Biker gangs known as regulators rule the streets of a war-torn city with hate and pain -- their cruelty is etched into every inch of Dae's battered body. He has never known anything but hurt from the hands of men ... until he meets Coby.<br><br>When the new regulator rides into town and takes an interest in him, Dae is unwilling to believe that anyone who is a regulator can be a gentle, caring lover.<br><br>Is Coby strong enough to protect Dae and his sister Delia when there's hell to pay in the form of McBane?

Scarred

“Why don’t you fight back then?” 


I choke on the words. “I can’t. He’d hurt Delia.”


I blink back the tears and nod, yes, everything I do is for her. He has to understand that—


But he pulls away, and I’ve never felt so cold and all alone, never.


The bed shifts beneath him, his knee presses into my thigh, and from the corner of my eye I see him reach for something on the floor, his clothes maybe. He’s going to dress and leave. I brace myself for the slamming of the door. I don’t know how I’m going to get out of this cot in the morning if he walks out tonight.


Only he doesn’t get up. He fumbles through the pockets of his jeans where they lay by the side of the bed, and then he rolls back to me, one hand closed in a tight fist. “I got something for you.”


Chapter 24