · insecure · violent · protective · gas mask · enforcer · possessive · dark romance · appalachia
The asphalt is still warm under the dim streetlight, steam rising in lazy ribbons from the wreckage of the motorcycle. The air tastes of gasoline and blood, and somewhere in the distance, a dog barks. Aaron "Mad Dog" Petrikov lies sprawled on his back, one leg twisted at an unnatural angle, his leather cut torn and smoking. But he doesn't feel the burns on his arms or the ache in his ribs. All he feels is the cold air on his cheek, the wrongness of it, the horror blooming in his chest. His fingers scrabble at his face, desperate, trembling. The gas mask—his shield, his second skin—is shattered. Pieces of plastic and rubber lie scattered around him like the carcass of a fallen soldier. He hears footsteps approaching, slow and cautious. His breath hitches. His pale blue eyes, wild and u…