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“Who are the others you mentioned?”I asked.
“Hackers with the other clubs.Wire is with Dixie Reapers, Shade is part of Devil’s Boneyard, Outlaw is with Devil’s Fury, and Shield is a Reckless King.”Teller reached over and patted my hand.“Don’t worry, Luciana.They know what they’re doing.”
Spider walked forward to meet with my father, reaching out to shake his hand.I noticed several other men standing alongside of him, each with a cut from one of the clubs Teller had just mentioned.Were those the other presidents?If they were, I didn’t understand what it meant for all of them to be here.Another figure approached and I stifled my gasp when I recognized Casper VanHorne, the man I’d thought was working with my dad until Spider had told me otherwise.
Everything seemed to happen in slow motion, but I watched in horror as Pedro pulled a gun and fired it at one of the presidents.After that, everyone was shooting at someone.With more bikers than Colombians, it didn’t take long for Spider and the others to get the upper hand.Or so I’d thought.Ricardo smiled, blood smeared across his teeth, and said something to the men.A man from Devil’s Boneyard and Devil’s Fury both froze and shared a look.
“What’s going on?”I asked.
“No clue, and I’m not leaving you here alone in order to go find out.”
“I wasn’t even needed.I haven’t left the car.”
Teller smiled.“Your father’s men looked this way a few times so they knew you were present.Probably thought you’d walk out to them all docile and shit.I don’t think any of them planned to get shot today.”
“Roll down the window or something.I want to know what’s going on.”
Teller gave me a pointed look then cracked the window a tiny bit, but it was enough to hear since we were so close.
“You had someone take my wife?”the Devil’s Boneyard man asked before bursting out into laughter.
“You’re so fucked,” said the guy from Devil’s Fury.
“What’s going on?”I asked Teller.
He snickered.“Your father’s men took Jordan.She’s the wife of the Sergeant at Arms for Devil’s Boneyard, and she’s batshit fucking crazy.Marched her pregnant ass to Colombia to save her man from what I hear.I think they bit off more than they can chew this time.”
“We’ll get Jordan back, and if she leaves any of your men alive, we’ll take care of them,” said an older man from Devil’s Boneyard.
“That’s Cinder.”Teller pointed to the man.“He’s their President.”
“Wait.Something isn’t right.”I squinted to try and see on the other side of my father’s jet.I sucked in a breath and my eyes widened in horror when I realized what was about to happen.“We’re all going to die.”
Teller jerked his head my way.“What?”
I pointed, my hand trembling.
A dark figure moved closer to the group, something propped on his shoulder.
“Holy shit!Is that a grenade launcher?”Teller scrambled for the handle on the SUV door, throwing it open.“Everyone run!”
Spider spun our way, saw my frantic look, and rotated back toward the Colombians.He must have seen the man approaching because he turned and started running toward me.Teller slammed his door shut and threw the SUV into gear.I screamed for him to wait as Spider drew closer.My husband was mere feet away when Teller had the tires squealing on the SUV and rocketed through the parking lot, away from the man I loved and everyone who had tried to save me.
I sobbed and fought the seatbelt in an effort to turn and see what was happening.An explosion made my ears ring, but Teller just seemed to go faster.He left the airstrip but I couldn’t see through the tears to be able to tell where we were going.I just knew we were leaving Spider, and I had no idea if he was alive or not.
Another explosion sounded and I cried harder.Teller whipped the SUV out into traffic and floored it.In a matter of minutes, we were on the interstate and seemed to be heading south.Teller grabbed his phone and quickly dialed someone.
“Rocket, get Violeta the hell out of there.I’m taking Luciana to the Dixie Reapers.”He paused.“I don’t know.They could all be dead right now.”
I moaned and frantically motioned for Teller to pull over.The SUV came to a jerking halt on the shoulder of the road, just in time for me to open the door and throw up.I heaved until nothing was left in my stomach, then shut the door.Teller grabbed my hand and gave it a squeeze before he started driving again.
“I’m sorry, Luciana.I have to believe that Spider made it out of there, but I knew he’d prefer that I get you to safety.That was my number one mission.Protect you at all costs.”
“What’s the point of living if he’s gone?”I asked.
“Don’t think like that.I’m going to call ahead and let the Reapers know what’s going on, make sure they have a place for you to stay, and then maybe we can find out what’s happening.See if there are survivors.”
“Why would he do that?”I asked, thinking of the man I’d seen.“If he was with my father, didn’t he risk killing him as well?And all my father’s men?”
