Tsking my comment, he shakes his head. He brings up his index finger and shakes it in front of me. “Sounds good, but you’re missing one thing,” he says, his eyes scanning my face with menace.
“And what is that?” I growl, bringing my eyes down to his. Clenching my jaw.
He raises his gun, not moving his eyes from mine and lets the barrel go off, the bullet shooting right between Nyx’s eyes, his blood spattering out over my face. The metallic taste of a fallen brother filling my mouth.
“You’ll pay for that,” I growl. “Maybe not today, but you will pay for that.”
He laughs, using the same white cloth to wipe away the blood drops that were splattered over his face. “Maybe. But you started this charade, Beast. I took one of yours, you took five of ours including the watchtower that I know you’ve been dying to take down since you were a little boy.”
He turns his back and points to the four soldiers in the front line. “Take them out. Make sure Beast’s wishes are kept and no-one is hurt. Come on Beast, we have lots to catch up on.”
Turning my head, I smirk at my brothers who are seething under heavy breaths. Nodding my head, I follow behind the one man whose blood I want most.
I’m sitting at the bar waiting to hear the roar of bikes to come down the gravel road like they have so many other times when Melissa takes a seat beside me, bending over the bar to pull up a bottle of vodka.
“Have a drink, you need it.”
I shake my head. “No, nope. What if something happens to him, Melissa? I only just got him back.”
Her mouth drops as she places the bottle back onto the bar. “I guess this is their life, babe. It’s dangerous and life threatening. Are you going to be okay with it?”
Running my tongue over my dry lips, I shrug. “I don’t know. But I do know that I want him, and it comes with the package, so I guess I will have to learn to live with it.”
The creaking of the rust ridden doors sound out with Jada rushing up to us, pushing through the bikers from another chapter who rode down to help out with the aftermath.
Standing from the bar, I wipe my sweat-ridden palms over my pants and make my way toward her. Her face drops, wiping a single tear off her cheek.
“What?” I say, slowing my walk. My heart thuds in my chest in deep, shallow beats and I draw in a deep breath.
“They’ve got him.” All the air leaves my body and my knees wobble from under me.
“They’ve got who?” I whisper, wrapping my arms around myself.
“Beast. They’ve got him and they let the rest of boys walk. Bar one…” she whispers, squeezing her eyes closed.
“Why would he stay?” I yell, turning in my step and walking over to the bar to grab my bag.
“Meadow, we just have to wait for the boys to get here. Nyx didn’t make it out, we need to see what’s going on. It just doesn’t add up, Beast and Hella? They’re fucking Einstein’s in the biker world. There’s no way they would’ve let this happen, surely?” She breaths out, taking a seat on the barstool.
“Nyx didn’t make it?” Melissa whispers, tears streaming down her cheek.
I forgot all about her and Nyx becoming close.
“I’m sorry, Melissa. I don’t know what was going on there, but Nyx was a good guy, he didn’t deserve to go out like that.”
Melissa picks up the bottle, wrapping her lips around the rim and drops half the liquid down the rabbit hole in one go.
“Jada,” I warn, my eyes bugging out. “I’m not letting him sit in there by himself.”
“Meadow, what are you going to do? Just sit down and wait for the guys. I want to hear what’s going on.”
“What if it’s nothing,” I yell, standing from the stool and swinging my bag over my shoulder. “What if…” I whisper to her, “…he dies, Jada.”
She swallows, her eyebrows creasing as she peers back at me. “He won’t. He can’t. This is Beast, he’s indestructible.”
“Wake up, Jada, he’s also human. It doesn’t take much to kill a human.” Turning on my feet, I walk to the doors, tears surfacing in my eyes with my heavy heart thumping to the beat of the soles of my feet while they pound the dirt ridden ground.
Pushing open the door, I stop in my tracks when I see the mass of bikes pull up with the van following behind them. Wiping my eyes roughly, I scan the front to see Beast’s bike, but with Hella riding on it instead. My stomach drops and more tears stream down my cheeks. Gripping onto my chest, I move to Hella.
“Where were you?” I yell, fisting his cut.
“Calm down, Meadow. Come inside so we can explain.”