“That's my Mum and Lane’s safehouse ACE come on.” snapping at him my nerves are fragging and I am starting to become unstable as the demon starts to pace inside me, my body tightening with rigid taut muscles.
“What the fuck do you want?” Ace grits out anger filling the room fast. Shits gettingreal.
“Wella few men that one of your important men shot up and killed reached out to me wanting retribution.” the word retribution rolls out over his thick accent and cuts through the rage filled silence.
I listen closely for any sounds that may give me a clue of his whereabouts as I flick a quick text to Blade to get here fast with his phone tracer and laptop. The only sound I can hear is him smoking taking a long drawn out puff of his cigarette and blowing it out again after a few seconds that actually feel like minutes. I am left listening for anything while my brain runs with where the fuck is Blade and Flame better be watching Senna.
Blade crashes through the door Ace eyes fall to the noise as I pull him in fast slamming him down on my pulled-out chair as I scribble a few quick bits of important information. His eyes watch as I write, his nostrils flare. Stopping he looks at me eyes wild with anger. We don't take threats lightly or laying down for that matter. Nodding at me he flicks his laptop open and Ace sends me a strained smile and slight nod of good thinking.
“It’s a long shot but you never know.” I mouth out to Ace as I pull another smoke from my pack and drain the last of my warm Bud Light.
“So, to keep you and yours safe here is what I have planned. The men that want your important man and I mean the one with whom your daughter is in love with. Not the one you’re thinking of either. The VP’s son. Who is he? Ahhh, yes, the enforcer of your club. The notorious Viper. Those men who want him to have a rather large warehouse on tribal land just out of San Antonio. It’s filled with candy. Candy that I want. In return I will tell my boys to not rape your daughters and wives and leave all their fingers on for now. I will also deal with your other Mexican wanna be gang banger problem.”
He stops talking, just like that, offering nothing more on the subject. I am left reeling at his admission and I fucking hope like god that Ace didn’t pick up on that for my sake. Waiting with bated breath and most probably borrowed air I watch Ace. Blade trying hard and fast to gain a wireless connection to the cell tower this guy’s call is bouncing off but it's bouncing so fast between three different ones it's hard for him to pinpoint the right one.
“That’s it. Just the fucking candy and it’s over. I don't like to be backed into a corner and I don't play too nicely when my family is being used as a pawn in others games, BROTHER,” he grinds out brother with such force and ownership that it makes my insides clench in fear.
“Oh, NO.” he starts to laugh evil and taunting “Brother, that's just the beginning of, what shall we call it, a rather long and beautiful partnership.”
“Fuck me, Ace, this guy is fucked.” shaking my head at Ace I can read his mind.
“Don't. Don't do it. I’ll find a way to stop him.” searching his face for anything other than what I know is about to come from his mouth. He would never place the girls at risk, even without thinking he will sign a contract with the devil for them to stay this side of heaven and breathing.
“I see. That is how this is going to play out is it.” Ace says looking at Blade as he types and decodes and sets little red pinheads all over a fucking map on his laptop screen.
“Bingo.” Blade whispers loud enough for us both to snap our eyes back down to the laptop and there is a blue pinhead now and it's on the location of Mrs Austin's safe house. Ace pales. his face screaming with silent rage as his body taunts.
This isn’t good at fucking all.
“Give me the fucking location and leave my fucking wife alone.” Ace snaps out looking me dead in the eye. I watch as his hand moves over the paper Blade pushed over scribbling down the location.
“That's it.” he snaps into the thick air around us.
“For now. Oh, Mr. Austin remember I am always watching.” with that the line goes dead and Ace blows up. All the self control he was holding onto during that phone call disappears as Blade quickly reaches for his laptop. Aces hands find the side of the table and flips that fucker over like it was paper, not a solid wooden table with our club’s logo carved into it.
Next up is the chairs shattering the glass walls that keep what's in here private from what's out there. Sudden gasps and yelps shoot through the club as glass shatters in shards to the wooden floor. Mrs H’s eyes zone in on us and her hands fly to her hips. Ace picks up another chair and screaming at the top of his lungs he begins to smash the chair over the end of the upturned table.
Walking out past Mrs H her hand holding up my glass of whiskey I down the whole contents in one gulp. I walk up the stairs and begin to kick open every door up there hollering at the men to get up. Flicking my cell from my pocket I call the next charter over. Calling them in for reinforcements and setting out a request for them to rally all the boys they can. Next on my list is the sister chapter to us. This guy ain’t going to threaten what’s mine and fucking live to tell the story.
Chapter Nineteen
Viper
“Hey, Viper, you fucking my daughter are ya?” his tone bitter and cold.
Taking in a deep breath gritting out “NO,” before I turn, I make sure all emotion is out of my eyes and the Viper is in the place of a man who is in fact in love with his daughter.
“You wanna say that again, boy, and the truth this time.” Ace cocks his gun pointing it right at me. I turn to face him just as Flame flies in, the blood drains from his face and pales at the sight.
“Oh, fuck me.’ he mummers as brothers from other chapters mull around us forming a circle as my other brothers pull in closer.
“You know about this Flame.” Ace asks him, his eyes not leaving mine. I don't even blink and I see flame approach, his hands out the front of him standing beside me
“No, boss. It’s not what you think.” I instantly feel sorry for Flame. Talk about wrong place at the wrong time and now he's pulled into it with that one answer.
“Oh, Senna and Saylor have like a full-blown frat party at the safe house and I can't control it.” he mouths out.
“Got something to say Flame.” Ace roars and Flames flinches.
