Page 75 of Havoc
“That’s not how this is going to work.” Steel’s tone is ice-cold. “You give us Anderson, and when we come for you, we’ll consider making it quick.”
Titan’s teeth grit as Steel leans closer.
“Unless you’d like the same experience as your nephew. Would that make you feel closer to him?”
“You bring back Aimee, and I won’t kill her father.” Titan breezes past Steel’s taunt entirely, circling the table to meet us face-to-face.
“That’s not happening.”
“Then you can be the one to tell her that if she isn’t back by New Year’s Eve, her father will be dead.” Titan shrugs, glancing at me. “It’s more than fair. You get a few more weeks fucking my girl, and then we call it good? You’ll be tired of her by then anyway. If anything, I’m doing you a favor.”
I reach for my gun, but Steel grabs my wrist, stopping me. His gaze bores into the side of my head with a silent order, but I don’t take my eyes off Titan. He’s saying all the right things to get under my skin, and I’m letting him.
“She’s not your girl,” is all I manage to say.
“Is that how she made it sound?” Titan continues to taunt. “Maybe at first she wasn’t, but she came around. All you have to do is know how to properly break them, and they’ll do anything.”
Nothing stops me as I shove forward and grab Titan by the front of his shirt, pulling him close. His men make a move, but Titan holds his arms out, stopping them. The grin doesn’t leave his face as he stares at me.
“Aimee and I have an understanding,” Titan says, eyes gleaming. “She behaves, and her father doesn’t suffer. Seeing as she slipped my grasp over the past decade, she has some things to make up for. We had an agreement.”
“Fuck your agreement.”
“I’ve never seen you this angry, Havoc. She told you, didn’t she?” Titan’s mouth twitches. “Did she also tell you why I did it? How I found the letters from you that she was hiding? It’s so sweet that you wrote to your girl from another country, planning that beautiful future together. A wife. Kids. A family. Aimee held onto that for a while. I made sure to cure her of that.”
I grab for my gun just as Chaos and Steel pull me back. The sudden movement is enough to have Titan almost falling onto the poker table behind him, and he laughs.
“You should have seen how quickly the fire died in her eyes when I took the hope of a future with you away from her.”
“In case you haven’t noticed, I’m still here.” I wrestle against Chaos’s hold.
Legacy and Ghost have slipped out of the shadows as the room closes in. War is a heartbeat away from starting. I can taste it.
“That’s true, unfortunately.” Titan glares. “You are still here, even knowing she can’t give you the family you wanted. Speaking of families…” He glances at Steel. “I hear congratulations are in order. Babies aren’t my thing. But Tempe is pretty enough to fuck a baby into, I suppose.”
All hell breaks loose at that comment.
Steel—the picture of composure—loses his shit.
He lunges for Titan, and every member of both clubs spills into the poker room. Some are fighting, and others are holding back just enough to prevent war in the middle of this casino.
And even after everything Titan said, I’m the one grabbing Steel’s arm to get us out of here because when I do finally get my hands on Titan, I’m going to take my time with him.
Not here.
Not yet.
Titan struggles against his own men trying to hold him back, yelling through the room. “New Year’s is your deadline. You give me Aimee, and I’ll let Anderson live. If you know her at all, you know what she’ll choose, Havoc.”
I do, which means I’m not letting that happen.
She might want to save her father, but I refuse to let her be the sacrificial lamb.
“We’ll find another way.” Soul slaps me on my shoulder as the club piles out of the casino.
In the distance, sirens are already getting louder, so we hurry to our bikes.
I manage to nod but find myself swallowing at a knot in my throat. I’m tempted to keep Titan’s ultimatum a secret from Aimee. But if I do, she’ll never forgive me. There’s no getting around this—I need to tell her about Titan’s offer.
