The Title I Promised to Give

For ten years, Sandy has stood beside Jax, a man who rose from a damp basement apartment to command his own crew. She took bullets and knives for him, and the men around him once called her boss lady. But the day Jax decides to go straight, he sets his eyes on Ava, a fragile girl he calls too pure for his world, and tells Sandy she was never meant for a title.

After a decade, Jax ends things with a text, changes the locks, and offers her friendship instead of the future he once promised. When Sandy returns to his club in jeans and canvas sneakers, the crew falls silent, and Jax's suspicion cuts deeper than any blade. He offers her a price for their ten years together.

But Sandy is twenty-eight now, and her family has been waiting for her to come home, with a good man ready to give her the title Jax never would.