When I wake, sunlight spills across the room.
And I’m alone.
Always alone.
But for one brief moment in the night…I wasn’t.
Chapter Seven
Tank
I roll into the compound and head straight to swap my truck for my bike.
“He’s already tied up in Maverick’s basement,” Spike says, straddling his own bike. “Didn’t take Foster more than an hour to track him down. The idiot used Abigail’s bank card to buy gas.”
I crack my knuckles, the sound sharp, promising blood. “I know the threat’s about to be handled. But I need someone on Abigail’s place. She doesn’t want me there, and I don’t want her alone.”
“I’ve got prospects on rotation,” Spike says. “Riley and Eli are heading over later today, too.”
I pause. “Not those idiot snipers who let Knuckles and Eli get taken?”
“Nah,” Spike snorts, straddling his own bike. “Those fuckers got stripped of their patches and shoved back down to prospects, but they’re on cleanup duty and get to spend the next year earning their way back up.”
Good.
I swing my leg over my bike, fire it up, and let the engine growl.
Because the man in Maverick’s basement?
He’s already dead.
He just doesn’t know it yet.
By the time we reach Maverick’s place, the house is quiet.
Too quiet for as many people that live inside. Maverick is the Italian mafia Don, and this place is his safe haven for the members of his family who asked for it.
I cut the engine and walk straight around back and through the basement door.
“Maverick texted that he has men down there,” Spike says. “They’re just waiting on us to take over.”
Two men stand against the far wall. Twins. Silent and identical, arms crossed, faces blank.
I’ve dealt with these two before. They’re big fuckers and have anger issues.
Between them…him!
They’ve stripped him naked and chained him to the wall, arms hauled high above his head, wrists locked in steel. His legs are spread and secured, leaving him exposed.
I step closer, boots slow against the concrete, and watch his breathing hitch when he realizes who I am.
He starts talking immediately.
“I didn’t…she wanted…she said…”
I hold up a hand.
Silence falls instantly.
