They came for her reputation. He's coming for them.

Njal

They called it a psychotic break.

I called it the worst thing I've ever survived.

Now I'm medicated. Stable. Paying for what I did one day at a time.

My brothers gave me a second chance I'll spend the rest of my life trying to deserve. So, when I needed space to breathe, I rented a place an hour outside Tallahassee-close enough to ride home when they call, far enough to remember who I am when no one's watching.

That's where I met her.

Sophie Crockett.

The deacon's daughter with calluses on her fingertips and shadows under her eyes. The schoolteacher the whole town's decided is a sinner. The woman whose sister has the same illness that nearly destroyed me-and who looks at my hands like she's already seen worse.

Someone's destroying her life on purpose, one whisper at a time.

She thinks she just has to wait it out. Keep her head down. Pray hard enough.

I know better.

Because the person tearing her apart?

They don't know what kind of monster just moved into town.

***Slander is book one in the Raiders of Valhalla MC: Prospects series by USA Today Bestselling Author, Elizabeth Knox. This series is intended for mature audiences only and may include triggering subject matter. Please proceed with caution.