Wild Ride(The Soldiers of Wrath MC, 7)(30)

“Here, brother,” a Patch said, but Vengeance was too lost in what was happening to know which brother it was who handed him the knife. He grabbed Craig’s chin, forced the fucker to look at him and bared his teeth.

“You should have walked away. But taking my woman, hurting her, doing the unthinkable things you would have done to her, signed your death warrant.”

And then he slid the blade into Craig’s gut.

Vengeance took pleasure in stabbing the motherfucker over and over again, blood covering his hand and chest and splattering on the ground like some grisly massacre. Vengeance pulled the blade out, blood dripping from the now red-stained weapon.

He saw Weasel on the other side of the room, this sadistic smile on the fucker’s face. Weasel liked violence, loved delivering it as well as watching it.

The sound Craig made was one of his lungs filling up, his body shutting down. Vengeance bared his teeth, stabbed the fucker once more, and twisted the blade one last time as the life faded from this motherfucker’s eyes.

Silence filled the room when Craig gave one more stuttering breath.

Vengeance moved back, stared at the piece of shit that wouldn’t ever hurt Constance again, and felt … relief. “Time to bury this fucker six feet under.”





25





One week later



Constance stared in the mirror at her face, which had a bandage where Craig had hit her. And when she’d hit the tub she had a gash on the side of her face, one that had opened clean up, and would definitely leave a mark. She reached out, touching the pristine white bandage and wondered what the damage would be when it was all said and done.

She’d woken up just a few hours ago. But a week had passed, and she was trying to move on, enjoy her life, even if knowing that Vengeance and his biker brothers had killed Craig was hard to process at times.

When someone cleared their throat, she turned to find Demon standing with his arms folded. “Hey,” he said.

“Hi,” she said, staring at the big biker. Vengeance was due back any moment.

“Deanna said you were in here and I wanted to check on you.”

“I’m fine. Really, I’m fine.”

“I wanted to apologize.”

“What for?”

“My woman adores you. She thinks you’re wonderful, and I do as well. My kid loves you, and the club does as well. We should have been there sooner, and not let that fucker hurt you.”

She nodded, and while she did she felt like a crazy person. “I’m fine. I got through it. There’s nothing to worry about.” She released a breath. “Kind of sucks though. I wish I could have killed him myself.” She rubbed her temple and frowned. “It’s just … it’s always the quiet ones, right? God, it makes me sick to my stomach.”

“You never knew Craig that well?”

“No, I didn’t. To be honest, before my parents’ death I didn’t even know he existed. Does that make me a bad person?”

“I didn’t know Deanna existed until I knew her. With regards to Craig, I would count myself lucky that you didn’t know him before you did. Guy was a serious sick fuck. Did you know he had blood samples in his place?”

“Blood samples?” Constance asked, frowning.

“Yeah, your blood. He had some. I don’t even want to know how he got it, but like I said, he was a seriously sick person.”

“That is just the grossest thing I have ever heard.” She covered her mouth.

“Believe me, he was completely obsessed with you. Your clothes were there. I think even some of your trash was there as well. You dodged a bullet.”

“But he killed my family and my fiancé, Brando.” She sighed. “It’s sad, and painful because I think to myself that I shouldn’t be upset but then I can’t help it. He died and he didn’t need to. Craig’s sick obsession killed him.”

“Did you love him?”

“Brando? I cared about him. A lot. He’s all I knew. I thought I loved him, but he wasn’t the man for me. I love Vengeance with all my heart. I will be by his side, and I will support this club. I promise you,” she said, wrapping her arms around herself. “You’re probably fed up with me.”

“Not at all. You’re a good person, and I know for a fact that Vengeance loves you.”

She smiled. “I love him as well.” Her feelings for Vengeance filled her with so much happiness. “I knew he’d come for me. I never had a single doubt that he would be there.”

“If there is ever anything that you need, just let me know.”

She watched as Demon left the bathroom, and she released a sigh. There was nothing anyone could do. Ever since Vengeance had put Craig to the ground, he hadn’t been around all that much, and that hurt her heart more than anything else.