Page 131 of Reaper

Pounding coming down the stairs has us coming to attention.

Trigger braces his hands on the wall to stop himself from falling the rest of the way down the stairs. “I found her.”

“Where?” I demand.

Colt, Wrath, and I bolt forward and follow Trigger back upstairs.

“She’s south of the city. They have her in an old hotel. No one from the Renegades is around. He only has a few men with him. It should be an easy in and out,” Trigger tells all of us.

“Alright, I want half to roll out with us and half to stay here. We don’t need another surprise attack. Colt, Trigger, Pinky, Twinkie, Lemon, Kicks, and Twitch stay here. Everyone else suit up, and let’s roll.”

Everyone springs into action. I step forward to go grab my bulletproof vest from my room.

Colt grabs my arm, holding me in place. “Hold on a sec. We need to talk.”

“This isn’t the time.”

He scoffs. “It’s now or never. Why the hell aren’t you letting me go with you? Is it because you still don’t trust me?”

I shake out of his hold and step forward, getting into his face. “You staying here and guarding the clubhouse has nothing to do with if I trust you or not. We hashed that all out earlier, and I’m sorry if your feelings are still hurt, but for fuck’s sake, I’m having you stay back because if anything happens to me.” I pound on my chest. “You’re next in line. I’m protecting the fucking club.”

Colt steps back and rubs his face as he nods. “You’re right. I’m sorry.”

“Now are you done throwing a temper tantrum? My woman is currently being held by a madman.”

I don’t wait for his response and take off. Less than ten minutes later, we are strapped down with enough firepower and flying down the road.

Hold on, baby, I’m coming for you.

* * *

We pull off the road and hide our bikes. “I want this place surrounded from all angles. Split into four teams. Spider, you come with me and we will take the back of the building. Objective is to get Queen Bee out of there. If you have the chance, you can take out anyone else. I want them all dead.”

“Fang, you come with me.”

Wrath looks at me.

“We’ll take the south side. Just give us twenty minutes to get into place.”

Midnight pulls something out of his saddlebag. “I’ll take the front with Widow. Trigger gave me this drone. I’ll try to get it as close as I can without being caught. See how many heat signatures we pick up. I’ll report over the comms what we have.”

“Cueball and Poker, you two good teaming up together?”

Both men nod.

All of the men are determined. They didn’t just fuck with my woman. They threatened the heart of this club. Every single one of my men has fallen under my girl’s spell. They don’t know what they did trying to take our Queen Bee. We will annihilate them.

“Good, let’s roll out.”

Everyone springs into action and breaks off into their groups. Wrath and Fang follow us until we stop, and they keep going. We spread out as best as we can and keep low to the ground.

“We have two heat signatures inside in the main part of the hotel. The rooms look to be empty. Three guys out front hanging around,” Midnight says over the comms.

“Nothing here on the north,” Cueball tells us.

“No one in the back,” I whisper into the mic.

Wrath checks in. “I got two.”

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