“They will. They always do. And there is no more determined man than Blake and his men. I promise you they will find her and bring her to you.”
I close my eyes; I can feel the tiredness taking over. “I’m so tired.”
The doc says, “You’ve not been sleeping well because you’ve been too worried to fall too deep asleep and not hear when they were coming for you. No one is going to hurt you here. You can sleep and we will look after you.”
“Thaks, doc.” I smile at him, he’s a nice guy. “Thanks. Rosie.”
“Sleep and we will look after you.”
Darkness takes me quickly.
Chapter Three
BRAXTON
Ican’t explain the anger that is flowing through my veins. I look at Prez and know that he’s feeling it too, but for Mallory. I’m worried about her too, but Piper is front and center in my mind.
When I walk towards Prez, I hear him shout, Church. We walk into the room that we use for church and take our seats at the top of the table. As VP I’m sat on his right. I watch the men walking in. They are all curious about Piper, especially when they heard Mallory’s name on her lips.
Mallory was the club princess when she was allowed to come to the clubhouse. Razor tried to keep her away as much as he could, but she had her own mind and would sneak in all the time. She just wanted to be someone's old lady, but there was no way Razor would allow that. He thought that sending her away to college would keep her safe and out of the club business.
The room is the quietest it has been. It’s like no one wants to bring up her name.
When Pops walks in, he’s the last. And he shuts the door. When he sits, Razor bangs the table with the gavel that has been in church for generations.
“So, you all heard the girl,”
“Piper,” I say.
Razor looks at me. “You all heard Piper say that Mallory sent her. That means that Mallory is alive, and we are going to fucking find her and bring her home. Piper isn’t up to much, she’s told us that she was in White Water when she escaped, but that doesn’t mean that’s where she was being held captive. She told us that they are kept in dark rooms and then moved out for parties where they are beaten, raped and some are killed. We need to find these bastards before they kill Mallory.”
“What do you need us to do, Prez?” Cash asks, as he leans forward.
“We need to check out White Water, see who we know near there, bring in another MC if we have to. This is going to be a big operation and we could do with as much help as we can get.”
“I know the Harte of Steele MC are near there. They take in abused women and help home them; they might be able to help with the other women that we hope to rescue.” I say.
“Good call, Shadow. We need to reach out to them. There’s also the Viking MC in the other direction. We might be able to bring them on board.”
“I’ll call Damian from Harte of Steele when we finish up here. We need a plan though.” I look at Razor.
“We need to get a team to ride out to White Water to see what the lay of the land is. Knuckles, Cash and Ramsey will head out today and see what they can find out from the locals. We’ll arrange for you to stop off at Harte of Steele clubhouse and Viking clubhouse to chat with the Prez there. We’ll set it all up. You’ll be gone a couple of days make sure you tell your women and that they don’t bitch and moan to me. Especially Meg,” Razor looks over at Cash and Ramsey, and Knuckles laughs.
Cash looks at Ramsey and they smile. “Right, Prez. You know Meg, she’s going to bitch and moan anyway. Maybe get her checking surveillance cams in the area at least then she’ll be busy, and she’ll try and find us on them anyway - might as well make her work while she’s at it,” Cash says.
“I don’t know how you put up with her, she’s a pain in my ass,” Knuckles says. Meg is his sister and he’s given up on keeping her out of the clubhouse, especially now that she’s with Cash and Ramsey.
“Well, she’s not a pain in my ass, but maybe I’m a pain in hers,” Ramsey says, winking at Knuckles.
Knuckles stands up, anger all over his face. “I don’t need to know what goes on behind your bedroom door.”
Cash laughs, “Oh it’s not just in the bedroom.”
Prez stands. “Guys, we don’t need to know about anyone’s sex life.” I see a smirk on his face though - he likes it when they wind Knuckles up.
“When you get back from White Water, we can sit down and work out how the fuck we are going to get Mallory back.” Everyone nods and says, yeah.
“Church over,” Prez says as he moves toward the door. Everyone stands and leaves the room. “Hey, Shadow, you got a minute?”