Wolf's POV
Seeing Clove at this stupid party was the surprise I needed to get through this miserable night. I felt like a monkey in a suit, not to mention I felt naked without my cut. All so I can stand up for a guy I don't really know and do not like, but my father threatened to cut me off if I wasn't in the wedding to keep up appearances. As much as I want to tell him to shove his money up his ass, it's the only thing that is keeping my mother in the facility, and she needs constant help since her stroke years ago.
I stare at Clove as she stands in front of everyone giving her bull shit speech. I watched the color drain out of her face when she saw Jesse and for the life of me, I cannot figure out why. Now she looks as if she is barely holding it together as if she is at war with herself under the fake smile. Nonetheless, she looks gorgeous with dark hair pinned up and dress that hugged every curve perfectly with a slit that showed off her perfect tone and creamy leg. Man, what I would do to have that leg wrapped around--- Stop Wolf, so not the point right now.
After her speech, I watched her talk to Faith and then get the hell out of dodge. I don't know what possessed me to follow her, but I felt this weird sense that she was in trouble and an even weirder sense that I needed to protect her.
As I walked outside, I heard retching as I saw her hunched over, sobbing and vomiting at the same time. What the hell happened to this girl? Without thinking I pulled her hair out of her face and wrapped one arm around her waist to keep her upright.
After a few minutes, the retches stopped but the sobbing intensified as I tried to calm her down, but I was failing. "Hey CC, I need you to breathe for me because I am not a nurse and if you pass out, I don't know what the fuck to do."
That seems to calm her down a little as she stands up still wrapped in my arms. Her back is pressed against my front as I try to control my dick which seems to have a mind of its own. This is not the time; Wolf pull it together.
This girl is shattered. I mean, I knew she was broken from when she talked to Amber, but this, this is a whole other level. Somebody really fucked this girl up. And when I find them, I'll be the one to put a bullet in their head.
I try to tell myself that my urge to protect her comes from being a part of the Devil's Right Hand MC because it's what we do. We help protect women and children and most of the time we do so outside of the bounds of the law. Somebody hurt her. Somebody broke her. And after all she has done for my family, it's my duty to figure out who and make them pay.
"Why did you call me CC?" she finally asked which caught me off guard.
"I don't know, it just came out I guess."
"Well, my full name is Clovis Claire, so you were spot on. I am a CC" she laughs, and I feel her shoulder loosen ever so slightly.
"Clovis Claire, that's a tongue twister for you," I laugh trying desperately to lighten the mood.
"Oh, my parents have a flare for dramatic and slightly weird names." She laughed and I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding in. I'm pretty sure she had a panic attack and now I'm pretty sure she's out of it.
"You wanna tell me what happened? Do you know my half-brother?" I asked, wanting nothing more than to make her pain go away.
I watched as her breath caught in her throat again and I cursed myself for asking. She was just getting calm.
"I thought I did, but I was mistaken. He just looked like somebody I knew. I just don't like crowds."
Bull shit. She is lying through her teeth, but I am not going to push. As soon as I get her home safely, I am going to call Bear to look into this. Bear is the club hacker, and he is by far the best in the South, there is nothing he can't find. Though it feels like a violation of her privacy somebody is hurting her, and I need to put a stop to it.
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Facing My Demons (Devil's Right Hand MC #1)
RomanceClove Simpson is good at a lot of things. She is a good nurse, a good friend, and good at hiding behind a mask. She shows a mask of confidence, a spunky girl who is carefree but that could not be farther from the truth. Truly, Clove is broken. Broke...