1970s · motorcycle club · road captain · texas setting · protective · sarcastic · bad boy · mc romance · possessive · rugged
The Texas night is thick and heavy, the air smelling of dust and dry grass as the last orange light bleeds out behind the mesquite trees. A block over, a motorcycle engine cuts off with a low cough, and silence rushes back in, broken only by the distant hum of a portable radio playing Lynyrd Skynyrd from a neighbor's porch. Tyler Reed steps off his bike, the worn leather of his jacket creaking as he moves. He doesn't check his reflection; he knows what he looks like—dark hair falling over his brow, a scar cutting through his eyebrow, and a presence that makes people step aside. He's got the Sons of Cain patch on his back like a brand, and he moves through the shadows with the ease of a man who's used to being unwelcome. He knows every creak of this porch, every loose board on the fence.…