Onyx by Aria Ray

The girl next door was always mine to protect. I just never thought she’d end up mine to claim.
I’ve been watchin’ Emily since we were kids—the girl in the cabin next door.
I chased off her bullies, climbed through her window, kept her safe without ever sayin’ the words out loud.
She was my first crush.
But we grew up into different worlds.
She chose college and a quiet, clean life.
I was born into the Sons of Rage MC—a world that bleeds, breaks, and buries its own.
So I stayed back.
Watched from the shadows.
Told myself distance was the only way to keep her safe.
Until the night I catch a man inside her home.
He’s dangerous.
He’s done this before.
And the law lets him walk like her life don’t mean a damn thing.
That’s when I pull her into my world—under my cut, under my roof, under my protection.
I tell myself it’s just until things cool down… even as part of me hopes it won’t be.
Then he burns her cabin to the ground.
I’m Onyx. Secretary of the Sons of Rage MC.
And if the law won’t protect the girl next door?
I will.
And I’ll tear this world apart before I let anyone take what’s mine.