Grimm

GRIMM TOXIC WARRIORS MC BOOK FOUR E.C. LAND CONTENTS Acknowledgments Trigger Warning Playlist Toxic Warriors MC Members Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Epilogue Author’s Note Also by E.C. Land Cyprus’s Truth Dancing Struggles Nines’s Time Brake’s Intent Social Media Grimm This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are all products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblances to persons, organizations, events, or locales are entirely coincidental. Grimm. Copyright © 2023 by E.C. Land. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author, except in the case of brief quotations used in articles or reviews. For information, contact E.C. Land. Cover Design by Clarise Tan, CT Cover Creations Editing by Jackie Ziegler Formatting by E.C. Land Proofreading by Rebecca Vazquez To those who need a Grimm of their own. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS So many people to acknowledge, but first and foremost, my family. They always have my back and support me. My husband and kids are my biggest cheering team, and I couldn’t ask for better. Next, I have to shout out to all my readers for sticking with me and enjoying the world I’ve created. Then there’s my team, everyone who works alongside me to ensure that each book I release is ready to go when the time comes. I couldn’t ask for better. TRIGGER WARNING This content is intended for mature audiences only. It contains material that may be viewed as offensive to some readers, including graphic language, dangerous and sexual situations, murder, rape, and extreme violence. Proceed with caution. This book does entail several scenes that may very well be a trigger to some. Also, tissues are a must with other scenes. Not for the faint at heart. If you don’t like violence and cannot handle certain subjects, then this is not a book you’ll want to read. Check out Grimm’s playlist. Silent Running — Hidden Citizens Here Without You — 3 Doors Down Never Gonna Take My Soul — Joe Nester Anxiety — Joe Nester How It Feels — Rare of Breed Hold On — Torrian Ball All or Nothing — O-Town Hold Her — Joe Nester Before We Say Goodbye — Prozak TOXIC WARRIORS MC MEMBERS Viking – Prez – Fawn – O Rocco – C Ice – VP – Peyton – O Maverick – Sgt at Arms War – Road Captain – Shyann – O Grimm – Enforcer – Apricot – O Dice – Treasurer Rampage – Chaplain Pirate – Hacker Mayhem – Member Wrath – Member Rock – Member Scorpion – Member – Sabrina – O Apricot & CJ – C Sabotage – Member Hydra – Former Prez/Founder Fireball – Member (Deceased) CHAPTER ONE APRICOT Staring out into the crowd, I don’t really pay attention to anything around me. It’s always the same thing. Well mostly. But today is supposed to be about me and my accomplishments. Yesterday was my last day of college, and I finished getting my business degree. And after hearing for the last three years people asking me what I’m going to do with said degree, I know the answer to the question, but have I told anyone . . . nope. I haven’t even told my sister, CJ. Everyone around here has more to deal with than me and what my plans are. Sure, I know my dad and mom would be interested in hearing what I intend to do, but still, I haven’t told them. I guess I haven’t told them because I’m not sure if it’s exactly what I want to do. Truthfully, I feel restless inside and out. See, my life has always been strangely protected, and I didn’t really understand it. Not until my sister was nearly killed, and everyone had to be open about it all with me. When I was a baby, she and I were separated. Our aunt on our mom’s side kept CJ, whose real name is Citrus Jeanna, while giving me to my parents. The whole dynamic of it all is baffling. My dad, real dad, Fireball, was a member of the club, and club brothers with my adoptive dad, Scorpion. Fireball was killed along with my biological mother when I was too young to remember and from what I hear it was a battle of custody of CJ and me. But due to events going on in Hydra, my uncle’s life, he wasn’t able to get it. Which means the aunt who had things together got custody and she split my sister and me apart. This part sucked because I never got to see my sister. Not really. And I definitely didn’t see her like I would have liked. Maybe we would have been allowed a bond that sisters are supposed to have. I don’t know. Perhaps if our lives were different altogether, we’d have just what we should have always had. A mom. A dad. A bond. The chance to be a family. Don’t get me wrong, I love Scorpion, he’s the best dad and to him, I’ve always been his princess, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t thought about who my real dad is and what he was like. I’ve heard the stories. This was the part never hidden from me. It’s the darker parts that were held back from me. None of them wanted me to know the true horrors of what CJ was going through . . . all in the name of protecting me. I’ve wanted to say it was complete BS, but I get it. It’s frustratingly sweet of them. At least for most of them. Not all. Not him. Not Grimm. Without making it