Outlaw State of Mind»» Book Three (SOA)

Chapter 18

"Welcome home!" I cheered as I saw Luke turn off the engine to his bike. He flashed me a smile as he got off of the Sportster. I walked towards him, then he grabbed my wrist and pulled me into a bone-crushing hug.

"Hey." He whispered in my hair. "I missed you."

"I missed you too." I pulled away and kissed his  cheek. "Are you okay?" I asked when I saw a bruise on his eye.

He shrugged. "I'm fine. It's nothing to worry about." Luke glared passed me stared at the clubhouse entrance. "Who're they?"

My head whipped around to see who he was talking about. It was Wendy and Nero. "Long, long story." Luke's eyebrows crunched together in confusion. "Apparently I have two brothers, and they've been raising them out of Charming. That's Wendy, my dad's first wife, and Nero, a family friend."

"Not so much a family friend if you can't remember him." Luke muttered.

I stared up at him. "Yeah. Anyway, I don't know what'll happen next. I don't know if these 'brothers' want to meet me, or if they're just here so I know? At this point, anything could happen, really."

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"Hey, babygirl." Cash kissed the top of my head when he first saw me. "That Texan Ranger over there is one tough son of a bitch, hope you know." He nodded towards Luke, who was nursing a bottle of beer, and playing a friendly game of pool between Chibs, Quinn, and Tig.

"Judging by looking at that shiner he has, I can tell." I chuckled as I rested my elbow on the bar top, staring at the game. "What happened anyway?"

Cash took a sharp breath in. "Ehhhhh—I don't know if I should say..." he dragged on. I rose my eyebrow. "I mean you're practically his old lady, Keegs. It's club business anyway."

"James Williams, if you don't tell me what happened to him, it'll be your ass." I threatened by using Cash's full name.

Cash rolled his eyes. "There was a misunderstanding in Lake Tahoe. Luke got into an altercation, which turned into a bar fight, which resulted in a shooting."

My heart dropped. "Are you kidding me?!" I whisper-yelled. "Luke is on the run from the ATF! He can't get onto their radar or they'll lock him up!"

"Well what were we supposed to do, Keegan?!"

"Not start a bar fight at Lake Tahoe!"

Cash's eyes wondered up to the security monitor, which let us see several ATF cars pull into the lot. "You gotta be shitting me." Cash muttered. "Everyone! ATF is here! Luke, you gotta go!"

Luke dropped everything, and ran over to Cash and I. "Where do I go?" I gripped his hand and pulled him down the hallway.

"Climb this ladder, it'll bring you to the roof. They gotta have a warrant to search, so sit tight." Luke followed my instructions, and climbed the ladder.

Several bangs on the clubhouse door sounded. "This is the ATF. Please open the door." A powerful voice yelled.

Chibs calmly walked to the door, and opened it. "Chibs Telford, my name is Agent Dally, I'm investigating a case that supposedly involves Luke Valentine, a member of your Texan charter. Word got around that he's around these parts." Agent Dally was tall, lean, and toned. He had short brown hair and a clean shaven face, a good-looking guy, but with the personality of an asshole.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Chibs nonchalantly sighed.

Agent Dally looked around the clubhouse, just to see who was inside. He locked eyes with me. "Her. Keegan Rose Teller, I'd like to speak with you, one on one."

All heads turned to look at me. My knees began to buckle. "Over my dead body. What does my daughter have to do with it." Tig yelled.

"I have intel that she's in close contact with Luke Valentine. I'm taking you in for questioning." Dally gripped my arm and began to pull me out of the clubhouse.

I ripped my arm away from him. "Get your hands off me!"