Testing Limits (Corrupt Cowboys Book 3)

TESTING LIMITS CORRUPT COWBOYS BOOK THREE EMMA CREED Testing Limits Copyright © 2023 by Emma Creed All rights reserved First Edition No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without written permission of the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, actual events, or locales is entirely coincidental. The use of any real company and/or product names is for literary effect only. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners. CONTENTS Author Note Corrupt Cowboys The Story So Far 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 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Epilogue The Corrupt Cowboys Series The Dirty Souls MC Series His Captive His Sacrifice About the Author AUTHOR NOTE ***Warning*** Testing Limits and all books in the Corrupt Cowboys series are a work of fiction and contain adult content. Due to the nature of the series you should expect to come across various subject matter that some readers may find disturbing, and it is intended for readers 18+ Please contact the author if you have any questions. * * * WHATEVER IT TAKES THE STORY SO FAR When Maisie Wildman’s mother married a rich, much older rancher, she wasn’t happy about having to uproot her life in L.A. and move to Montana. However, she was shocked to find out that life on the ranch was far from boring. Her new family has secrets and Maisie could never have predicted that, while unearthing them, she would fall for her grumpy, older stepbrother. The Carson family have been struggling since the disappearance of their mother, twenty years ago, and the suicide of their little sister when she was just sixteen. When the next blow hits their family, and their father is killed during a home invasion, Garrett decides it’s time to take things back to the way they used to be run, when his grandfather was in charge. Branded men were loyal to the Carsons, and to each other, and when Garrett and his brothers take the brand, along with the few men they trust, they all vow to turn things around… whatever it takes. But enemies are never far away. Middle brother, Cole, has already lost the woman he loves and suspects that old family rivals, the Masons, are to blame for it. When Maisie’s mom is found dead too, the town has no idea who killed her and history is set to repeat, when it’s announced that Wade’s best friend, and the love of his life, Leia is to marry a Mason brother herself. The family is expanding with Maisie and Garrett preparing to welcome their triplets, and Teresa Carson, the boys’ mother, couldn't have chosen a worse time to show up with an offer to help out. It’s time for the Corrupt Cowboys to be tested to the limit. I stand and stare at the woman in front of me. It’s been twenty years. Twenty. Fuckin’. Years. Now she’s here acting as if we only saw her yesterday. Garrett is in full defensive mode, Cole looks ready to kill, and poor Maisie has no idea what the hell’s going on. Come to think of it, none of us do. “What were you expectin’, a fuckin’ welcome home party? You upped and fuckin’ left us. You never said goodbye. You never once checked in. Bree’s dead, did ya fuckin’ know that?” Garrett doesn’t wait for our mother to respond before he barges his shoulder against hers and marches into the house. When the door slams, Maisie bites her lip awkwardly and she shuffles off to follow him. “Boys?” Mom's eyes flick between me and Cole, pulling a hopeful smile onto her face. “We ain’t boys no more.” Cole shakes his head at her in disgust while we stare into the face of the woman who abandoned us. The same woman who I spent long nights crying over after she left. I used to pray for this day to come, but looking at her now, I have no idea how to feel. I don’t remember all that much about her. I was only a kid when she left, and Bree was only a baby, but I do remember her having a soft face and a warm smile. There don’t seem all that much that's warm about the woman standing in front of us. “Ya didn’t answer his question. Did you know about Bree?” I do my best to keep my face blank of any emotion. “I knew.” Her eyes drop to the ground as Cole shakes his head and huffs a vindictive laugh at her. “Then I suggest you get back in that fancy car of yours and get the fuck out of town, coz we managed without ya then, and we sure as fuck don’t need ya now!” Cole starts walking toward the house, and I take one last look at the woman who gave birth to us before following after him. The five-year-old boy inside me wants to go back to her and ask her why she left, but the man I had to become, real quick when I realized she was never coming back, tells me to leave her out there fuckin’ standing. Once inside, I find Garrett pacing in front of the fireplace like a caged bear.