Mob Justice
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Poppy shook her head and pulled at the ties that bound her to the bed. She was panicking and knew what was going to happen to her.
She was dead.
Maybe it was for the best.
Dimitri was likely dead if he’d let her be taken. She didn’t want to go on without him.
“I missed you, Eloise. I hated hurting you,” he said, touching her breasts through her sweater. “When I had to hurt you, I felt bad about it. Then killing Daisy…”
He wiped his eyes.
“She was my child, but you wouldn’t let me be her father. You slept with me that one time, and I know she was mine. I didn’t want to kill her. I had to do it to punish you. You’re lucky you hid your other child.”
Damn her mother and her sleeping around. It was going to kill her now too.
Brent began cutting her shirt from her body.
Poppy struggled to get away from him, but she was strung so tight, she couldn’t even buck her hips to throw him off her. The ropes cut into her wrists as she fought.
When her shirt was off, he felt her up.
Poppy wanted to puke.
She wanted to cry a river of tears.
“You’ll enjoy this,” he said, wiping the tears from her cheek. “It’ll be like last time. I’m sorry I drowned you, Eloise. I’m sorry that I hurt you. I’ll make it better.”
He began cutting off her pants.
She fought.
She struggled.
“We’re almost there, Eloise. I’m so glad I got that letter that said you were alive. I’m so glad I got those pictures. I hung them on my wall,” he said, as he pulled off her ruined pants.
Poppy was screaming for Dimitri.
She was screaming for anyone to hear her.
“Let’s get you ready,” he said, cutting off her bra, and adding it to the pile on the floor.
She tried to move away from his hand, but she couldn’t. As he touched her breasts, she wanted to be sick. As he fondled them, she cried even harder.
She was done.
He was going to rape and kill her.
“Panties next. You shouldn’t wear such slutty things, Eloise. That’s why you had two kids by two men. You’re such a whore,” he said, slapping her across the face.
Poppy gasped at the stinging strike.
Clearly, this man was insane.
When her panties were gone, he touched her everywhere. He ran his hands over parts of her that Dimitri had touched the night before, and she couldn’t stop him.
He began stripping.
“Well, Eloise. Let’s see if we can make a baby. I always wanted more kids with you.”
He dropped his clothes and climbed onto her body.
She sobbed.
Then, she sobbed even more when he raped her.
She’d never be the same again.
When they pulled up outside, they saw a vehicle parked at an odd ass angle. They’d passed Ilan driving in the other direction to meet Heath.
In the parking lot, it was pretty empty, except that one car and a motorcycle.
“That had to be him,” Dimitri said, trying to get out of the vehicle.
“Stay here. I’ll get her.”
“NO!”
Greyson made him look at him.
“Dimitri, you can’t even stand up.”
“I can do it,” he said, limping his way toward her door with Greyson behind him.
At the door, they found it locked.
Greyson knew Dimitri couldn’t kick in a pillow let alone a door. So, he booted it.
They went in, and there was silence. As they headed toward Poppy’s room, they heard the telltale signs of sex.
Oh Jesus.
Dimitri could hear the bed squeaking and the grunts of a man getting off.
His heart fell.
He wanted to be sick.
Greyson charged the room, heading in first. What he saw horrified him. There was a man raping Poppy, and his hands were around her throat.
She looked…dead.
Greyson sprung into action and tackled him, taking him off her body and to the floor.
“POPPY!” Dimitri howled, like an animal trying to get to his mate. He couldn’t breathe as he rushed toward her bound, prone body. He crawled across the bed, to get to her. Once there, he pulled his knife, cut her free, and removed the gag.
She didn’t move.
“God! Please, no,” he whispered, tears filling his eyes. Gently, he touched her throat and found a pulse.
Greyson handled the man on the floor. By the time he got up, he was covered in blood.
Someone was dead, and it wasn’t him.
“Is she…?”
“She’s alive,” he said, as Greyson pulled a blanket off the bed to cover her.
Dimitri began weeping.
Greyson knew why.
This was going to be bad.
His best friend…he wasn’t going to handle this well. His woman had been raped. They’d been too late to save her. This time, they’d not saved the day.
It was heartbreaking.
“It’s okay,” Greyson said, touching his shoulder as he went into protection mode. “It’ll all be okay.”
It looked like the protector was going to need someone to take care of him—until he got through this.
The detective too.
