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“Please, be gentle. You’ll hurt him more.” Jez… her pleading tone pushed some of the fog away.
“What do you care, bitch? Your daddy is a stupid fucker to think we won’t hurt the messenger just because she’s a female. And a club princess at that.” The menace in Gunner’s voice had me opening my eyes instantly and the sight before me pissed me off.
Jez was stood, her back against the wall of our club, her hands tied together at the wrist in front of her. Gunner had a hand pressed against her chest holding her steady.
“Get your fucking hands off her,” I growled, wriggling free of the arms that were holding my weight and dropping to the ground of the parking lot.
“Fuck,” Beans crouched and grappled for my arms to lift me again.
I batted him away. “I can manage.” I glared at Gunner. “Untie her. Right. The. Fuck. Now.”
“Rooster! Calm the hell down. They’re following protocol,” Ink, my prez, stated as he walked out the front doors. “Gunner, do as he says.” Ink eyed Jez clearly assessing whether she’d be a threat or not. “You’re not gonna cause us any bother are you?”
“No. I’m not here as a messenger, I’m here as a friend of Remy’s.”
“Who the fuck is Remy?” Gunner asked, glancing around the carpark as though he was looking for someone else.
“Me, you dumb shit. And she isn’t my friend, she’s my woman.”
Now I knew she was carrying my baby I was claiming her as my old lady. Hell, I would’ve claimed her, baby or not. I’d long ago fallen for her and making her mine officially was the only logical next step. The fact that I knew she was a Vultures MC Princess changed nothing, it only gave me an extra obstacle or two to get her to be mine.
Ink held the door open and waved us all in. “You better get your arses in here.” He shook his head. “Screwing around with the Vultures Princess. I don’t blame Blaze for doing that to you.” He gave me a wide-eyed stare. “You know if anyone from any other MC touches Ria or Laci they wouldn’t be walking away. And it wouldn’t stop there, our anger would make bullets rain down on their club.”
He turned his attention to Jez. “Should I be preparing for your Prez to come here all guns blazing?”
Jez wrung her hands together in front of her. It was a nervous gesture I’d never seen her do before and the sight had me worried. Ignoring my pain, I stepped up to her and placed my hand over hers stilling them. “Hey. It’s okay, Sweetness.” I flicked my eyes to Ink. “No, there’ll be no fallback. We’re family now, since she’s pregnant.”
“Oh Fuck!” Ink ran a hand over his face. “I need a damn drink.”
The prospect behind the bar jumped to attention at Ink’s words and made quick work of pouring enough drinks for all of us. After downing my own, I grabbed the one he’d poured for Jez and downed that too.
“So, you’ve brought our MC’s together? Jesus. We’ll have to take this to the table. There’s gonna be payment.” Ink eyed me warily. “Maybe after you’ve had a few days to recover from Blaze’s beating. How could you jump in a Vultures bed? I always thought you were loyal to the club. To me.”
“Remy didn’t know. He thought I was just a stripper at Poochies.” Jez announced, even though I was squeezing her hand warningly hoping to stop her.
Ink offered her a raised brow. “And pray tell, what was he doing in Poochies anyway, since we have strict rules about staying out of Vultures territory?” His question made me frown since I’d told him weeks ago I’d followed Laci there, I couldn’t help but wonder if he was somehow testing Jez.
The door burst open, and my sister practically ran into Beans. He steadied her before she rebounded off his hard chest. “Rooster’s been—”
“I’m here.”
I knew she’d seen me being shoved into the van at Poochies, I’d heard her screaming my name. But we’d been at the Vultures compound for a while, so I’d assumed she would’ve gotten here before us if she’d wanted to get me help. As I weighed her up, I noticed she was still wearing her Poochies uniform but as my eyes roamed her face, I spotted something that boiled my blood. She had the beginnings of a black eye.
“Who the fuck hit you?” I asked at the same time Beans asked his own question.
“Why the fuck are you wearing that?”
Laci’s eyes filled with tears as she glanced between us all, clearly overwhelmed with all eyes on her.
“It’s okay, little sis.” I opened my arms in welcome. “Come here.” She stepped into my embrace without question and sobbed against my chest. Everything hurt but nothing would stop me comforting my sister when she was crying.
“When I saw them take you…I thought…” she lifted her head to look up at me. “I thought I’d never see you again. And it was all my fault that you were there in the first place.” She buried her face against my chest making my broken ribs smart. “I’m so sorry, Rem.”
I smoothed a hand over her hair. “That first night, I was there for you, but you explained your reasons and I was willing to give you the freedom you asked for. Any other time I went to Poochies it was because of Jez.”
Lace looked up at me with a frown. “Jez?”
“Me,” Jez spoke up beside me drawing Laci’s attention.
