“We got another one!” Armor announced as he walked through the front door, holding a woman who was sobbing into her hands. “I found this one trying to sneak out of the bedroom window.”
When she lifted her head, I recognized her immediately. It was Cody’s mother, Rebekah. Judging her flawlessly styled hair, I knew she had been the one to let them into the salon.
How, after all these years, were these two still faithful to this man? It just went to show that, regardless of how terrible of a human being Sire was, he had a loyal following. And for that, they would die with him.
“How did you find me?” Sire slurred.
I laughed, reaching down into his hoodie and pulling out the chip. He looked at it, baffled. “For the first time in your life, a woman outsmarted you. Unfortunately for you, it’s going to be adeadlymistake.”
“Allen… I am your fath?—”
I cut his words off by knocking him out with the butt of my gun. Not once in my life had this man ever acknowledged that he was my father. I damn sure wasn’t about to allow him to do so as a bargaining chip.
As I stared at him, I waited for some kind of emotion to take over, but to my surprise, there was nothing. I wasn’t angry. I wasn’t hurt. Hell, I wasn’t even scared. It took me this long to realize Sire was weak. He was only strong because of his followers. They were the ones always doing his dirty work.
Although he was not the one to execute his plans, he was the ultimate mastermind. Sire was the reason for every bad thing that happened in my life. He started this war a long time ago.
And I was going to finally end it.
Chapter Twenty-Six
TECH
It had been a few days since we snatched Sire and his crew. We had been holding them at the warehouse we use to take care of people. The prospects had been watching them in shifts. We didn’t want to take the chance that Sire might somehow get away. I wasn’t about to allow him to slip right through my fingers.
I’d been itching to get to the warehouse, but Viper asked if I could hold off long enough to allow Cara’s swelling to go down. By the time we got back from the warehouse that night, her right eye was nearly closed.
Will had given me a full rundown of what happened that night. He was a little shook up. Naturally so, since he came very close to being burned alive. Every time my mind drifted to what could have happened, rage rose within me. That would have been the second time Sire took someone from me.
Only this time, I wouldn’t have survived.
Will was my soulmate. While I was happy Cody was alive, Will was the person I was meant to be with.
Last night, before I proposed, he confessed that he had been stressing himself out thinking I would leave him for Cody. Icouldn’t believe he would ever believe something like that. I knew my past mistakes were contributing to his insecurities.
In time, I would show him that I was a man of my word. Nothing I had done that hurt him was intentional. I was stupid and made stupid decisions. All I could do was prove I had learned from the error of my ways.
“Babe, shouldn’t you be headed to the clubhouse?” Will asked, making his way into the room with Miracle in his arms.
“I’m just about ready,” I told him as I put my cut on. He walked over to me, and I wrapped my arm around his waist, kissing his pillow-soft lips.
He palmed my cheek with his hand. “I know you can't tell me anything that’s happening, but when you leave wherever you’re going, I want you to bury this and leave it in the past. I don’t want Sire to take presence in our life any more than he already has.”
I let his words sink in, and I couldn’t agree more. After tonight, I didn’t want to ever think or speak about Sire ever again. As far as I was concerned, he would be a figment of my imagination.
“You got it, Dimples.” I kissed him again before pressing my lips to Miracle's forehead. She started to reach for me, but when I didn’t pick her up, she began to cry. “I’m sorry, baby girl. I’ll be back. I promise.”
Miracle didn’t like my refusal, and she released a loud wail. She simmered down once Will began to hum a nursery rhyme. She turned her attention away from me to Will.
“Now get out of here before you rile her up again,” he ordered and started humming again.
I chuckled and hurried out of the room while she was distracted. Walking through the clubhouse doors, I saw that everyone was here waiting. Viper approached me, and I couldsee the fury in his eyes. I knew he was looking to get even with Sire, too.
“You ready?”
I nodded. “Absolutely.”
Viper turned to the group. “Let’s ride.”
