by K. J. Dahlen
“So what do we do? Mob and MC out there?”
I bit at my lip then winced. I didn’t need lipstick on my teeth. “We catch a ride?”
Chloe gasped. “Are you kidding?”
I shrugged. “Here they come. Act sexy and but scared, K?”
“I can sure do the scared part!”
I grinned and stepped out a little just as the pair got to the alley.
They were walking and looking bored then when their eyes landed on me they halted.
I motioned to them and stepped further in the alley.
They did come but slowly with their hands inside their vests. Yes, Dagger’s guys were no fools. They had their hands on their weapons.
“Pssst!” I called to them.
One big biker stopped to look at us then the alley behind us. His eyes lingered on only the large trash container behind us.
Yeah, smart… could be a trap. Two hookers luring you into an alley? Yeah, for sure. It would be up to me to convince them it wasn’t. Well, not that kind of trap anyway.
The other biker stood at the edge of the alley entrance and looked around at the street.
“Come on, dude. It’s just us girls,” I said.
The bigger one stepped closer. “What do you want?”
I looked back at Chloe. Then over at him. “See those men out there across from the Arrow?”
He stepped back toward the street for a minute. Then nodded. “Whata’ bout them?”
“See those are our pimps and we have gone Indy. They beat us and take all the money we make. We just need you two to give us a ride away from here.”
He looked troubled for a minute and shook his head.
“T-they are cartel,” Chloe added.
The biker looked over at her and paused at this information. Then he signaled for his partner. “Wolf.”
I held my breath. Chloe really did know what would push their buttons.
“Yeah?” the second guy, Wolf asked.
“These two are running from cartel men.”
Wolf scratched his beard. “Yea, I seen em. Not sure they’re cartel though.”
I let out a breath. Dammit.
“Don’t matter. You know our oath.” The other bker turned to look us over. “They make you wear all this shit?” he asked us in disgust while looking us over in our heavy makeup and tight skirts.
“Y-yeah,” I answered sadly.
He nodded and grabbed my hand. “Wolf, grab up blondie and make it look good. Like you wanna fuck her.”
Wolf turned to her and gave her a huge smile. “Well, that ain’t gonna be hard to do.”
I saw now why he was called Wolf. If ever a wolf could smile, this was it. I shivered and glanced at Chloe.
Standing like a statue, she looked petrified.
“Sally!” I called at her.
Chloe blinked and looked over at me.
“Play biker girl. Like you know?”
She nodded but still looked scared.
Good, her terror played out fine. I held the biker’s hand and we all strolled out to the street and headed to the bikes.
The big one wrapped a hand around my shoulder and kissed my cheek as he laughed.
Wolf grabbed Chloe up and fondled her ass.
She jumped but didn’t make a sound.
We all smiled at each other and the guys helped us onto their bikes.
Wolf asked, “Where to?”
I smiled back and looked like I was having a party, so anyone who saw us would think it was just that. “The Rag Doll.”
Wolf’s smile left his face as he looked down at his hands on Chloe’s ass while he lifted her to the bike. He looked like he might hurl now.
“No shit?” the other biker exclaimed.
I shook my head. “No, we aren’t that. We are just gonna take refuge there.”
Chloe looked back and forth, entirely lost. She kept her mouth shut though.
Good girl.
“O-okay.” The bigger biker sat on his Harley in front of me. “Go on Wolf, she’s true blue. Stop fucking around.”
Wolf shook his head. “A man never knows these fucking days.” He still looked troubled as he got on and started his cycle.
I held onto the big guy as he turned the bike, avoiding the supposed Pimps at the corner. Perfect! I cannot believe we pulled this off!
We headed out of there and it looked like we weren’t followed. I wanted to shout with joy. I turned my head to look back at Chloe and she had her eyes squeezed shut as she held onto the strange biker in front of her.
Wolf did not look happy either. Oh, my god. It couldn’t have been better! He wouldn’t hit on her now, so I didn’t have to worry about that part at least.
