Page 57 of Ravage

She didn’t move.

She didn’t look away either.

I could see the courage building behind her eyes, but she still hadn’t worked up the nerve to make whatever decision she was trying to make. That was okay. I was more than okay.

I could wait.

Hell, I’d waited this damn long, and right now, there wasn’t anywhere else I’d rather be. I was bracing myself for the long haul when my burner started to ring, and the sound cut through the room like a damn gunshot.

Emery jumped, and I swore under my breath.

I pulled out my phone and glanced down at the screen.

It was the club. Of course.

No way in hell I’d actually get a full night with her without some kind of distraction. I looked back at Emery, and her cheeks were still flushed, and her eyes were filled with doubt as she watched me lift my phone to my ear.

I had no idea what was waiting for me on the other end of the line, but I knew one thing for sure. I wasn’t going to be thinking about anything except those green eyes for the rest of the night.

“Yeah, you’ve got Ravage.”

Vicious replied, “Clubhouse now.”

It was just two little words, but that’s all it took to put an end to my night with Emery. I pulled the phone from my ear, and she was still watching me like a hawk. The disappointment in her eyes hit harder than it should have when I said, “I’ve gotta go.”

She sat upright as she asked, “Everything okay?”

“Don’t know.”

“Club stuff.”

“Yeah.”

She nodded, but I could tell she was trying hard to hide her disappointment. I stepped closer as I told her, “We’ll pick this up another night.”

“It seems the odds are against us on this.” She let out a breath. “You sure you want to keep trying?”

“Baby, that’s your call. Not mine.”

“When would we do it?”

“I don’t know just yet. I’ll have to see what that call was about.”

“Okay.”

I didn’t want to go, but whatever had Vicious calling everyone to the clubhouse at this time of night wasn’t something I could ignore. When I started out of the bedroom, Emery stood and followed me to the front door. “Lock it behind me.”

“I will.”

I looked at her one last time, and it took every ounce of restraint I could muster not to pull her into my arms and kiss her. “Good night, Emery.”

“Night, Ravage.”

I stepped into the hallway and forced myself to start down the steps. I heard the door close behind me, followed by the lock clicking into place, and the sound was a hell of a lot harder to hear than it should’ve been.

By the time I made it to the clubhouse, most of the brothers were already there and filing into the conference room. I could tell from the tension in the air that something bad had happened. I just didn’t know how bad until I looked around the room and noticed that several of the brothers were missing.

One in particular had me turning to Ace and asking, “What the hell’s going on?”