RECKLESS IN INK (BOOK TWO)

B7/C6

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Wolf

Jab jab, swing, jab, jab.

Left hook, right hook, the swing of the leg, left hook and right hook. 

I breathe in and out every time I punch or kick the punching bag. I could feel the rage taking over my body as I thought of what Nova had told me, as I thought of what she had gone through and also what the prick told me a week ago. Everything was becoming too much for me to keep calm. I was the beast. A beast that smelt blood and he won't go back unless he has a feed and this beast is fucking hungry. 

I bounced on the balls of my feet as I shook my arms before I slammed my fists against the bag once. 

I had spent hours down in the basement. I didn't know whether it was night or day. I just need to punch something.

Echo came into view and held the bag for me, I could feel that he wanted to talk so I stopped and raised my eyebrow at me. "What's going on man?" He asked me.

"Nothing"

"Hmm, I'm calling shit. Cut the crap Wolf" He says as I sighed. "It's about Nova isn't it?" 

"I don't know. maybe.." he raised an eyebrow at me "We have been going to the same AA together for a while now but a few weeks ago I gave her a lift home and now I can't stop thinking about her" 

"Do you like her?" He asked me, folding his arms across his chest. 

"No... maybe... we have barely spoken to each other." 

"Hmmm, so last week when you slammed the guys head into your knee he was talking about her?" 

"How did you know about that?" I asked him.

"Overheard you guys this morning while you two were fighting," he says, I sighed as I ran my hand through my hair. "Just give her some time man, you know how these girls get. When she's ready she'll talk to you" he says but then he chuckles "you guys get to this stage where you have no idea what to do next." 

"One day it will happen to you," I told him.

"Maybe..." he shrugs his shoulders, I watch Echo look away. He and Reese had a thing for a while but she packed up her things and moved away. I felt sorry for Echo, he was a great guy but sometimes that isn't enough for that person to stay. 

"Ugh, come on let's grab a beer," he says patting me on the shoulder before walking away. I grabbed the towel off the bench and followed after him. I had wiped down my bare chest before I entered the main area of the clubhouse. It was late afternoon when I looked at the clock, I looked over at Hawk when he called my name.

"Church in 30 minutes" he yells out, I nodded my head and walked down the hall towards the dorms but when I turned the corner, a body slammed into me. 

"I'm so sorry. Oh hi, Wolf" Quinn says with a smile on her face. 

"Hi, what are you doing down here?" 

"I was checking on Nova,"  she says as she points over her shoulder. I looked over her towards the dorm that Nova was in.

"How is she?" I hesitated to ask. 

"Why don't you ask her, she's awake. " Quinn says, I could see a little smirk on her lips. "She's asking for you anyways but you might need a shower first," she giggles, patting me on the chest before walking away. I rolled my eyes and went to my dorm. 

******

I pulled on my leather kutte and walked out of my dorm room, I looked over my shoulder at the closed door that Nova was staying in but I heard Hawk yell out 'church' before I could even think about talking to her. Throughout church Hawk spoke about some of us going up to Maine and to help them out for a while so I decided to put my hand up to go with Corba and Echo. 

Corba's women still lived in Maine but were soon moving here in a month's time. After church, I went back to my dorm but when I got inside Nova was sitting on my bed reading a UFC magazine that I had sitting on the bedside table. "How long do your club meetings go for?" She asked as she flipped through the magazine, I saw her eyebrows rose a bit before she slipped the page again.

"Depends on what needs to be talked about. What are you doing in here? I thought I'd locked my door" 

"Oh you did but I pick locked it" she shrugs her shoulders, "and I'm in here because we need to talk." She swings her legs off the bed and places the magazine on the bedside table. "What did Johnny say to make you beat him up?" 

"What?" I was confused as I stood there.

"It must have pissed you off on what he said, so what did he say?" 

"That they all shared you" I looked away as I felt my hands clench into fists. 

I heard her sigh before I looked over at her, she still at on the bed but shook her head as she looked down at the floor. "I met Jace at the diner I worked at, we became close and started a relationship. About 6 months into he became abusive to me, not just hitting me but telling me that I was a nobody… that I had nothing that my father was going to die. Mind you this was happening while my father was sick." She looked over at me.

"One night he had his friends over and they became drunk, Jace had tied me up and they did stuff. I was a mess so I turned to use drugs to help me cope with the depression, with the suicide thoughts. I had told my dad and he had found me once with a needle in my arm…" she said before wiping her face rid of tears. By now I was sitting down on the bed next to her but with enough space between us. 

"He got me into rehab but now after he's gone, I feel like I've disappointed him. I've tried so hard to be clean… but it's hard… I am left with a debt to pay so I work two jobs." 

I sat there wondering what to say but the truth is I didn't know what to say. She sat there talking about her past, talking about how she became an addict and I had no words. "Why do you keep showing up when I need someone the most?" She asked me, I looked at her and I wondered the same thing. 

"I don't know, Nova. Maybe I was meant to be in your life, I'm not good with this stuff. I don't know what it's like to have a girlfriend, I was the type of kid that kept to themselves but fought with people." I tell her. Nova stood up from her spot and walked over to me, standing in front of me. The next thing I knew she walked forward a few steps before reaching to stroke my cheek and leaned down to kiss me. I grabbed her by the hips and pulled her closer, she sat down on my lap. 

Before we could do anything else someone was banging on my dorm door "Wolf! Hurry up, man! We gotta go" Corba yelled out. 

"Shit," I said. Nova had already jumped off me before I could tell her to. I quickly stood up and grab my duffel bag from the wardrobe. I quickly packed my bag before I looked over at Nova but she had already left the room, I sighed before Corba came wondering in. 

"What's up with Nova? Did you two fight again?" He asked me but I just grabbed my bag and walked out of my room. Why was she always running?.. 

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