For the love of speed.

Chapter 9:Saveen

The day is absolutely perfect, the seasons are starting to change, so all the bright reds, oranges, greens, and yellows are all over the trees. The air is crisp and warm, showing signs that fall is coming and winter is hot on its tail. Which means that racing season is about to be officially over, because who wants to race on ice? I sure don't, that is like taking a metal death box out, and using it for ice skates, ten out of ten don't recommend. However, just before winter is amazing, it's like it is snowing, but with leaves. I take a deep breath in and exhale the crisp air and pull into the lookout spot. I hear Dexter drove past me to go to the waterfall at the next spot. He has his spot, and I have mine. The waterfall is very tranquil and rhythmic, with the sounds drowning out everything, all thoughts, all noise; it is truly a great spot. Maybe I should have gone up to the falls today. Walk through the cool water and feel the droplets of water on my face. However, my spot is just as great; I am able to overlook our beautiful town, Aroura. The town has a rich history of moon shining, and we still have Steelers up and work. The mountains keep it nestled and keep us safe.

With the Los Diablos biker gang settled in this town, we just go about our days and don’t mess with theirs. Sometimes, the cops get to sniffing around too much, and Asher catches wind of it and moves them. Asher challenged Dante, the past leader of Los Diablos, and won, so now he leads them, and that means he is in charge of the shine that gets run through. No one really understands why Asher took over the gang; however, I found out the real reason on a drunken Saturday. I will forever take it to my grave and not tell anyone why, either. When Grayson and Clara were expecting Jackson (their first son), Asher knew in that moment that nothing would ever happen to his family, no harm, no suffering, nothing, and he was going to make sure of it. He loves all of the kids and will burn the world to protect them. All I could really do was hug him and tell him he was the best uncle to any of their kids; he just gave me a small smile. “ Saveen, that includes any of your kids, too. You're like a baby sister to me. I wouldn’t want anything to happen to those kids either.” He made my heart warm, and I just hugged him a little tighter.

I get off my bike, take off my helmet, and shake out my long hair. I set the helmet on the bike and start walking to the chairs that they have set out so that you can sit back a watch the scenery. However, I don’t just stop there, I found a few years back a rock that hangs out over the cliff, which brings you a little closer it seems to the view. When I first found it, it made me feel like I was free and like I was flying in the sky like a bird. As I walked past the benches and chairs, I went to step off into the trail that I had made over the years. “You're not going to jump, are you?” I hear suddenly startles me, and I let out a scream, turning around a little too quickly. I feel myself starting to fall when a hand reaches out and pulls me to a hard chest, and be fall backwards to the safety of the ground. I land with a thud, my eyes are squeezed shut. When I release that, I am not hurt, I notice that I am in Killian's arms and lying on his broad chest. I sit up really quickly and slap my hands on either side of Killian's head. Not realizing that I am straddling him, “ What the hell was that? You scared the crap out of me, I thought you went with Dexter.” I growl down at him. “Well, I thought you were going to jump.” He grumbled back at me. I shifted my weight a little and felt something hard press into my center. “Why would I do that? I have a dog at home who depends on me, I like my life, thank you very much,” I say quickly. Killian reaches out and grabs the nape of my neck and hair and pulls me down close to him. Causing to rub my core into him, and it only got harder. I know what he has down there, I have seen him naked, and let's just say he is a perfect specimen. As he pulled me down so that he was right next to my ear, I heard him say, “I was just worried about you. I just wanted to talk to you. God, it feels amazing to have you in my arms again.” He growled out. I gasped and pulled away, accidentally pushing into him again, which made him groan. I stand up and feel a lose that I shouldn’t be feeling.

“Will you just stop? You left. I didn’t know that was the end of this Killian’s. I don’t even know why you are back!” I say with my voice raised and turn around to walk down the trail. “Wait, V, we need to talk seriously.” I'm already making my way down the steep trail, knowing that if you don’t have a low center of gravity, you can't make it to the rock. I hear feet about me shuffling, and rocks slide down. “Killian, don’t please, you can't get down here. You're going to hurt yourself!” I look back just in time to see Killian lose his footing and start to slide. I let out a gut-wrenching scream of no. Thankfully, he was able to grab onto the tree and steady himself. He looks down at me like he is ready to argue, but stops. “Okay, I'll go back up, Saveen, but please don’t cry. I can't handle you crying.” He starts back up, and I touch my hand to my face. I didn’t even know I was crying. I take the final 3 steps and land on my rock. I sit down and pull my knees as close as I can to my chest. Why? Why does he keep doing this? He has been gone for 4 years, and I have moved on. I cried for a month straight, not from the loss of my family, honestly, I was glad they were gone. However, it was from the loss of what I thought was going to be my family. From the day fate dropped us together, I guess I was the only one who thought that we were each other's homes, each other's real family, but that wasn’t what was on Killian's mind.

I sat there looking out at our beautiful town and tried to quiet my mind, but I just couldn’t. It felt so right to be, right there in Killian's arms, and out of my better judgement, I heard a demon I long thought I locked away, “Why would anyone find you attractive, you're fat, worthless, and never wanted. You're not even that smart, cause if you were, you would be number one like Misha and I.” I could hear my brother's voice. I let out a small cry; it's because Killian is back that my Demons are showing, but they're not wrong. Let's face it, last night he and Megan looked to be the perfect couple. I let out a sigh and finally silence my brain as I look out. I hear Dex's bike coming down, and know that it's my cue to get back up to my bike. I start to climb up, and I see and hand reaching out to me. I go to take it and just push it away, looking at Killian in the face. “ I don’t need your help; I've been doing this without, and I will continue to do so.” He pulled his hand back like I burnt him, and I walked past him. I waved at Dex, and he turned his head. He knew something was up, and I was not about to tell him