It only took twenty minutes for them to get us there.
They both parked and I hopped off. I looked over at Chloe. “Sally!”
Her eyes were still shut. They popped open.
“Come on, we’re here!”
She unclasped her hands and got off the huge bike. She turned to give Wolf a smile.
He grimaced and shivered like he was gonna be sick or something.
I put my hand over my mouth to stifle my laugh. Wouldn’t be polite to laugh at these guys. Nor healthy.
The lead biker shook his head at Wolf’s dramatics then looked at me. “You girls gonna be okay?”
I nodded and dug into my bag for a bill to pay him for his trouble.
He raised his hand up. “No. Keep it.” He nodded then revved his bike. “We’ll watch till you get inside.”
I nodded and gave him my most sincere, dazzling the rooftops smile. “Thanks sooo much!”
He sat very still and stared at me. Then he shifted in his seat like he was having erection trouble. He shook his head.
Too funny, he cannot tell if I am a girl or if I’m not. I turned to Chloe.
She stood there with her skirt all tight and hiked up from being on the bike, her ass was showing and she was almost titling on her heels as she gazed up at the marquee sign.
I laughed and tugged her skirt down to cover her ass. Then took her elbow, leading her to the door, I leaned over her and pulled it open.
Now, I heard the bikes roar away.
“Uhh, what the fuck just happened?” she asked.
I laughed. “What they call total serendipity.’
She turned to look at me. “What?” Now she looked annoyed.
I nodded. “You know when something happens at just the right moment and it’s like magic or kismet or whatever? Don’t you see?”
She shook her head. “I don’t feel that at all! I feel lost like I don’t know what end is up! I mean why didn’t those bikers expect favors for getting us out of there? You yourself say all of them are bastards Then that wolf looked like the sight of me made him sick!”
I laughed. “Those two could’ve been bastards at any second. But they didn’t want us, since we aren’t really girls.”
She still looked confused.” We aren’t? Then what the hell did they think we were?”
Yeah, she didn’t get it cuz she never heard of The Rag Doll club. “Do you know where we are?”
Again, she shook her head. “It’d better not be some kinky club, Bella or I swear—”
“NO!” I exclaimed. “Come-on you will see and it will all make sense.” I pulled her inside.
The dark interior made us slow our steps until our eyes adjusted. I grabbed Chloe as she almost toppled again.” Damn, haven’t you got the hang of the heels yet?”
She huffed and held onto me. “Hell no. And that might not ever happen!”
I laughed.
We could hear singing coming from ahead of us.
Chloe looked curious now as she went on across the red carpeting in her 5 inch heels to see what was going on.
We both came out to see tables and chairs like at a dinner house.
Then we swung our gazes up at the stage.
Standing stock still, she stared. “Oh, my god!” She then looked over at me.
“Really?”
I laughed and nodded.
She looked back up at the stage.
There were a few gaudily dressed women parading around singing some old Cher song.
“Drag Queens?” Chloe gasped.
“Yep, so we gotta lower our voices and…” Oh. No! We needed more fixing. I tugged on her hand. “We gotta do something first!”
She allowed me to drag her away, but her gaze remained riveted to the drag queens on the stage.
I looked around. There! ‘Chicks Room.’ “Well, isn’t that a hoot?” I motioned to the sign.
Chloe let out a nervous laugh.
I dragged her in and shut the door, then checked under all the stalls.
“What are you doing now?” she asked.
I grabbed a wad of towels from the dispenser. “Remember now where we are and what we are supposed to be.” I pulled my skirt up and shoved the towels down into my crotch area. “I said we were gonna go see some dicks remember?”
Her mouth popped open. “No. Way!”
I laughed. “Shhh! Yes and lower your voice… like this.” My voice dropped to a male like tone.
She gaped at me. “We will never pull this off, Bella!”
