Axel looks at me with complete terror written on his face. “We’ve got to go get her, now!” he seethes.
“We need a fucking plan,” I growl back at him, the analytical side of me taking charge. The worst thing we could do is rush into their club with no plan. That will get us all fucking killed.
Mickey is standing there, looking dumbfounded over the fact that Lily is missing. I turn to face him. “You. With me,” I tell him.He nods his head and follows me to the body shop, and while we walk, I get Tate on the phone.
“What?” he groans on the other end.
“Wraiths took Lily and one of the sweet butts,” I inform him quickly. Suddenly, the grogginess in his voice disappears, and I can hear him getting dressed.
“How long ago?”
“Just a few minutes ago. We need to be smart about this,” I point out, and he curses on the other side of the phone. I’m sitting at my desk, Mickey behind my shoulders as I pull up footage from the cameras I’ve placed throughout the compound. “I’m looking through the footage now,” I tell Tate on the other line.
“I’m packing up weapons; We’ll get her back,” Tate reassures, though there’s panic clearly laced in his voice.
I watch the footage showing the altercation with Axel, how he went down, and how these pricks grabbed the girls. My heart sinks as I watch Lily scream and then freeze with terror, while the other woman fights back.
I rub my chest as an ache rips through me. It feels like I might throw up.
“How did they get in?” Mickey asks from behind me. I almost forgot he was here.
I don’t respond, but I pull up the camera that covers the front gate, and I watch in horror as I see them input the code, the gates opening for them. Mickey and I are silent as Tate growls over the phone.
“What is it?” he asks.
“Someone in the club gave them the code,” I answer with disbelief.
“Who in the fuck would let the Wraiths in?” Mickey wonders with absolute hatred in his voice.
“Tate?” I question.
“This fuckin’ ends now. Get as many members as you can pull together—only those we can trust—and meet me at the gas station on Hines Street. I’ll bring a van with as much artillery as I can scrounge from the warehouse. Everyone needs to be armed. We get Lily out of there and take out every single piece of shit who stands in our way.”
“How do I know who to trust?” I ask Tate. Clearly, there’s a fucking rat in our midst.
“None of the old guys, newly patched and younger members only,” Tate replies.
“What about your informant?” I ask, not caring that Mickey is hearing details he shouldn’t know. Finding Lily is the priority. If I have to kill him after, I will.
“I’m callin’ him now,” Tate replies.
“How do we know he didn’t let these fuckers in?” I ask. The last thing we need is to give more information to the cunt who gave up our club.
“He didn’t. I’d bet my life on it… Lily’s life on it,” he reiterates, and I guess I’ll have to just take him at his word, because I have little else to go off of. “Now, get off the fuckin’ phone and do what I told you so we can get Lily back,” he barks before hanging up.
If we don’t find Lily soon, I may kill everyone in this fucking club.
I’mable to gather six guys quickly to meet Tate so we can come up with a plan. On bikes, it’s Atlas, Ink, Mickey, and Maverick. Doc and Axel follow in the SUV, seeing as there’s no fucking way Axel could ride with the state of his arm. Doc said he gotextremely lucky with a through and through that didn’t hit any major arteries.
The ride to the gas station is tense, and the only thing running through my head are the worst-case scenarios.What if they hurt her, abuse her, or God fucking forbid the unthinkable?
Guilt seeps deep within my stomach, and I can’t help but wonder if this is the retaliation for the raid the other night.But how would they be able to get into the compound? Or even know to target Lily?
The more I get lost in my head, the more questions I have. Everyone knows the story of Teresa being saved from the Wraiths and brought to the compound with Lily and her brother Ambien. How would another club just allow that? And why would we keep peace with this club for over ten years?
I’ve gone along with what Tate has said. I know he knows more than he’s been telling us, and right about now, I’m ready to strangle his secrets out of him. If his keeping secrets is the reason Lily was taken… I take a deep breath.
I can’t let the switch flip.
