Page 55 of Property of Raider
Blender says nothing, just stands there twirling another blade between his fingers.
“As you can see, you don’t have much of an option because the man that just threw that blade is the very fucking psychotic brother of one of the women that died because of Shea and her bullshit.So, unless you want to continue collecting knives, I would just fucking get on with it.”I say it like this is an everyday thing.At this fucking point, it is.
“Fuck, fuck, okay,” Jose groans out, “All I know is when she first started it was with two guys both attached to MCs.I later found out that one was you guys, though that ended when Relic died, and the other was the Lucifer’s Knights.They’ve been a little MIA since the night they blew up one of our strongholds a fucking year ago.”
Several curses ring out around me.Those motherfuckers have been a cancer for many years, and it looks like we’re about to rid the world of the cancer.
“My words stand true.Keep the cartel and its business out of our territory, and we won’t come for you.Outside of that, the club will never forgive you, and I’ll reach out to your father to work out a deal with him.”I nod at the man before turning to go find Anastasia and a fucking cup of coffee.
Terro follows me inside.“Get Hermes to dig into those motherfuckers.We will need some actual intel on them before we make Ainsley relive those memories.”
“You got it, Prez,” he slaps me on the back.
I fight the need to go find Anastasia and Rusher instead of going to my office to try to wrap my brain around what just went down.Add to that there are a few phone calls I need to make.I’m so lost in my head when I make it to my office that it doesn’t register that my office door is unlocked until I push it open and find Roxy sifting through paperwork.
“Please tell me I’m seeing shit!”I sneer, leaning against the door frame.
She looks up at me, shocked for a split second before a sly smile spreads across her face.“Raider, it’s so good to see you.”
“Roxy, what the actual fuck are you doing in my office?How in the hell did you get into the club?”I don’t answer her.
I take a good long look at the woman who disappeared at the same time Relic did.She looks like the whore that was run through.Roxy stands at her full height trying to look seductive.
“I was waiting for you,” she purrs, taking a step towards me.
Hurting women is not something I condone or entertain ninety percent of the time.Then there is that ten percent, which includes this very woman.I stand there, allowing her to encroach on my personal space.When her hand lands on my chest, I reach up and grab hold of her wrist, twisting it up behind her back and pulling it between her shoulders while I spin, slamming her against the wall in the hallway.
“You better get to fucking talking and talking fast.You’ve been MIA since the day Relic went away.So, why the fuck were you in my motherfucking office digging through club business?”My anger is rising because we already know she was part of the sex trafficking ring.
Several brothers start to gather around watching us but not saying anything.Roxy is able to produce some very fake tears as she tries to fight my hold on her.
“Raider, what is this?Why’re you treating me this way?Wasn’t I always good to you boys?”she gasps around fake sobs.
I lean in, and the hint of stale cigarettes and body odor assaults me.“You were nothing but a whore when Relic was Prez, and that’s all you will ever fucking be.Do not think you’re something you are not,” I drop my voice to a whisper.“This time you will not make it out of the club.Now, why the fuck were you in my office?”
Roxy’s eyes are wide, the understanding finally setting in.“Raider, please.I was just trying to find some of my personal documents I left with Relic.That’s all, I swear that’s all.”
“See, I would like to believe you.I really would, but you know why I can’t?”I tighten my hold on her wrist to keep her still.
Tears are falling and smearing all the makeup on her face.“Why?I mean it, Raider.Just let me get what I came for, and I’ll be gone.The Kings of Anarchy will never see or hear from me again.”
Looking over, I give Blender an evil smile.“You go something sharp on you?”
He just cocks his head, and then there is a throwing knife in the wall just beside Roxy’s head.I reach up and snatch it out of the wall before loosening my hold on Roxy just a little.
“I would stand extremely still.We wouldn’t want you to bleed on the new wood floors,” my voice is low, sinister.
Roxy’s eyes are so wide that for once there is something besides her pupil showing.She just nods but doesn’t move.Shit, I don’t think she’s breathing.So, I use the knife in my hand to slice open the side of the shirt that already barely covers her tits, putting on display her badly done Lucifer's Knights patch tattooed on her side.
I point at it and lightly run the blade over the patch.“This right is why I think you’re full of shit and why the only place you will go is to the slaughterhouse.”
Roxy loses it.She thrashes and kicks.Screaming like a lunatic.Blender comes over, reaching out and wrapping his very large hands around her throat.“Choice to be made—quiet or dead.”
Roxy falls still, but we can feel the terror rolling off her in waves.He gives her a nod before turning to walk her down the hall and out the back door.Rhino and Token follow behind him.I turn back to the rest of the men as they watch them go.
Terro comes to the mouth of the hallway, looking at everyone gathered.“Did I miss the invite for a party?”
I answer him smirking, “No, just a lesson on taking out the trash.I want this office gutted.I mean everything—it needs to go down to the studs.Roxy was in there digging for something, which means there is information in there.”
