Owning Destiny (Forsaken Sinners MC Series Book 4) Read Free Page A

how it will go over with the hospital when they bring me Betty—my favorite Berretta hand gun—but they’ll just have to get over it. No way in hell I’m going to have my daughters here without some way to protect them. Ain’t gonna fuckin’ happen.
    “We have a prospect bringing it up as we speak,” Jax says finally. I almost forgot he was here. There’s something going on with him that has him quieter and more guarded than usual. One thing’s for sure…after this shit is taken care of and I’m out of this place, him and I are going to have a talk. It’s time he comes clean about what’s up with him.
    A few seconds later, one of our prospects—Dusti—comes walking into the room with Betty concealed under his arm. Handing it over without a word and leaving the room as quietly as he came, I slip it into the drawer beside my bed with a hand towel thrown over top.
    Then, pointing over to where my cut hangs on the door of the little closet, I wait for Blaze to bring it to me. I don’t wear it much here even though I feel naked without it…but since anything could happen, I want it on.
    Blaze hands it over and I put it on with little trouble. It’s still a little difficult to maneuver and get things on, but it’s easier now.
    Turning toward my brothers, I say, “Come by after the meet. I want to know what’s going on. It’s killing me not to be there with my brothers,” I say the last part through gritted teeth. I should be out there with them, leading them, not in this fucking hospital bed.
    “That’s the plan, brother. Plus, we want to pick the girls up to make sure they’re protected after they leave here just in case the reason for the meet was to get us away from them,” Blaze answers. Even though I don’t like the sound of the girls being in danger one bit, I know that if they are ridin’ with their men, they’ll be safe. Or safer.
    I nod in agreement, then shoo them out of the room.
    “All right, now that that’s all taken care of, get the fuck outta here so I can do my therapy session.” I can’t help the smile that overtakes my face knowing that Rose will be here soon, with her hands all over my body. Just not in the places I want her to be.
    “Yeah, yeah, old man. We know what you’re really wanting, but whatever it takes to get you better,” Louie replies, but his words have me remembering something I wanted to talk to him about.
    “Louie, why don’t you hang back for a second? I want to have a word.”
    The rest of my brothers nod their goodbyes and promise to come back after the meet to talk about what happened. I tried to get Skinner’s attention before he walked out the door, but he just slowly got up from the couch and walked out of the room with obvious strain. There’s something going on with him but I don’t know what. He seems sick or something. Usually he’s the first to put his two cents in since he’s my VP, but today, he didn’t even say a word about what is about to happen or what he thinks. Guess I’ll have to wait to corner him once I get back home.
    As soon as Louie and I are alone, I level him with a serious look.
    “How’s Harlow holding up?” I ask, worried about her. I know she’ll be here soon, but I want a heads up before she gets here. I need to make sure she’s doing all right. I hate that I haven’t been there to help her through this after she was taken.
    I’ve seen her quite a few times since everything went down because she visits me as often as she can, but I haven’t wanted to bring up old hurts.
    After she was released from the hospital and was on the road to recovery, Louie made a promise to her that the man who caused her brother and stepsister harm would pay for his sins. Harlow insisted that she be there. We all fought with her on it at first, but Louie finally decided it was her place to be there anyway. She was the one that suffered. I just hope it hasn’t caused any adverse side effects to her already fragile mind.
    She’s