Silas has always done what he needed to do to survive.

But I could never be with a man whose hands are covered in innocent blood.

It doesn't matter that he'd do anything to keep me safe.

I don't need to be protected – I need to be free.

Free from pain.

Free from violence.

Free from my past.

But I'm trapped in a contradiction.

Because the only place I truly feel alive is on the back of Silas's bike.

I can't submit to this life.

I've got a bright future, far away from here.

At least, that's what I used to think.

But now, every time Silas lays his hands on me…

Every time he takes me to his bed and shows me what my body craves…

I'm forced to admit:

I belong to him.

Jessa tried to run away from the biker world.

But I jumped into the deep end.

I've done bad things in my time down here.

Robbed. Hurt. Killed.

All for the club. For my brothers.

But my sins have changed me. Marked me.

I can't be near a woman anymore.

Especially not one as pure and innocent as Jessa.

If she gets too close…

There's no telling what I might do to her.

Which is why this fake marriage is a huge mistake.

I swore to her father – my dying president – that I'd protect his only daughter.

But I never expected it to come to this:

Her walking through my house.

Sleeping in my bed.

And – God help us both – having my baby.