Ruin and Rise (The Soldiers of Wrath MC, 4.5): The Soldiers of Wrath MC

By Jenika Snow and Sam Crescent

READER NOTE: Dead Bastard (The Soldiers of Wrath, 4) must be read before Ruin and Rise in order to get the full experience of the story. Please find the current books out in The Soldiers of Wrath MC (all books currently available):

*Book 1: Owned by the Bastard
*Book 2: Bent, Not Broken
*Book 3: Hard As Steel
*Books 1-3 boxed set
*Bonus Story: The Soldiers of Wrath MC
*Book 4: Dead Bastard
*Book 4.5: Ruin and Rise

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Sometimes falling into the ruin doesn't mean you can't rise from the ashes.

Shakes and Daniella went through hell to find their happiness, but it didn't come without a price. To keep Daniella, Shakes had to lose a part of himself.

Can they really rise from the ashes and not get burned?

But then Daniella and Shakes' life gets turned upside down again when an unexpected pregnancy strains the already volatile relationship Shakes has with Daniella's father, Zeke.

And where does Shakes' fate lie with the only family he's ever had...The Soldiers of Wrath?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Crescent Snow Publishing
• Release date: Jul 10, 2015
• ISBN: 9781513076454

Book preview

Other titles by Crescent Snow Publishing

Beautiful Torment

Book 1: Zeke’s Rule

Club Corruption

Book 1: Corruption

Book 2: Bound

Taboo Shorts

Book 1: Teacher’s Pet

Book 2: Player

Book 3: Cherry

Book 4: Taboo

The Soldiers of Wrath MC

Book 1: Owned by the Bastard

Book 2: Bent, Not Broken

Book 3: Hard As Steel

The Soldiers Bonus Story (free story available on CSP website)

Book 4: Dead Bastard

Boxed set (books 1-3+ bonus story)

Book 4.5: Ruin and Rise

Book 5: The Way I Like It

Book 6: Lost In You

Book 6.5: All or Nothin’

The Soldiers of Wrath MC: Grit Chapter

Book 1: Beast

Book 2: King

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Blurb

Sometimes falling into the ruin doesn't mean you can't rise from the ashes.

Shakes and Daniella went through hell to find their happiness, but it didn't come without a price. To keep Daniella, Shakes had to lose a part of himself.

Can they really rise from the ashes and not get burned?

But then Daniella and Shakes' life gets turned upside down again when an unexpected pregnancy strains the already volatile relationship Shakes has with Daniella's father, Zeke.

And where does Shakes' fate lie with the only family he's ever had...The Soldiers of Wrath?

Dedication

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Sam: I want to say a big thank you to all of our readers who love the Soldiers. I always want to say a big thank you to my friend, Jenika; without you, honey, this series wouldn’t be here. Thank you for taking a chance on a friendship with me. <3

Jenika: Thank you to all the readers that show their support with our stories. We took a chance writing The Soldiers of Wrath, and your continued support and cheering is incredible. To the Crescent Snow Reader Group, you guys are so amazing! Thank you to Rebecca for editing our Solider books. You’re an awesome woman and we are lucky to have your talent. And last, but never least, I want to say thank you to Sam for being my partner in crime ;) She’s an incredible author and friend, and I’m glad we are on this journey together.

Chapter One

Shakes had chosen to give up what he loved, what he’d bled for, killed for...would have died for. The Soldiers of Wrath had been his family; filled with men he called brothers. He would have given his life, his very last breath for each of those members, but that was before Daniella had entered his life.

To be with Daniella, losing his patch and cut, getting his Soldiers’ tattoos blacked out, had been worth it. He was proud to have done what he did: staking his claim on Daniella by running, trying to take her from her motherfucking, sadistic, and psychotic father, Zeke. That bastard owned him now, and the fact Shakes had to work for the fucker, watch him try and bond with Daniella, start a fatherly relationship with her knowing damn well he was a pimp, drug dealer, and ultimately a killer, had Shakes on edge constantly.

But Daniella was the reason that he wasn’t dead right now. If she hadn’t been there, shown Zeke that she loved him, Shakes would have been nothing but blood and brains on the porch of that house. Nevertheless, Shakes would have laid his life down for her.

No matter what.

On the run with her for such a short time all those months ago, Shakes would have willingly offered his life to Zeke. Yeah, he’d been wrong to just take her and not give a shit if Zeke threatened Demon’s old lady, Deanna, and their unborn baby. All Shakes had thought about was being with the woman he loved, trying to start fresh with her, and giving her the life she deserved...away from Zeke.

Shakes would have walked through hell to keep her in his life. Even though he had been ready to lay his life down for her, ready to give up watching her grow big with his babies, and not grow old at her side during all the fucked up times in between, he wouldn’t have changed the outcome of what had gone down.

He stared at himself in the mirror. He was naked aside from the towel wrapped around his waist. Water dripped down his body, and he lifted a hand and ran his palm over the foggy mirror. As he stared at himself, even all these months later, he saw a man that had never thought he’d be one of those men that would do whatever it took to be with his woman. But Daniella was his, would always be his, and he’d proven that he’d never let her go.

He stared at the blacked out tattoos on his body, the ones that used to be his Soldiers of Wrath markings. They were no more, not after he was kicked out of the club for betraying his brothers. But that was how it had to be. No matter who an asshole was in the club, if they went against the rules, betrayed that brethren, and put lives in danger, that was it.

It fucking sucked; that wasn’t a lie. When he was booted out, he’d lost a part of himself, a part he’d never get back.

Turning away from the mirror, he stood in the doorway of the bathroom, stared at the woman that meant more to him than even his own life, and knew she was worth it. She’d always been worth and always would be.

After turning off the light, shucking the towel in the corner, he slipped into bed with her. Covering them up, he closed his eyes and inhaled deeply. She’d taken a shower earlier; he