“Mauler, Thunder was at the compound. You were following Razor.”
“Thunder.” He shakes his head. “Razor… Sto—” He coughs, and it sounds more like a gurgle.
“Excuse me, sir, you need to leave,” a man says from behind me. “We need to get Mr. Pierce to the CT scanner and surgery immediately.”
I ignore the man. “Mauler, you were followingRazor, not Thunder.”
“Thunder,” he says as his eyes close. “Razor...” His mouth moves, but no sound comes out.
Did he mouth “Help”?
“Mauler!”
“They need to take him, Army.” Trinity pushes me back so the man and another one can wheel Mauler’s stretcher out of the room, maneuvering it and all the poles on wheels with him. “He could die. They need to go.”
Knowing she’s right, I don’t try to stop them. Trinity wrings her hands, staring at the empty doorway once they’re gone.
“You should go with him, Trin.”
She shakes her head. “I’m family, not his care provider. I need to let them do what they need to do; they’re objective, and I’m emotional.” A tear spills over her lashes onto her cheek, and guilt kicks me in the chest.
“I’m sorry he was hurt.”
She wipes her face. “He kept repeating Guerilla’s name.”
“My brother took Leeva.” I knew this, but this confirms it. “Did Mauler say anything else about Razor?”
She looks at me. “He just said, ‘Not Razor’.”
I frown. Razor and Thunder have very different builds, so it’s not like he mistakenly thought he was following Thunder when it was actually Razor.
What the hell is going on here?
“We’ll get you and Mauler whatever you need, Trinity.”
“Go and find Leeva.” She gives me a quick hug.
I leave her and hurry back down the hallway toward the front area. Ash and Bane are waiting for me by the front doors. Ash is on the phone, and Bane meets me.
“What can you tell me about what happened?” I demand. “Is Leeva’s family okay?”
“They’ll all survive,” Bane reports. “All of them were brought in with Mauler. Ash is ensuring that they have everything they need.”
I shove my hands through my hair. “What the hell happened?”
His face is dark and grave. “From what I found out from Digits, as well as a phone call to the police commissioner, there was a small explosive device placed under their SUV.”
I balk. “Was that planted when they were at the MC compound?”
“That would be my guess,” he growls. “It was a small explosive; not likely meant to kill the occupants. They were T-boned, then the explosive went off to flip the SUV, and it rolled.”
“Jesus.” I try to clear my head so I can strategically plan my next move to find Leeva. Then I go still, thinking of what Mauler said to Trinity and to me.
Not Razor…
Thunder…
“Not Razor. Thunder.”