I sighed. “Look none of those fuckers would think to look here. We need to do this. We haven’t got a choice.”
Chloe’s shoulders slumped a bit then she stepped up and grabbed some towels. “Unfuckingbeleivable!”
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Jaxson
After an hour, we had finally been able to move Dino. Damn, I was still a mess. I’d come in and thought he’d had his brains blown out. I never felt so sick and scared in all my life. I’d thought for sure he was dead. Rage had consumed me and utter emptiness, all at the same fucking time. I still shook a bit even as we arrived at the Black Devils compound.
Bruno pulled ahead and the gate opened.
The black SUV carrying my friend went on ahead, still escorted by bikers.
Everyone looked beat. We just had a small war. We’d had so much firepower that the guys at the kill house hadn’t stood a chance. I was exhausted but still wound tight. Until I saw Chloe, there would be no rest.
Dagger and just a few of his men stayed with us. I suppose he felt the need to be here until his daughter was found. Also, he owed Thunder and honor among bikers was a powerful thing.
I parked my bike and sat for a moment. God, I almost lost Dino today. He looked a mess. I cannot even imagine what all they had done to him. I’m so glad we got there in time. Yet, according to the doc, it had been close.
The men unloaded him carefully. They’d better handle him like a newborn or I would beat someone down. I got off and hurried over to be next to him.
Bikers crowded close, covering me and him. Supposed sniper fire.
Bruno didn’t look worried now for some odd reason. I wondered what he knew that no one else did. Or what he’d done. No telling with him.
We got Dino to his room and the doc was with him.
I watched as the man checked his IV and vitals as I sighed. Dammit. Now, I know how they felt when I was down.
“I called a nurse to come too.” Bruno stepped up next to me.
I turned my head to look at him. “Anything else you got to tell me?”
He gave me a sideways look. “I got a plan in the works to get this shit settled.”
I kept my response to myself. Whenever Bruno had a plan…well, it was never pretty. “I want my girl.”
Marco stepped up next to us. “About that.”
I turned to look at him.
“Our men lost them.”
I sucked in a breath. “What?”
The doc shushed me.
I glared at him and motioned to the hall as I stepped out through the door.
Bruno and Marco moved out behind me.
“Those two are super resourceful.” Marco raised a brow.
“What the hell does that mean?” I growled. I just wanted Chloe with me here, safe.
“They were holed up in a room at the Flaming Arrow.”
“Downtown?” I asked.
“Yeah, and we had men watching then, they somehow disappeared?”
I tightened my hands into fists. “How?”
“We don’t know. Then we found one of Bianchi’s men in the closet there.”
I let out a breath. “You bring him here?”
“He should be here already.”
I was raging, tired and I stunk after the ride and the fight. But I would forgo sleep and a shower as I would beat this man down if he didn’t tell me everything he knew. “Is he in the basement?”
Bruno stepped forward. “Now Jaxson, just—”
“NO! I need to ask this guy a few questions.”
Bruno and Marco stared at me.
I turned and marched down the hall to where we kept pieces of shit like this guy.
They followed me.
When I got to the room, Bruno again tried to talk me, “Son, we don’t want him dead. We have to return him.”
“I don’t give a fuck!”
Bruno grabbed my arm and spun me around. “Look. I know you feel like shit and seeing Dino like that. And your girl missing. But I got plans and we need to stay on track.”
I tried to keep my temper and I let out a breath.
“I got a plan. It will mean Dino, Chloe and Bella will be safe. You need to trust me. Try to focus. I promise I will get them back.”
I looked up at the ceiling and then calmed. Or I appeared to be calm. I was a raging storm inside. Nodding, I went in.
We all three stood at the edge of the room for a minute. Dank, cold and one hanging lightbulb. Similar to the room we just got Dino out of. I shrugged that thought off. Rage was battling to get out. This was a Bianchi man, they had done horrible things to Thunder and I wanted payback so badly, I could taste it.
