Page 110 of Tempest’s Torment

"No!" I fight harder and the chair shifts beneath me. "Kai won't come alone."

"I'm counting on it."

I shake my head. "You don't know them."

"I know enough."

"You think they're going to walk in here and let you do whatever the fuck you want?"

"No." Evan steps back. "I think Kai will."

My stomach drops, because Evan has planned for that too, whatever happens when the Saints get here, he believes he can get Kai into this room, alone, and suddenly getting rescued isn't the thing I'm praying for.

I'm praying Kai stays the fuck away.

I hear them before Marcus does. At first, it's distant enough that I think I'm imagining it. An engine, and then another, then more. My head lifts from where it's resting against the back of the chair just as Marcus looks over. The sound gets louder, more engines join in until I can't tell how many there are, only that there are a lot.

Motorcycles.

My heart slams against my ribs.

Kai.

Marcus crosses the room and grabs the phone I’ve worked out is connected to cameras.

Evan doesn't move but he smiles, that horrific, sadistic smile that I’ve seen so many times in my nightmares.

The rumble grows louder, filling the silence outside until I can feel it through the floorboards.

The Saint’s Outlaws; they're coming.

Bike after bike coming up the road; relief hits me so hard my eyes burn. He's here, Kai found me. Of course, he fucking found me. Then I remember the sign, and the listening device, and Evan telling me he wanted Kai to come.

My relief disappears as quickly as it came.

Marcus is staring at the camera feed. "Jesus Christ."

Evan glances over. "What?"

Marcus doesn't answer. The first engine cuts outside, then another, and another. One after another until the roar that filled the house starts disappearing. There are so many it takes several seconds for the last bike to go quiet.

Marcus looks at Evan. "You said he'd come."

"He did."

"You said he'd come."

Evan's smile returns. "What's your point?"

Marcus turns the phone toward him. "He brought the whole fucking club."

Something twists in my chest. Kai didn't come alone, he brought his brothers just as I knew he would.

Marcus looks at the screen again. "They're spreading out."

Evan walks toward the window but Marcus catches his arm. "Did you hear me? They're surrounding the fucking house." Evan looks down at his hand and Marcus lets go. "This isn't what you told me was going to happen."

For the first time since I found out they're brothers, Marcus looks scared, but not for himself, for Evan.