I pull out my phone and call to make sure the Five Aces guys haven’t come to yet. I find out one died and the other is still in surgery. I send another agent down to wait for any new news.
Next I send Mackenzie a text letting her know I’m on my way back to her place. After just a second my phone hits back with a message that reads ‘Unavailable’. Thinking something must be wrong with her phone, I pull up her number and hit call. When the voice comes on telling me the number I’m trying to reach has been disconnected or is no longer in service, I grip my phone so hard, it nearly cracks in two.
I pull up to the gate of the club and hit the code I’ve seen Mackenzie enter in a hundred times. The iron gates open up and I hit the gas. I fly down the driveway, and when I reach the house, I turn the wheel, and slam on the brakes, causing me to screech across the pavement.
All the brothers come flooding out of the house at the sound of my entrance, and I jump out of the car.
“Where the fuck is she!” I shout, looking over two of the brothers’ shoulders at Lucias standing in the back. He’s got his arms crossed over his chest, and his jaw is hard. He’s not going to tell me shit. Abe and Knox stand in front with their fists clenched, and both of them look ready for a fight.
Good.
I reach in my shirt and pull out Mackenzie’s dog tags. I grit my teeth and let my anger flow through me. “You see these. This means something to me, and it means something to you. Now someone tell me where the fuck she is.”
The guys look around to one another in surprise, but no one says anything.
I’ve haven’t lost my temper that often in my life. I’m usually a cool-headed guy, because I’ve been trained to be. But right now, my girl is gone and someone needs to start talking.
I look at Abe and take a three steps to him so we are nose to nose. I want the biggest motherfucker in here, and then I’m going to tear him limb from limb. I feel Knox slide up beside me, but I don’t give a shit. Let them all come at me, I’ll burn this goddamn place to ashes.
“Easy, Scribe,” Lucias calls, and Knox backs off. He’s not stopping me, but he’s not interfering either. I guess he isn’t worried about Abe taking me in a fight.
He should be.
Abe’s a big guy. He’s got scars down the side of his face, which make his road name, Savage, all the more menacing. None of this intimidates me because I’ve got more on the line than he does. I don’t stand to lose a friend if I can’t find Mackenzie, I stand to lose my soul.
I grab him by the cut and his eyes narrow.
“You tell me where she is, or I’ll start with you, and then take every one of your brothers after until I get some answers.”
He gives me a wicked smile, and it pisses me off. He goes to reach up and grab my hands, but I catch him off guard by pulling back and slamming my forehead against the bridge of his nose, hearing it crack.
“Fuck!” he yells, and staggers back. I’ve still got a hold of his cut, so he doesn’t get far. I let go with my right hand and give him an uppercut to the ribs, and at the same time feel his own fist come down on my face. I taste blood in my mouth, but it fuels my rage, and I keep going.
I give him a left hook across the jaw, and he counters with a punch to my side. I grab him by the head and pull him down, kneeing him in the chest. It knocks the wind out of him for a second, and I throw him to the ground and get on top of him. He lands a few punches on me as we tussle, but I manage to pin his arms down with my knees and punch his face a few more times, before one of the brothers pulls me off.
Abe leaps up as soon as his arms are free and lunges after me.
“That’s enough, Savage,” Lucias yells, and gets between us. Knox and one of the other guys are holding me, and I’m breathing heavy, but still trying to get free.
Abe has blood on his face and Lucias looks at him in shock. He turns to look at me, and I’m sure I look just as bad.
“You’re the first man I’ve seen to get a hit in on him,” Lucias says, and I look over to see Abe wiping the blood from his lip, looking at it like he’s never seen it before.
Lucias looks between us a few more times and then comes to stand in front of me. “If she gave you her tags, then you obviously mean something to her. And if you can get a hit on Savage you’re worthy of protecting our girl.”
He looks over to Abe and they have a silent conversation for a moment. Abe nods and Lucias turns to Knox. “Where is she, Scribe?”
Knox gives him a cocky grin. “You’re in luck. She’s still on the property waiting for the car she was planning on taking to be fixed. She’s in the cabin by the lake.”
Lucias looks at me. “Did you take care of it?”
“It’s done. Nobody will ever come looking for her again.”
“Let him go, guys.”
I feel their arms fall away, and I’m in motion. I start to run to my car, but I’m stopped by Lucias calling my name.
I turn around and he throws his keys to me. “Take my bike. You won’t spook her if she hears it. That way she’ll just think it’s me.”