Our guys had the man trussed up in a chair. He had a huge lump on his head.
“Did we do that?” Bruno asked Spider as he stared at the man’s head.
“Nah, it wasn’t us. He was already tied up. No trouble at all.” Spider stepped back.
I strode forward to the guy. “You saw the girls?”
The man nodded. He looked scared.
Good, I wanted him scared. I knelt down. “Look. All I want is my girl back. You will tell me everything. If not?” I stood up and looked down at him. “I will kill you, it’s just that simple.”
He shook badly. “T-they propositioned me. I…went up in the elevator with them. Then I grabbed the—well, the blonde took me down. Knee to the balls.” He paused and winced.
Bruno chuckled.
I didn’t think any of this was funny. “Go on. ALL of it.”
He gulped as he glanced at Bruno, apparently knowing exactly who he was. “Then they hit me again. Dragged me in and must have tied me up. I woke up in the closet.”
“And…”
“And I did hear them the next morning…um, they were going to—” he halted.
I leaned down and looked into his eyes. “To…?”
“The All Girl, Girls club?”
I sucked in a breath. “You’re a fucking liar!” I stepped up and punched him.
“Jax!” Marco yelled.
“Now, tell the truth.” I seethed at him.
He wept like a baby as he spat out blood. “Shit man. Why would I lie? That is what I heard.”
“So, let me get this shit straight…” Bruno stepped up close. “Two girls dressed like whores beat you down and kept you in a closet?”
He nodded and lowered his head. “They jumped me. Took my phone and my wallet!”
Bruno started to laugh. “Hot damn! That Bella is a DeLuca to her pretty little toenails!”
“Bruno!” I shouted. “None of this is fucking funny!”
“No, it’s not,” the guy strapped to the chair, muttered.
“Anything else?” I asked him.
“Yeah, they both had guns. The redhead threatened to blow my
brains out when she caught me kicking the closet door. They both knew how to handle weapons that’s for sure.”
Bruno kept chuckling and Marco joined him.
I turned away and marched out the door.
“Jaxson!”
I whipped around and glared at Bruno.
He strode over. “We will find them. In the meantime, get a shower. Eat, check on your VC. No more going off grid. Look what happened to Thunder. You cannot go off half cocked. What would Chloe feel like when we get her back and you are dead?”
“Yeah, you need to keep …” Marco sighed. “I know it’s hard. But we got men all over town. We found them once and we will again. We got MC and Mob on this. There’s nowhere they can hide.”
I wanted to punch a wall, a face anything at all. I was sick of being helpless when it came to my girl. I couldn’t just sit here while she was missing.
Bruno motioned to Spider and Reaper.
They moved to follow me.
“No. I don’t need fucking babysitters!”
Bruno looked unmoved. “I won’t lose you Jax. Your club needs you. Your VC needs you.”
“FUCK!” I went out and stalked down the hall, two shadows following me.
I went to my room and tore my vest off. Then the heavy Kevlar. All while cussing like a madman. “Fucking shit!” I headed to the shower and my body shook with rage as I tugged my bloodied boots off and boxers. I turned it on and stepped under it. I allowed the water to bead down on me. I was sore from riding and frustrated from failing.
So many emotions were boiling up inside me. I couldn’t focus on one alone. It appeared that at least Chloe had this Bella chick to protect her. I raised my head and washed my filthy hair. Then again, Chloe could use a gun too. The blonde he’d said kneed him. I had to smile. My girl. Tough now. Then my smile faded.
She shouldn’t have to fend for her fucking self!
I used body wash and rinsed off. I wasn’t in here for rest or fucking retrospect. I stepped out. Then toweled off. I went into the room, opened the dresser and pulled out clothes. Then hurriedly put them on.
The door opened and Reaper brought in some new boots.
I grabbed them and mumbled some thanks.
He nodded. “Doc wants ya.”
I raised my head. “Is it…?” I couldn’t even say it. Thunder had to live.
