I know I have no other choice but to follow him and it’s exactly what I do; anything to speed shit up so I can free Lu.
Lenz and Jocko are sitting in church when I step inside.
Thorsten closes the door behind him and points at Lenz.“Show him.”
Lenz hits some keys on his laptop and points at the wall behind me.I turn to see a camera angle of a long hallway.A dark figure is leaning against the wall.Instantly I recognize Lu’s build and the way she moves.
I’ve seen photographs of Gideon and know what I’m about to watch when the fucker strides down the hallway, his clothes stained with blood.In one smooth move Lu presses herself off the wall and surprises Gideon, impaling the man’s head on her knife effortlessly.
The screen freezes when the figure turns and runs directly to the camera.Green eyes I’ve stared into while we shared intimacy for hours on end are now displayed on the club’s wall.
“That, VP, is not self-defense, or left without a choice...how you described it when you told us in this very room about how Lu killed Gideon.”He points at the wall.“Did she lie to you?Are you standing up for a woman who’s anything but trustworthy?An assassin who is making us question your fucking loyalty?”
I take a deep breath and slowly exhale to calm my shit.It makes sense for my brothers to question my loyalty.
I should have been upfront with them and yet I wanted to protect Lu at the same time.“The night she broke into my room she admitted to me that she went rogue and ran into shit.Her exact words were that she killed a guy she shouldn’t have.She mentioned how her father was going to be pissed if he found out, and that there would be huge consequences.”
“So, you knew she killed the fucker point-blank?”Thorsen raises his eyebrow.
“Yeah, I knew,” I affirm.“I also saw her reaction to everything, along with the aftermath between her and Holland.She might have been able to run without killing Gideon, but they would have known it was her.”
Lenz snorts.“They knew anyway.She might have used a jamming system to bypass the security system, and it’s why the top and bottom is flickering.Though, these fuckers had a good built-in anti-jamming system, allowing them to still have quality video.”
“This is why they put a bounty on her head,” I state the obvious.
“One and one is usually two,” Jocko grunts.
I shoot the fucker a glare.“Shut up, idiot.Why are you even here?”
“Jocko is going to question Lu,” Thorsten states.
I’m already shaking my head.“Fuck no.Let Livi ask her questions.”
“Livi is with her now, but you know damn well we can’t ask her to put pressure on her own half-sister.”
“Put pressure on her,” I snarl in Thorsten’s face.
The fucker keeps his calm.“Why are you so damn worked up, Macsen?Are you willing to put your life in her hands?Your cut?All of our asses?Throw the contract with the government in the balance?Who is she to you, VP?’Cause for the outside world she’s an assassin.”
My chest is heaving and my gut turns at the thought of anyone touching or questioning her.I’ve gotten to know her over the past few days and saw a completely different side of her.There was no faking the way she reacted to my touch and she talked freely.Hell, she confessed shit knowing I could bring her down with just my word against hers.
The thought of anyone taking her from me feels like they might as well rip my damn heart out along with it.
“She’s my old lady,” I grit.“She’s my property, and therefore has my protection, along with the club’s.”
The corner of Thorsten’s mouth twitches.“An official claim, eh?Well, you know Broken Deeds has their own rules when it comes to claiming old ladies, right?In this situation I think it’s fair to copy those rules and test her the way we just squeezed your balls.”
I stare at the idiot and realize he indeed put my balls between a vise.He’s right to test her loyalty with her being an assassin, it’s a safety net between the club and the government.All I can do is hope she reacts the same way I just did when they put her tits into a vise.
“For the record,” I grit.“I’m fine with taking over the same rules as Broken Deeds when it comes to testing loyalty.But I’m not getting inked within two weeks after a claim like those fuckers demand.They pick a spot if she doesn’t want to get inked, so she gets inked either way.That shit is fucked-up.”
Thorsen barks out a laugh and smacks my shoulder.“Ain’t that the damn truth.”He glances at Jocko.“You’re up, brother.We’ll be watching.”
Jocko gets to his feet and is throwing a smirk my way while he rubs his hands in glee.
Right when he passes me I grunt, “Jocko?”I wait for his eyes to connect with mine.“Touch her and die before you can pull your hand away.Am I making myself clear?”
He flips me off and I’m about to rip his head off when Thorsten holds me back.Fuck.This is going to be hell to watch him test Lu.Taking a calming breath, I shrug Thorsten off and tell him I’m fine so we can head for the warehouse.
