“Sore,” she said. “But not as sore as Neal will be when I get my hands on him. I can’t believe he shot him.”
Ace smoothed her hair back. “Don’t worry, darlin’, he has a death wish if he ever returns to Kilkenny. There’s more than just an entire MC on his ass now. He won’t be a problem for much longer.”
Shauna’s eyes watered and her lip wobbled. “Chains? How bad is it?”
I shared a look with Ace before he looked back down at her. “I won’t lie. It’s severe, and they’re trying everything they can.”
She started to suck in air like she was having a panic attack. I knew because Shona had these often, and I knew holding her tight helped. I gripped her hand and squeezed it, forcing her to look at me. I put one hand on her shoulder and showed her how to breathe to calm down. She watched me intently and followed suit, until the sobs eased.
“How did you learn to do that?” she asked me.
“Get some rest, Shauna, yeah?”
I motioned to Ace that I was going to join Bear and Hawk outside, and he pulled a stool over to sit with her.
“We got any word?” I asked them once we were clear of the room.
“None,” Bear said. “I have Brogan searching but he’s not heard a peep, which means Neal may have found another way off the yacht with Percy.”
Fury joined us with Rebel, and they both looked pissed. We all were. This attack was close to home, and it could mean we lost another brother.
“Get out there and keep an ear to the ground. Blaze is with the prospects in Kilkenny. Tell him to get out and start looking at all of his old haunts. There has to be someone willing to talk. Brutality. That’s what is going to get us Foley, and nothing less.”
We all nodded at Bear as he barked out orders to the boys. Hawk looked at me then, and I saw the determination in his eyes.
“You, me and Viper,” he said. “Let’s go.”
I didn’t hesitate. I followed him down the hall and away from Bear. Heads were going to roll. I looked in at the waiting area where Shona had been, but she wasn’t there.
Somehow, I knew she left. I could already feel she was gone. I only prayed she was safe. If she got into trouble, I would burn this entire damn world down.
Jumping on our bikes, the engines roared to life before we took off, back to Kilkenny, to find Foley and make him pay.
Once and for all.
Shona
Six Years Earlier
“Buddy, you’ve had too much to drink,” I called out to him as he sloshed his glass down and swayed on his stool. “Head on home to your wife, yeah?”
“Bitch, get me a goddamn drink,” he slurred heavily. “I don’t let women talk to me like that.”
Sighing, I stood back, my arms crossed over my chest. I hated guys like this. He reminded me of my ex-husband, Dog, who died a few months ago. He’d tried to fuck over the club and gotten caught, earning him a bullet to the brain. He hadn’t always been this way, it was the drugs and the alcohol that changed him.
“Why don’t you be a good girl,” he continued, looking at my chest. “Lift that there shirt up and show us your tits.”
Rolling my eyes and looking away, I was startled when I heard the glass smash, splinters flying everywhere. I looked over to see the guy’s head being pushed into thesplashed liquid on the bar, blood oozing from wounds from the broken glass his face had been shoved into. The hand belonged to one of Ace’s enforcers, Savage. He’d joined us when we were Nomads with Viper a few years ago but he rarely spoke, rarely interacted with anyone.
He honestly startled me a little.
“You owe the lady an apology, Mike,” he growled. I could do nothing but look on as he defended my honour, feeling all warm and jiggly but also absolutely terrified at the same time. “We don’t mistreat our women, do we?”
“Fuck. You,” Mike grunted under the pressure of Savage’s hand. Savage’s lips turned up in a snarl and he pushed down further on Mike’s head. I feared Mike’s head may explode. Blood oozed down onto the sink part of the bar, and I felt like I needed to step up.
“What was that?” Savage growled, a little more menacingly this time. “I didn’t hear you.”
“Savage-”
