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Her eyes flutter open, lock with mine and then Maverick’s, who has climbed in behind me. Looking between us, tears fill her eyes, but I see her body sag in relief that we are here; she knows that she is safe.
“Baby, what happened?” I question.
“Fuck, Cal, she needs to be seen before she can answer any fucking questions,” Maverick snaps at me.
Turning to glare at him, I keep Darcy’s cold hand in mine.
“I know she needs to be treated, but I still have a job to do. It is fresh in her mind right now. Any information I can get will help us get this fucker.”
“Honey, it is okay. I want to tell you both.” Her voice is weak and I fucking hate it.
“I’m sorry, baby.”
“Sheriff.” I turn to see one of my deputies at the doors. “We have security footage from around the shop, and across the street. I will review it and go from there, but it looks like we are looking for one assailant.”
I look to Darcy and she nods in agreement.
“Good. Lock this place down. Gather everything that we need. I want this fucker caught as soon as possible. He hurt our woman,” I snarl, and Maverick tenses next to me.
“You know we will find this bastard, Cal. Take care of your girl and I will update you when we know something.”
He leaves and the paramedic closes the doors, but not before I see Magnum and Sarge nod to Maverick.
On the way to the hospital Darcy fills us in on what happened. Damn, she must have been so scared. My anger built the more she told us; this fucker is a crazy bastard and it sounds like he is suffering from some kind of mental disorder and needs help.
I think if the club finds him first, they will kill him without a second thought. Hints have been dropped that they have taken that path when absolutely necessary, but nothing was ever directly confessed.
When we arrive at the hospital, they rush Darcy back to get her seen and treated, and force Maverick and me to sit in the waiting room for news.
“I fucking hate that we weren’t there to protect her.” I pace back and forth, my hands rotating between running through my hair and gripping the back of my neck.
“We didn’t know this would happen, Cal. We can’t be with her twenty-four-seven. She has a fucking life and a business to run. Just like we do. From what she told us this was some tweaker who needed money for his next fix. Fuck knows whenever that would happen,” he says stepping in front of me, stopping my pacing.
“I hate that she got hurt, babe,” I whisper.
Pulling me into his body, he holds me tight. My arms wrap around his waist and we stand in the middle of the waiting room, holding each other as we wait for news on our woman. His scent of sandalwood and oil soaks into my senses and I start to relax, but I know that I won’t be able to fully feel settled until I know how Darcy is and this cunt who attacked her is caught.
“The club is here,” Calder says from his seat by the window.
“Maverick,” comes a deep voice from behind me.
Turning in Maverick’s arms, I see the whole club step into the room, and I am thankful that there were only two people here when we arrived because now the club is taking up the entire room.
His father and mother step in first, with everyone behind them. His parents come to us, Estelle pulling him in for a hug, while Sarge grips my shoulder in a supportive manner. I nod to him, then Estelle is pulling me into her body, hugging me, and fuck me, the tears fall freely.
My own damn family didn’t want me, yet this family, this club, has taken me as one of their own without question. Estelle cups my face and gives me a reassuring smile.
“Darcy will be okay. She is a tough girl; hell, she needs to be to put up with you two boys.”
“Hey, I am a fucking delight to be around,” Maverick cries out.
She waves him off, but with a smile on her face.
“Your mother is right, Son. Darcy will be okay. So will Kady. Her folks are on their way; Tree called them.”
“Do you know anything other than it was one cunt who hurt the girls?” Magnum asks.
Shaking my head, I reply, “My deputies are on it. They will update me as soon as they know something.”