“I’m sorry, Poppy,” Dimitri whispered over and over again. “I’m so sorry.”
Her eyelids fluttered.
“Dimitri,” she whispered.
“I have to call the police,” Greyson stated. “I’ll try and cover this up for her, but we need you both to go to the hospital.”
He understood.
He held her.
“I’m sorry,” he whispered.
Poppy closed her eyes. She couldn’t face him. She couldn’t look at him.
“I need a doctor,” she whispered.
Greyson made the call for an ambulance, and he pulled a few favors. Money talked, and he was going to buy some silence.
They couldn’t let the media get ahold of this.
It was a mess.
One they’d be cleaning up for weeks, and he didn’t mean the dead man or the asshole commissioner.
Poppy was hurt.
Dimitri would carry the guilt.
All he could do was cross his fingers, say a prayer, and hold on.
It was going to be a bloody free-for-all.
Commissioner Raye was a dead man.
Dimitri Gideon was going to kill him.
As soon as he snapped.
Epilogue
Two Days
Later
T he last two days had been rough. While the family was okay, and they were hellbent on getting revenge for Poppy, Dimitri was struggling. The whole rape weighed heavily on his shoulders, and he was carrying the guilt.
He wasn’t eating.
He wouldn’t leave the hospital.
Anyone who knew him saw through the fake smile he put on for Poppy and calm exterior. He was putting on a show for her and her alone.
Meanwhile, they all knew what was coming.
The family was bracing for it.
While Poppy was in the hospital, healing, Greyson was staying by his side. He was, after all, his brother. If he hurt, then Greyson would be there to make sure he was okay.
For now, they would regroup, help Poppy and Dimitri, and then go after the commissioner.
He was going to pay for this.
Maybe not today.
Maybe not tomorrow.
But he would pay.
As they were in the cafeteria, located in the hospital, Greyson knew Dimitri was inches from going over the edge. He’d made him come down with him, so he could get a coffee.
He was so close, that Greyson was worried for his emotional wellbeing. Dimitri’s sanity was in question.
One more thing, and he was going to lose it.
Natasha was murdered.
Sam was taken.
Poppy was raped and nea
rly killed.
The man was going to doubt his skills. He was going to wear the shame of his perceived failures, and it was causing hell in his life.
Greyson saw it coming.
He needed to head it off at the pass.
As they stood there, getting their coffee, they heard someone clear their throat.
When they both turned around, Jeffrey Raye was standing there, and he looked as smug as hell.
Greyson grabbed Dimitri’s arm.
“Well, Croft and Gideon. How nice to see you both,” he said, grinning. “I just came to see my detective. I was so worried about her recovery,” he said, laughing smugly.
“I’m going to kill him,” Dimitri said in Russian.
Oh, Greyson didn’t doubt it at all.
This man’s time was limited.
“What do you really want?” Greyson asked. “No one buys that you give a shit, especially since you led that crazy right to Detective Wayne. You caused this.”
He shrugged.
“Ahhh, and you have to prove it. That’s going to be an issue. You killed him. Tsk. Tsk.”
Greyson was going to make this man pay.
“Anyway, I came to also thank you for finding my wife’s body and clearing me. See, her life insurance company wouldn’t pay out because they didn’t have a body. In fact, they thought I had something to do with it.”
Greyson kept his face neutral.
“I am getting the check this week. It looks like I’m a millionaire. Thank God I had that big, fat life insurance policy on the slut. She paid off in the end.”
Greyson didn’t release Dimitri’s arm.
He knew better.
“Yeah, and?” Croft asked. “Do you want me to throw you a coming out party? I meant for getting rich—not for having a tiny dick or having to Viagra yourself up to fuck a hooker every Sunday.”
The man scowled.
“Yeah, we heard allllllll about it.”
He composed himself.
“I do know that I will work tirelessly to get you out of your position with the city,” Greyson added. “I will make sure you lose your job.”
The man laughed.
“Read the paper,” he said, smirking. “I’m wealthy now. I have bigger things on the horizon, like taking control of this city,” he stated. “Oh, and I’m sorry about your girlfriend,” he added mocking Dimitri. “I hope she doesn’t get sick from that rape. You know how the crazies are—or pregnant like her mother…”
Greyson had to full-on grab him before Dimitri killed him with his bare hands.
“You should go,” Greyson stated.
They were making a scene.
“Yeah, I should. Funny, I told Poppy that too. Between the two of us, she’s not safe here. You didn’t protect her, Mr. Gideon. Your security company sucks.”
