minds on one thing and one thing only.
Finding Faye.
We clear two rooms before we come across Ripper, the Kings of Hell MC president, asleep in his bed. My gun is pointed at his temple before his brown eyes even open. He tries to reach for his gun, but itâs not there. Yeah, this isnât my first rodeo.
âGet up,â I demand. âWe need to have a little talk. And donât fuckinâ try anything.â
Eyes wide, he slowly moves to sit up, pushing the blanket off him, revealing a shirtless chest I could have gone without seeing. Keeping my eyes on his, I take a step back, allowing him space to get out of the bed. âRally your men into one room. Anyone tries anything, you all die.â
He nods and exits the bedroom, entering what looks like their clubâs main living area. Ten minutes later, between my men and Ripper, weâve gotten everyone together, guns pointed in every direction. It might seem dangerous, because weâre actually outnumbered, but each of our men could take two of theirs easily. Iâm that confident in us. I glance around the room, making eye contact with each man.âIâm looking for my wife. Who here can tell me where she is? And donât fuckinâ bother saying you donât know shit. Iâm not bluffing, I will fuckinâ kill anyone I have to, to find her.â
I then address Ripper. âIf my wife isnât returned to me, now, your men will have to vote in a new president, because Iâm going to kill you,â I tell him, staring him dead in the eye so he knows how serious I am. âThen Iâm going to kill the next president too. And any that come after that.â
One of the men moves to tackle Tracker, who proceeds to shoot him in the foot.
âFuck!â the man yells, dropping to the ground and grabbing the wound, trying to stop the bleeding. I glance around the room once more, a schooled expression of boredom on my face. They donât need to know that, right now, Iâm dying inside.
I can imagine what I look like: like a man who has everything to lose, a man who will do anything to get back the woman he loves.
A dangerous man.
âAs you can see, we arenât fucking around,â I continue, cracking my neck from side to side. âAnyone else want to try anything? Next time, I donât think Tracker will be so nice.â
âKnee next,â Tracker says, smirking. âThen farther up.â
One of the men shudders.
I wait until Arrow makes eye contact with me, then nod at him.
He punches the man in front of him in the nose. I donât even wince at the cracking sound.
âTell us what we need to know, or next I will break your neck,â Arrow says in a low, calm tone that is much more intimidating than if he had yelled. With Arrow, you just know that he means what he says. âOne of you better speak up, or this isnât going to end well. I donât care who it is.â When the man doesnât speak, Arrow moves to hit him again, until he puts his hands up in surrender. âOkay, okay,â he says, throat working as he swallows. He looks to Ripper, as if asking him what to do, wanting to see what his presidentâs orders are.
Ripper tightens his jaw, weighing his options, but then finally nods. âTell him.â
âSheâs being held in a warehouse.â
âGive me the address,â I tell him. âNow.â
He gives me the address, keeping his head down and avoiding eye contact. I look to Tracker. âWho wants to stay with him and make sure heâs not lying? I think someone should take him somewhere else, in case the men here try something.â
âThey wonât,â Ripper says, but I ignore him. âI donât know about Slice though. Heâs the wild card here, but you canât take out his actions on our club. He hasnât even been patched in yet!â
I freeze, catching Talonâs eye before looking back to the
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