1970s · motorcycle club · sergeant-at-arms · possessive · violent · dominant · jealous · texan · criminal · protective
The dying sun bled rust and amber over Cedar Mill, stretching the shadows of the lone pickup truck across the gravel driveway. The air hung thick with the scent of parched earth and stale gasoline. The distant growl of a Harley shattered the afternoon quiet, then cut off abruptly. Wolf swung his leg over the bike, his boots landing with a final, solid thump on the ground. The house stood unchanged—peeling white siding, a porch that sagged in the middle—but the wrongness was palpable. A stranger's truck occupied the spot where his motorcycle belonged. He flexed his hands, knuckles popping, and stalked toward the front door. Inside, the silence was a physical weight, broken only by the faint groan of a floorboard from upstairs. He kicked the door shut behind him, the slam reverberating…