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“Let’s focus, though. I thought to myself, that’s a lot of money. And then I thought of you and that team of yours. The two of us together could make a ton of easy money. You guys will be the brains, we’ll be the muscle, and between us, we’ll bring home the green. But then I called and called, and you never called me back, so I did what I had to do to get your attention.”
“Everyone knows how close you are to Redemption.” The guy who spoke dragged a knife down Boomerang’s cheek, and blood welled out. “And that one of your women is related to these two.” He jerked his head in Midas’s direction, and I itched reach for my gun, to wrap my finger around the trigger and shoot him. I didn’t care about who he was or who would miss him. He’d signed his death warrant by mentioning my woman.
“We didn’t mean to make an enemy out of Redemption, but you gave me no choice. The things my club could do with ten million dollars.” Corven’s eyes glistened with madness and glee.
So. Fucking. Stupid. He actually thought he could use us to force Betty to work with him. Betty couldn’t be forced to do anything. And after eight years of being bossed around by government types, I’d bet money that Peyton and her girls were even less likely to cooperate.
“No.” As soon as Betty said the word, the atmosphere in the room shifted, the barely restrained violence growing so thick it was hard to breathe. “In case you were dropped on your head too many times as a child, I will spell it out for you. Blackmailing me and my team with our loved ones was a mistake.”
Corven sneered. “I will keep them as insurance until we get our money. I already made the call to tell that rich fucker we were going to find her. He’s on his way.” Dad tensed next to me, and Paul placed his hand on his gun, but Wolf stayed cool and calm as ever.
The three men went to stand behind Midas, Spade, and Boomerang and pointed their guns at my brother’s heads.
Corven cocked his head and gave her agotchasmirk. “You wanna reconsider?”
The wall to the right of us exploded, and the room filled with dust seconds before a flashbang grenade rendered me deaf and blind. Betty was the only one who’d known to duck and cover her ears.
The cavalry was here.
Squeezing my eyes shut, I crawled back toward where I thought the door was, and I was shocked when I made it out safely. My senses slowly started coming back to me. My ears were still ringing, and my vision was peppered with colorful spots, but I could manage.
I was still on my knees when Corven and another brother bolted out of the room, bouncing off the walls on their way out.
No fucking way.Neither of those assholes were getting away. Especially not Corven. I had a score to settle with that bastard.
I chased them out of the house, gaining on them with each step. By the time I caught up, we were almost to the forest. With one big heave, I tackled them both to the ground. We rolled into trees, throwing wild kicks and punches that mostly missed their targets.
I got one good connection, loving the way I smashed my fist into Corven’s face. The other guy tried to kick me, but I was the better fighter and easily dodged it. A hard kick sent the guy flying backward into a tree, giving me enough time to scramble to my feet.
But not enough time to grab my gun.
Completely unarmed, I stared down the barrel of Corven’s gun. My hand went to my holster only to find it empty. Corven got to his feet from where he kneeled on the ground.
I shifted on my stance, ready to throw myself behind the closest tree. “Don’t fucking move,” Corven growled. The other guy was back on his feet now too, shakily pointing his gun at my head like he’d never aimed at a person before.
“I’ve been waiting for the chance to put you and Redemption in their place.” Corven’s finger twitched on the trigger.
I bent my knees, but gunshots went off before I could leap. I braced myself for the pain and opened my eyes, wanting to see the world around me before I left it.
The two men still pointed their guns at me, but their mouths were open, their eyes wide with shock as their knees buckled, and they toppled face-first onto the ground.
I blinked and tried to understand what I was seeing. When I lifted my eyes off the bodies, Peyton was there, gun in hand, staring down at them. She walked over and kicked Corven in the ribs, snapping me out of my stupor.
I threw her over my shoulder and jogged back to my bike, all the while praying she didn’t shoot me too.
ChapterSixteen
REAPER
Holy shit.
Holyfuckingshit.
The words played in a loop in my head. There had to be a way to help Peyton out of the mess she’d gotten herself in. Where did I even start? I thought there was going to be no death tonight.
I might have had a problem with that decree at first, but when I pushed past my thirst for vengeance, I’d agreed with the reasoning. And it was all shot to hell.
Peyton hadn’t only killed a Hell’s Spawn member. She killed thepresident. He may have been psychotic, but he was their leader. There would be blowback.
