**Thalia The gunshot sounded again, and my lips dropped open in shock. Vito turned to me. “I can't leave you here because it might be dangerous, so come with me,” he said, but I had no room for opposition because he raised me over his shoulder and began walking away from where we were. I held onto him tighter, my hair bouncing with each of his steps. Could the club be attacked? I feared war, and this was why I didn't want to have anything to do with bikers. It could be their fellow clubs against them, or just random gangs too. Stories about motorcycle clubs were deadly and scary, but I thought this place would be different since Lilo was here. Soon, Vito dropped me to stand on my own, and he whispered to me, "You're going to squat here and shut your eyes for at least twenty minutes

