Sahid did not return to his apartment for the rest of the night. I slept alone and had those awful nightmares again. I woke up wondering if Nyla was ok and whether Rowan was worried about me.

As soon as daylight began to peek in through the windows, Jax burst into the apartment and said, “Boss says you gotta leave now!”

“Damn, Jax,” I groaned.

“Get up and get out!” He snarled at me.

I knew he was still angry about how I embarrassed him in front of the brothel guests yesterday. He was probably looking for an excuse to get rough with me but I wasn’t going to give...