Stepbrother Bear - Complete by Rosette Bolter Page A

your next move.
Because not only does your survival depend on your inclusion to our club, but
your family’s survival depends on it as well.”
    “Aiden,” I
said. “I think you should listen to him.”
    “Do you?”
Aiden replied smugly. He turned and glared at the president. “No. I don’t think
so. I think that piece of shit can go fuck himself.”

 
    CHAPTER
TWELVE
     
     
    Aiden.
    Aiden, Aiden,
Aiden.
    Was it
possible he had something up his sleeve? Did he have a plan to go with his
direct insulting refusal to side with the people who were holding us captive?
    I didn’t get
my hopes up.
    As we walked
down the corridor together towards the stationed guard on the stairs, I knew it
was only a matter of time before we were apprehended. And what if by then, it
was too late? What if they decided to just finish us both off since we had
rejected their generous proposal?
    “Aiden,” I
said.
    My feet would
carry me no further.
    “ Aiden .”
    He finally
turned around to face me.
    “What?” he
hissed back.
    I shook my
head.
    He walked
back over. “What?”
    “You’re gonna
get us killed.”
    Aiden’s eyes drifted
over my shoulder. I turned back to see the president standing outside his
office.
    “No, I won’t
be someone’s bitch,” Aiden scolded. “I won’t –”
    “Think about
Lara,” I said. “Think about your Mom.”
    Aiden was
silent a moment. “What about them?”
    “We need
their help. You know you can’t do it by yourself.”
    “We need …
these bikers’ help.”
    I nodded.
“You know it’s the right thing.”
    He put his
hands together. His cheeks were going red. “And when it’s all over, I’m going
to have to run from them. All over again. And they’ll come after you. And Mom
and Lara. These people will stop at nothing until I’m bound to them again.”
    “Maybe … This
is where you belong. Maybe this is the life you were supposed to lead.”
    Aiden looked
behind him. In the direction of the stairs.
    “What’s it
going to be?” the president asked approaching.
    Aiden looked
back to me. The rage and tears in his eyes could only mean one thing.
     

 
    CHAPTER
THIRTEEN
     
     
    “Alright,” Aiden seethed. “Fine.
Whatever you want.”
    He wasn’t
talking to the president so much as he was talking to me.
    The president
moved to the side of us. He stared us both up and down.
    Aiden shifted
his body towards him. “What are you doing?”
    “You two are
a couple, are you not?” the president asked.
    “What?” Aiden
spluttered. “No way.”
    “No?” he
looked to me.
    “We’re…” I
trailed off.
    “She’s my
sister,” Aiden said. “No more to it than that.”
    “Really?” the
president murmured. “Well, do forgive my mistake.”
    “You’re
forgiven,” Aiden said, rolling his eyes.
    “Why don’t we
go back downstairs?” the president suggested. “You deserve a proper
introduction.” Then he looked at me. “Both of you do.”
    I blinked a
couple of times. I tried to recall whether he said I had to join the club as
well, but it was hazy.
    Surely, they
would just let me out of here.
    We continued
down the corridor together with the president in between us. Aiden looked over
his shoulder a couple of times to make sure I was keeping up, but the president
didn’t look back once.
    Once we’d
reached the floor the president clapped his hands together to get everyone’s
attention. “Alright, listen up,” he said. “We’ve got a new member here…” He
walked up to Aiden and tapped him on the shoulder. “What was your name again?”
    “Aiden,”
Aiden replied after a moment. “Aiden Phillips.”
    “Aiden
Phillips,” the president repeated. “He’s the newest outcast of the General’s
lot, and claims to know where her new mother base is. Which I’m sure he’ll tell
us soon. In the mean time – why don’t you all shake hands and have a little chat
amongst you.”
    The men got
off their stools and moved around to shake Aiden’s hand and