A commotion dragged my attention to yelling outside. I ran for the bar only to see a frantic Tierney looking over at me, fear in her eyes.
“T? What’s wrong?”
“Is he here?”
“What’s happened?” Bear asked, moving in front of her. “Where’s Dempsey?”
“Fuck,” she cussed. “He was meant to come and help me with something but I just woke up on a kitchen chair, bound, and he was nowhere to be seen.”
“What?”
“I found a way to wiggle free, but I don’t remember him coming over.”
“He’s been gone since he got your message,” Bear added. “What do you remember?”
“Uhh, well, there was a knock and I assumed it was him,” she said. My heart was beating erratically as I listened, unable to move, unable to act. “But it wasn’t him. God, I can’t remember who it was. I don’t know if I knew him, but he had a cut on.”
“Did you see the patches?”
“That’s just it, there were no patches on the front, just a name I think.”
“Outlaws,” Hawk said. “They don’t have additional patches because they don’t need them. Do you remember what name you saw?”
“It was a short name, maybe like Pete or something.”
“Pit,” Bear corrected her. “The Outlaws have Dempsey and we have no idea how to find him.”
“What do you mean?“ Tierney screamed. Maree ran from behind the bar and comforted her. Shouldn’t I have done that?
My phone vibrated in my hand and I looked down at it while the clubhouse turned into chaos.
WOLF
I know where Viking is. It’s a rite, a way for him to prove himself.
You can come but come alone.
You can’t interfere.
I looked down at the map he sent after the message. My head was a mess. I didn’t know what to believe. I didn’t know what to do. Dempsey was with his club, and yet, it didn’t sound good. Why would they tie up Tierney and kidnap him?
Something wasn’t right here.
Yet, I knew the boys trusted Wolf. He wouldn’t lead me astray. Bear was beside me, forcing me to look up at him.
“What is it?”
I could hide it, excuse myself and go to find Dempsey but I didn’t want to mislead the boys. They put a lot of faith into me. They trusted me to patch in, when it was unheard of for a woman to do that in the Rebels. They were my family.
I held my phone out to him and showed him the message. His eyes went wide briefly before he looked up at me.
“It’s your play. He’s yours. Tell me what you want to do.”
The amount of faith he was putting in me had my heart swelling. I was right, this club was my family, I would do anything for them and I knew they would let me go alone if I asked, but I also knew they would drop what they were doing for me.
“You and Rebel, come with me. The rest stay here.”
“Done,” Bear said and he put a plan in motion. I pocketed my phone and moved over to Tierney. She hugged me tight and I returned it.
