Chapter 159

Athena

"God I still can't believe you got him to race," Sarah said next to me, her voice tight with nerves.

I watched Tristan on Derek's bike at the starting line, rolling his shoulders with that smooth, dangerous grace that always made my breath catch. "He wanted to. I could see it in his eyes."

"Still," Sarah said, "Tristan never goes back on his words, I never believed he'd race again."

"So did I," Orion said, his other arm holding her waist, but there was something almost ...