Chapter Three
Titan glared at her then something in her eyes made him ask her again, “Who the hell are you lady?” He read the fear and terror in her gaze as she completely freaked out at the thought of going to their compound.
She didn't answer.
He grabbed her purse and dug for her keys then handed them off to Nash. “Trade keys with me. I’ll drive her back in your truck, you bring her vehicle.”
Nash caught the keys and asked her, “What are you driving, babe?”
Titan grunted at the endearment he used.
“A dark grey Ford Escape. Lot three,” Cat whispered as she trembled.
Titan dragged her toward the pickup truck at the curb but Cat held back as much as she could. When he opened the door, he read her eyes again and he knew without a doubt that she wouldn’t get into the truck voluntarily. He grasped her around the waist and lifted her easily into the vehicle reaching across to buckle her in.
When he got into the truck, Titan drove through town.
Cat stared at him and asked, “Where are you taking me?”
“Back home.” He shifted gears. “To the compound.”
“What if I don’t want to go there? This is kidnapping and you know it. You are taking me somewhere I don’t want to go. That’s against the law, you asshole.”
Titan growled. “Now honey, why you gotta be like that? I just wanna ask you a few questions and I’m having your vehicle brought out there, so as soon as you answer my questions, I can let you go. Simple as that.”
Cat felt the dread inside her increasing. “You don’t understand I can’t go there, that place is haunted and I can’t get sucked in. There’s ghosts in those hills. Something bad happened there a long time ago and the dead never got justice.”
Titan snapped his head to the side to glare at her. For a moment, he didn’t say anything then he asked, “What kind of nonsense are you spouting, lady? And just how the hell would you know all that? You aren’t from here, so how do you know something bad happened there years ago?”
Cat snapped her mouth shut and refused to say anything more. But the closer they got to the top of the ridge above town the more distant she became. By the time they turned into the private driveway leading to the compound, her fingers were clenched so hard around the door handle that they had gone white. Her eyes were closed and she was whispering under her breath as they passed the burnt out old clubhouse, she dared not look at the building in front of her.
Titan pulled over and finally stopped the truck.
She dropped her gaze to stare at the floorboard of the old truck.
He turned his head and frowned when he saw how pale she looked. “Are you okay?”
Cat slowly shook her head back and forth. “I told you I don’t want to be here and you brought me here anyway. I think I could hate you very easily.”
Her voice was barely more than a whisper but he could hear her well enough.
Titan snorted. “Hate me all you want darlin, I need answers and you have them. You should have told me what I wanted to know in town, then I would have left you alone.”
“Why don’t I believe you?” She still couldn’t or wouldn’t raise her head.
Just then, the big double doors opened and three older men walked out as the other bikers began to arrive.
One of the older men came around to Titan’s side of the truck and scowled at him. “Where’s Kota?” Hawkins, the MC President growled.
“He didn’t get out," Titan stated in disgust. "They fucking charged him with the three murders.”
Hawkins opened the door and hauled Titan out by his shirt. “What the fuck did you say?”
“The fuckers charged him with murder,” Titan snapped. “Without any evidence for or against, they just figured he did the deed cuz he wears a cut. They can’t even find the first two bodies but they charged him anyway. What evidence they do have is circumstantial but the judge remanded him to a jail cell anyway. Said he was a flight risk or some stupid shit like that.”
Hawkins scoffed and said, “They don’t know Kota very well if they think he’ll run away. I raised that boy better than that.” Then he noticed Cat sitting on the seat while staring down at the floor. He studied her for a moment then asked, “Who’s the chick?”
Titan looked over at her now.
Cat's body seemed to be wired so tight it looked like she would crumble to dust if anyone touched her. He shook his head and turned back to Hawkins to explain it the best he could, “She says her name is Cat and she just showed up in the courtroom today. Nobody knows her. She says she doesn’t know Kota or the three women but she wouldn't tell me what she was doing in the courtroom today.” He hesitated and told him, “She also claimed she didn’t want to come here because of the trouble we had here a long time ago, now how the hell would she know about that if she’s never been here before?”
“That is odd,” Hawkins said as he turned his head to study her again. He turned back to Titan and told him, “Bring her inside and we’ll talk to her.” Then he paused to glance back at Cat again. Her trembling and shaking had worsened since he’d first walked up to the truck. He frowned and glanced over at Titan.
Titan pursed his lips and told him, “She doesn’t want to be here for some reason but she won’t tell me why, the only thing she did say was that we got ghosts here and she didn’t want to meet any of them.”
With a roll of his eyes, Hawkins looked disgusted at this wild tale. “Bring her inside,” he ordered as he turned and headed back to the clubhouse.
The rest of bikers followed him in.
Titan went over to Cat’s door and opened it. He looked down at her and noted her pale skin. “Come on darlin,” he spoke softly.
Cat said one word, “No.”
Titan shook his head. “You don’t understand, you don’t have a choice here.”
Cat smiled slightly. “I always have a choice and I choose not to go inside.”
He growled as he bent down, hooked her waist with a large arm and tossed her body over his shoulder.
With a scream and a few curses, Cat fought him all the way while facing the ground over his large shoulder now.
Titan clamped his huge arm over her legs and smirked. "I bet you got some mean little claws, Cat."