Page 22 of Cage's Downfall

Cage let the body slump to the floor and turned to look at me. “These men distributed the footage of your sister.” He glared at me. “You should be fucking into torturing them,” he said while he holstered his gun. He said this with a coldness that you’d only see in a serial killer’s eyes.

I had seen it the night he killed the man from the gym. Scared me then. And it was scaring me now.

He shouldered past me. Did he think I didn’t want revenge on these bastards? He was wrong. I did. But I wasn’t into torture. And I hadn’t been pushed to the point to end a man’s life- but I knew that wouldn’t always be the case.

When you ride for this club, you die for this club. Which means, your soul dies as soon as you take the first life in the name of the club. I knew that. The only problem I had with Cage’s actions was, the club didn’t order him to do this drive by or kill these two men.

He had done that on his own. I looked at the two bodies and I had no idea the amount of lives that would end from the chaos that was Cage’s and Autumn’s love.

Chapter 13

Autumn

Hawk and I watched the game, he was a tad distant, but I knew that was because of how I had treated him the past few months. I had to go through my process on my own. The game was coming to an end when my phone rang.

I just answered it not looking at the caller ID.

“Hello?” I said, my eyes on the television watching the score.

“I need you here now.”

I pulled the phone from my ear. Jacob.

“What do you want Jacob?” My attention was on the game.

“You need to come here now! I just said that!” He snapped at me.

“Where and why?”

“Cage’s is… has gone… just come to the club house.”

I sat up on the couch. “Cage is or has what?” I wanted Jacob to finish his fucking sentence!

“Cage hasn’t had a great night and is currently blowing up at everyone here,” he hissed into the phone like it was my fault. “His temper is out of control and I only know one person that can calm him down. YOU!”

“So you want me to come there, to deal with Cage in a bad mood? You are joking right? As if I want to put up with him in a bad mood! He will just snap at me!”

“You are the reason he is in this bad mood!”

“Then I really don’t want to come.” How was this my fault?

“Autumn!” he growled. “Get your ass here and calm down your man before someone fucking dies by his hands again tonight.”

My expression dropped. “What do you mean again?” But Jacob hung up. Leaving me in a position where I had to go to the clubhouse.

What had Cage in such a bad mood? Yesterday or last night he was fine. Now, Jacob was making it sound like he was causing a riot at the club.

“I have to head home,” I said to Hawk. “Jacob demanded it.”

“You never usually listened to him.”

I nodded my head. “Trying to change bad habits.” I paused in the doorway. “Will I be seeing you back at the club soon?”

He shrugged and I felt immediately guilty.

“I hope you come back soon. The place isn’t the same without you,” I said before leaving. Knowing very well I was leaving a shell of a man behind.

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