Chaos – Eva Simmons (1)

I angle my chin at Willa, and Steel follows my line of sight. “Yeah.” He slaps my shoulder. “We need to get the girls out of here. Church in thirty. I want everyone there.” I nod, pulling out my phone to shoot off a text. Around me, everyone’s phones ping. Church is often reserved for ranked members.

Tonight, that won’t be the case. What happened is a matter for the entire club. And Steel won’t stop until he gets to the bottom of it. I leave Legacy and Steel on the patio to head inside to check on Willa. She’s still frozen when I reach for her hand. My fingers lace through hers, and she jumps.

“Sorry.” She rubs the heel of her hand on her chest. “You scared me.” “You all right?” I scan her, grabbing her face and forcing her eyes to me when she tries to look away. She nods, pressing her lips in a firm line as her eyes gloss over. She’s watching me, but she’s somewhere else in her mind, and I have a feeling I know where that is.

“Talk to me, princess.” I brush my thumb over the apple of her cheek. “I just—you could have died.” A tear slips free. I catch it with my thumb. “You were worried about me?” “Of course I was.” The warmth that fills my chest burns me up from the inside out. My stomach meets my throat. What happened tonight was nothing special except that it happened at our clubhouse. But as far as shoot-outs go, I’ve been in the line of fire more times than I can count.

No one worries about me or wonders if I’ll make it out the other side. If I take a bullet or a blade, it’s stitched up, and I walk away. Living on the brink of death is a part of being in this life. But as Willa blinks back tears, I suddenly see what’s been changing around the club lately.

My brothers have been increasing security and leaning into our legal businesses. Especially Steel and Legacy, who have kids to worry about. This is what it’s like to have someone sitting around wondering if you’ll come home in one piece—if you’ll come home at all. I’ve never cared much about my mortality or who I am outside of being a part of this club.

But staring into Willa’s eyes has me questioning everything. “I’m all right, see.” I pat my chest. “No bullets.” She nods, glancing at the patio again. “Eyes on me, Willa.” Her gaze snaps to mine. “Nothing happened to me. I’m all right. Now I want you to go with Luna for a little bit while I take care of things with the guys.

I’ll come and get you when I’m done.” Luna stops at our side, and Willa flinches because she didn’t see her walking up. But I did.

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Published by Eva Simmons Editing by Kat Wyeth (Kat’s Literary Services) Proofreading by Vanessa Esquibel (Kat’s Literary Services) Model Cover Photography © WANDER AGUIAR PHOTOGRAPHY Model Cover Model: Andrew Alternate Cover Artwork by: Atik Sugiwara Cover Design by Eva Simmons Model Cover Paperback ISBN: 9798244943610 Alternate Cover Paperback ISBN: 978-1-970633-24-5 1kitap1.com/en Contents Content Note Dedication Prologue 1. Chaos 2. Willa 3. Willa 4. Chaos 5. Willa 6. Chaos 7. Willa 8. Willa 9. Willa 10. Chaos 11. Willa 12. Chaos 13.

Willa 14. Chaos 15. Chaos 16. Willa 17. Willa 18. Chaos 19. Chaos 20. Willa 21. Willa 22. Willa 23. Chaos 24. Chaos 25. Chaos 26. Willa 27. Willa 28. Chaos 29. Willa 30. Chaos 31. Willa 32. Chaos 33. Willa 34. Chaos Epilogue Epilogue What’s Next Acknowledgements Book Series By Eva Simmons About Eva Simmons 1kitap1.com/en Content Note This is a dark MC romance series with graphic on page violence and explicit open-door scenes.

The characters in this series make morally gray decisions that are not always redeemable. Hard topics will be discussed that may be sensitive for some readers. Content includes violence, death of family members, cancer, explicit sex, degradation, and more. A full list of content warnings (which contain spoilers) can be found on my website. Please review before reading. https://www.evasimmons.com/contentwarnings 1kitap1.com/en For those who see us even when we lose sight of ourselves 1kitap1.com/en Prologue Chaos Fourteen Years Earlier THE ONLY SLIVER OF shade on this miserable summer day is the slip of shadow in the alley between the feed store and the pharmacy.

I lean against the brick wall, pulling out a cigarette and lighting it while I wait for my brother to finish football practice across town. I’m sick of being his babysitter when we’re barely a year apart in age, but at least waiting for him gets me out of the house and away from my asshole stepfather. Sometimes I sit and think about what life could have been like if Mom hadn’t moved on the second Dad bailed when I was born.

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