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“Darlin’, I know you’re worried about her, but there’s nothing we can do until we get something to go on,” Viper states, wrapping his arm around Jade’s smaller body.
I can’t help but clench my teeth, realizing they’re talking about Rosemary. A while ago, I fucked up where she was concerned. I’d just gotten my patch and was all about the pussy. One of the nights Jade brought her friend to the clubhouse, I sweet-talked her into my bed, spent the night fucking her, and showed her the door the next morning. What was worse was when she’d come to the clubhouse after that without Jade, that’s when I fucked up and went off the deep end rather than asking what was obvious. This, of course, earned me a slap in the face that I well deserved.
Now, she’s missing and has been for months now without a trace. How the woman up and vanished is bullshit. No one should be able to disappear the way she did. Not even Rex, her boss and roommate, knew where she went.
“I know, but it’s been months. This isn’t like her, and you know it.” Jade fusses and has this look on her face that isn’t quite right. Like she knows something. “We have to find her.”
“Jade, darlin’, we’re doing what we can. There’s not much more we can do right now. Nerd’s working on it. Vulture’s at it. Hell, we’ve got word out that we’re looking for her,” Viper explains, stepping away from her and taking a seat on the stool by me. He motions to Chrome, one of the prospects who came with us, for a beer and gives his attention back to Jade. “Promise, we’ll find her.”
“But . . . it might be too late,” Jade whispers and draws her bottom lip between her teeth.
Viper tenses next to me. “What do you mean by that, Jade?” he demands. The man loves his woman. Would do anything for her. I’m sure he’d give her the world if he could.
“It’s just that . . . well,” she sighs and brushes a hand through her hair in frustration, “Rosemary’s dad and brother have gotten word of her missing, and they’re pissed.”
“They have a right to be pissed, but what do you mean it might be too late?”
That’s what I’d like to know as well.
“Rosemary swore me to secrecy when we first met,” Jade states and starts pacing. “You know we’re both from Colorado. I mean, Jensen’s the VP there, but I promised Rosie that I’d never tell anyone about her family. She left to get away from them. They allowed it because they know her. Know she blames them for the loss of her mom.”
“Get to the point, darlin’,” Viper grunts, waving his hand in a rolling motion.
“Rosemary’s dad is the former President of a club called Reckless Souls MC. Her brother is now the President.”
I stare at the other woman like she’d grown two heads.
“I get you promised her, Jade, but this is information I think you should have shared with me,” Viper grinds out.
“I know, and I wanted to, but now it doesn’t matter.” She lets out a heavy breath and shakes her head. “Doesn’t matter because Big and Cobra have also started looking for her. Her dad, Big, well, he’s on his way here. He was going to go to Stonewall Mills, but he’s now on his way here.”
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
“This isn’t good,” I remark.
“Jade,” Viper growls, “this is something you should have told us when she first went missing.”
“I’m sorry,” she whimpers, lip wobbling and tears pricking her eyes. “I just didn’t know what to do. It’s not like she’s close with them. She doesn’t even talk to either of them. I didn’t think.”
I stare at her, seeing the sincerity in her eyes as my Prez sighs heavily. Even I know Jade isn’t one for crying. She’s sweet and shy, but she also has a damn backbone made of steel. With all the shit she’d been through herself, this move was supposed to be like a fresh start, for her and my VP’s woman. Several of us came from the original charter. A few from each of the other charters to make up this one.
I got to admit it was a damn good move, and I was honored to have been voted in as the Sergeant at Arms for this charter.
“We’ll find her, darlin’,” Viper states, drawing Jade toward him. “Is there anything else we don’t know that could help with this shit?”
“No, not that I can think of.”
The way her expression drops, I believe her.
“When do you expect Rosemary’s dad to be here?” I ask. I’d heard of the Reckless Souls MC. They’re not your typical club. From the talk I’ve heard, they’re pretty much contracted killers. I wouldn’t want to cross them. To think Rosemary is the daughter of the man who was once President of said club is mind-boggling. Then again, it would explain why she was always fighting.
Rosemary didn’t just work at the gym, she trained there. Boxed and taught at it. She also would get in the ring against others. I’d seen her a time or two, and she’s damn good.
“He said soon,” Jade answers. “I didn’t know what he meant by that. Just that he was coming straight here.”
“Fuck,” I grunt and look at Viper. “You ever heard of the Reckless Souls MC?”
“Yeah,” he grinds out. “This isn’t a good thing. Get Vulture and tell him I want his ass on this. Last thing we need is a war on our hands. We just got down here, and we’re working on establishing our territory here.”
