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Rubble wiped blood from his mouth, his eyes fierce. “They jumped us in the tower. Two prospects are still out. I fought them, but they had more muscle than we did.” He shook his head. “I’m sorry, Doc. This is my fault.”
“How did they get in?” Reaper asked.
By now the entire Macha crew stood in the driveway, rain spitting on them. They exchanged glances, no one uttering a word. The fact that another MC infiltrated their haven unsettled every last one of them.
Finally, Klink piped up. “Where’s Shovelhead?”
Each member perused the group, but their VP was nowhere to be found.
“Is he with a nymph?” Hawk asked.
Dolly shook her head. “The girls and I searched the house with Queenie. He wasn’t there.”
Reaper let out a low growl and pulled out his gun again. “That’s how the Twelve got in so easily. They had an inside man.”
Adrenaline coursed through Doc’s body, but he tampered the urge to body-slam someone. He couldn’t lose control.
“The Twelve Brothers won’t kill her,” Rubble stated, stepping into the middle of the group. “She’s too important.”
He nodded, no words forming to fit the situation. Losing Isa would destroy him. He wouldn’t let it come to that. “What do we do?”
Reaper exchanged a glance with his sergeant. “They’ll contact us soon with their demands,” the president stated. “Rubble’s right. Isa is too important to harm.”
“Klink, Cueball, search the lodge and make sure it’s airtight. I don’t want another motherfucker sneaking in here ever again,” Rubble shouted. “Hawk, check on the kids you brought in and make sure the old ladies are taken through the north tunnel to the safe house on the other side of the mountain. Take a prospect with you to stay there with them until you’re relieved.”
Reaper pulled Doc aside while Rubble barked orders. When push came to shove, the big man wasn’t to be trifled with, and they all knew it.
“Are you okay?”
Doc shot him an incredulous glare. “Am I okay? How the fuck do you think I am? My club failed tonight.” He broke away from Reaper and ran his hands through his hair. “Our VP sold us out, and for what? We don’t know.” He shook his head, face screwed. “And I might lose… Macha might lose their first client ever, and under my watch too. She was mine to protect, and I failed her.”
Reaper sighed and laid a fatherly hand on his shoulder. “I know what Isa means to you. Hell, she means a lot to all of us, but we can’t let emotions drive us tonight. Isa needs us to figure this out. That won’t happen if your heart controls your actions.”
Lifting warring eyes, Doc saw the shimmer in the other man’s gaze. He wasn’t the only one in pain. The betrayal of a brother cut the deepest.
“I’m sorry. It won’t happen again.”
“Yes it will, but for now, keep it together.” Reaper offered a small smile. “You’ll get Isa back, and Macha will get revenge.”
Doc watched his brothers disperse to ready themselves.
The Twelve Brothers brought their battle from Ireland to the States. Macha would end the war. He’d make sure of it.
35
Isa
A bright beamof light woke Isa. Lifting her hand to stop the intrusion, she slowly opened her eyes. Head pounding, she struggled to sit up. It hurt more than her binge weekend after graduating university. “What the bloody hell happened?”
Eyes finally open, she looked around the small room. It held a twin-sized bed, the four walls cement. The only sound was the rush of blood through her veins. In an instant, her memory flooded back to her. The power outage. The spilled water bottle. The clammy hands over her mouth. The familiar face. She quickly stood and winced at the pain.
“Well, you took your sweet-ass time waking up,” a rough voice stated from the door.
Isa whirled around and gasped when she read the name on his leather cut. “Shovelhead?”
The short man stepped fully into the room and crossed his tattooed arms over his chest. He hadn’t even had the decency to remove his Macha vest. “The one and only.”
“It was you.” She shook her head and backed up against the wall, finally placing the man from her abduction. The cool slab did nothing to alleviate the heat coursing through her at the blatant disregard of Macha. “But you’re VP. Why would you do this?”
