STEEL TEMPTATION (A Back Down Devil MC Romance Novel) by London Casey, Karolyn James Page A

Nate said. “ He pulled you in. I ’ m trying to fucking help you. ”
    Mia stood up and slammed a fist off
Nate ’ s hard chest. He
barely moved. “ I hate it
all. My entire life has been a fucking joke. Okay? I think my uncle did
something to Jacob. And he tried to make a move at me. ”
    “ What? ” Nate asked.
    “ You
heard me. You wanted to know if I fucked him? I didn ’ t. But he wanted it today. That never happened
before. I went to check on Jacob and the bedroom was empty. Uncle Jake then
held me by my throat and said what he wanted. ”
    “ I ’ ll kill him, ” Nate said. He looked beyond
Mia. He made a signal with his hand. He looked back at Mia. “ What happened? ”
    “ He
gave me money. Told me to find a place to take a shower and calm down. He wants
me to work you guys so I can lure you …”
    Nate stepped back and took out his
gun. Gaige was then there, his gun drawn.
    “ Tell
me this isn ’ t a set up? ” Nate asked.
    “ Fuck!
No! ” Mia cried out. “ I ’ m
not on his side. ”
    “ What
happened? ” Gaige asked.
    Nate gave Gaige the three second
rundown.
    Gaige then looked at Mia. “ We ’ re
supposed to just trust you. ”
    “ Or
just let me go, ” she said. “ I never asked for this. ”
    “ I
never asked to be attacked, ” Nate said. “ Getting fucking
smashed in the head and knocked out. We have a war …”
    “ Bro,
easy, ” Gaige said.
    “ Just
shoot her! ” Griffin called
out. “ We have to send a
message. ”
    Mia stood there, arms at her sides.
She was ready for whatever was going to happen.
    Gaige stepped toward her. “ You stopped. Why? ”
    “ I
made up a story with my uncle. That you left town and met with some guys. Just
thinking off the top of my head. He then got nervous, saying something about a
charter. Made me realize that you probably have guys everywhere. So I stopped.
And waited. I don ’ t care. ”
    “ Well,
you ’ re right. We have guys
everywhere. Your uncle got nervous? ”
    “ Yeah. ”
    “ Good. ”
    “ That
explains the chief, ” Nate
said to Gaige. “ Getting
spooked and jumpy. ”
    “ Christ, ” Gaige said. He pointed to the
car behind Mia. “ It ’ s simple now. Get in the car and
follow us. Back to the compound. Your last chance. I ’ m going to get hell for this. ”
    “ Okay, ” Mia nodded.
    Nate glanced at Mia, shaking his
head. “ I can ’ t help you anymore if this is
the shit you ’ re going to
pull. ”
    Nate started to move and Mia
grabbed his arm. “ He tried
to fucking touch me. ”
    That ’ s
all Mia had to say. It was the truth. Uncle Jake crossed the line, finally. Somewhere
in Mia she always knew the day would come. It had to, right? The man was
unstable, crazy, and he was alone. Unless he had a woman or a girlfriend on the
side …
    “ Move, ” Nate growled. “ I ’ ll
be in front of you and they ’ ll
cover the rest. You make one turn or move the wrong way and Griffin is going to
light you up. ”
    “ Light
me up, ” Mia whispered.
    She had an idea of what that meant.
    Looking back, she saw Griffin
shaking his head. He and Nate started to argue, the rumbles of the motorcycles
drowning out their voices to Mia.
    She felt like a captured criminal
now.
    Back Down Devil MC was all around
her, escorting her into Frelen. She wondered what kind of image this would give
to anyone working with Uncle Jake. Then again, this was what he wanted, right?
For Mia to get involved and then report back to him. It didn ’ t make sense though. The MC
would know … Uncle Jake
would know … and Mia would
still be in the middle. It ’ s
like they wanted this war (as Nate put it) to really happen. To grow.
    Mia pulled her car into the Back
Down Devil compound. Nate pointed and Mia parked the car. A few seconds later
there were two guys in leather cuts at the door. They didn ’ t have the patches … they were … prospects …
    Nate shouted something and the car
door opened.
    “ Get
out, ” one of the guys