Page 147 of Ethan's Sky

“Yeah.”

“How did you know that man’s name is Spider?” She shuffles her legs, and I drop my hand.

“He killed my father.” Her gasp echoes throughout the empty room.

The door flings open, and a light turns on, and in walks Goon number two. Lilah scoots closer to me, snuggling herself up to my side, whimpering with fear.

He’s not very big. His blonde hair is long and greasy looking. He eyes us both with a salacious grin. I tilt my head taking in the way he struggles to walk a little. Might have something to do with those bruised ribs he should be sporting after the sparring match we had outside the arena. I didn’t do enough to break anything, but flipping his ass over my shoulder onto the asphalt couldn’t have felt too good.

I smile internally at the thought.

“Look at you two, becoming friends.” He snarls. “Shame I need to take your little friend here upstairs for a few minutes, but don’t worry, I’ll be back for you shortly.”

He stalks forward, Lilah curls in on herself, and I move to shield her with my own body.

“Let’s go you little bitch!” He shouts, reaching for her arm. I kick out, hitting him in the knee, knocking him off balance.

“Fuck! You, fucking cunt!” He runs at me. I throw my arms up to block my face and a booted foot comes down on my ribs knocking the wind out of me. I turn my head, gasping to catch my breath and a fist comes at me. Then everything gets blurry, and nausea bubbles up inside me.

“Noooo!” Lilah is screaming out, her voice getting further away. I get to my feet, my head spinning, my eyes fuzzy. Goon two backhands me in the face, and the hit is enough to knock my already wobbly ass to the ground. Seconds later, the door closes, the lock clicks and a screaming Lilah is on the other side.

I did it again. I couldn’t protect her

42

ETHAN

It’s been hours since Skyler disappeared, and we are finally mobilizing and headed out to get back what’s mine.

Vincenzo’s contact with the tracking system had a hard time locking onto the signal. Matteo did warn it was a prototype, which means we could be going on a fucking wild goose chase, but with nothing else to go on, no leads, we have no choice.

Turns out, Spider’s grandfather owned an old house in the woods between Devil’s Canyon and Oak Ridge. The blueprints Hawk was able to pull up show a small house, with a basement or maybe a cellar downstairs which is where we believe the girls are being held.

Matteo had us follow him into town to a storage unit facility. The place lies between an old diner and a strip mall that’s half vacant. The place looks destitute, which is precisely why the guns we’re currently strapping up with are kept here.

“Take what you can carry. We don’t know what we’re walking into or how many may be waiting for us.” Gabe instructs.

“I want Pop and Gus with me in one SUV. Jake and Mack in the second. Ethan, Hawk, and Jameson in the third. Eli you and your men ride out ahead and get a lay of the land. Park down the road so we don’t tip them off. You go in through the back. We’ll take the front.”

Eli and his men leave off in a hurry. A few minutes later we load up and get on the road behind them.

Jameson is driving our SUV after spewing some bullshit about me being too high strung to operate a vehicle safely. What-the-fuck-ever. I’m pissed and sure my mind is a little all over the map, but I wouldn’t risk my brothers lives by being careless.

My mind is bombarded with images of Skyler tied and beaten. Her clothes torn and her body used and abused like Emily’s was. It’s making it hard to breathe.

“Yo!” Hawk shouts. “Ethan. You good?”

“No, I’m not good. Of course I’m not fucking good. My girl’s been taken by the same psychopath who killed her father. The same psycho who holds her responsible for things evenshedoesn’t know about. The same person who wants to take out our entire fucking club, and we’re headed right to him, giving him exactly what he wanted. The whole fucking club!”

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First, we are going to get Skyler back. You saw the security feed. He didn’t take her she went willingly which means even she believes we’re coming to get her. So, get your head out of your ass and back on your shoulders, because your fucking woman is counting on you.” Jameson chastises.

“Second, he may think he’s going to take out the entire club, but the idiot underestimates who we have on our side. They have no idea the skill sets we bring to the table. Shit, Mack alone should scare the motherfucker.”

“Well, he knows who Ghost is and that didn’t deter him from fucking up his business.” I snap, still not able to calm my damn nerves.

“Ah, see that’swhyhe attacked Glitz and Tass. Ghost has a reputation and Spider needed Ghost to be distracted, to stay home. He’s the threat they didn’t want to come to the party.” Hawk explains and Jameson seems to agree.

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