He could feel Dimitri’s body go slack. This man was a fucking asshole to say that to him.
This.
Was.
War.
Greyson whistled, and Heath headed his way. Before he could reach them, the commissioner saluted and escaped.
“Let’s go back upstairs,” he said, leading Dimitri to the elevators. As he was walking, he pulled out his phone and searched the local news.
Inside the elevator, he rolled his eyes.
“Guess who retired?”
Dimitri glanced over.
“I don’t care. He’s dead.”
Heath patted him on the back.
“Mr. G, you can’t kill him. If he dies, you look guilty. You just tried to belt him one in the cafeteria. You gotta do this the right way.”
Oh, he was aware, but he’d go to jail to hurt the man. He’d sicced the crazy on Poppy, and it ended up getting her raped and hurt.
Jeffrey Raye was a dead man.
“Breathe,” Greyson said, as they exited the elevator carrying their coffees. “Go see Poppy. It’s okay.”
As they entered her room, her bed was empty.
Greyson looked around.
Uh, this was wrong. He was beginning to think that Raye wasn’t kidding. He’d said he’d told her to run.
Oh Jesus!
Please let him be bluffing!
“Mr. C, there’s a note.”
Dimitri grabbed it from the bedside table and opened it. The second he saw it, his heart skipped.
‘Dimitri,
I’m sorry. I can’t do this. I can’t face this right now. I have to leave. I need to find some peace and get some space to think about my life. I will always love you, and I’ll never forget what we found. Be safe, don’t go after the commissioner. That’s exactly what he wants. Maybe we’ll meet again.
Thank you for saving me.
Poppy.’
He crumpled the note and threw it on the floor. Then, he strode from the room.
Greyson grabbed it and read it.
Yep.
This was about to be all kinds of bad.
It was coming.
“Find him,” he said to Heath. “I want you on him non-stop. If he tries to do anything stupid, stop him.”
“Like kill him?” Heath asked.
“No, but you have my permission to tranquilize him, knock his ass out, or lock him in a cage. Do NOT let him go after Raye. We need to think this through. He’s going to try and take this city, playing millionaire. I can’t let him do that.”
“This is a mess, boss.”
Oh, he was well aware.
How could this get any worse?
Oh, he knew.
Dimitri was going to go rogue.
Vegas was in trouble.
There was about to be ‘No Justice’.
Coming Next:
Curses Found
Littlemoon Investigations
Book 9
Other books by Morgan Kelley:
Standalone books
The Junction (Out of Print)
Serial Sins (Out of Print)
The Blood Betrayal (Out of Print)
Romance/FBI Thriller Series
Elizabeth, Ethan, and Callen
The Killing Times (book 1)
Sacred Burial Grounds (book 2)
True Love Lost (book 3)
Deep Dark Mire (book 4)
Fire Burns Hot (book 5)
Darkness of Truth (book 6)
Devil Hath Come (book 7)
Consumed by Wrath (book 8)
Redemption is Here (book 9)
Dead Shall Speak (book 10)
Pledging to Die (book 11)
Slay Bells Ring (book 12)
Past will Haunt (13) Flashback Book #1
Choices will Destroy (14)
Blood shall Run (15)
Act of Blood (16)
Stalked by the Past (17) Flashback book #2
Dying to Love (18)
Kiss of Souls (18.5) a Littlemoon/FBI crossover.
Revenge has Come (19) June 2017
Discarded by Fate (20) Oct 2017
Dawn of Evil (21) Flashback book #3 Jan 2018
Dead are Forgotten (22) Jan 2018
Love Knows No Bounds (23) Valentine’s Day 2018
All the King’s Horsemen (24) June 2018
All the Queen’s Men (25) October 2018
A Very Merry Holiday (26) Novella Dec 2018
Croft & Croft Romance Adventure Series
Greyson and Emma Croft
Celestia is Falling (book 1)
Vegas is Dying (book 2)
Christmas is Killing (book 3)
Love is Bleeding (book 4)
Heaven is Weeping (book 5)
Hell is Burning (book 6)
Justice is Dying (book 7)
The Croft Mob Series
Greyson and Emma Croft spinoff series
Dark Justice (1)
Lost Justice (2)
Paid Justice (3)
Wedding of our Dreams Novella (3.5) Steele and Dante
True Justice (4) FBI crossover
Mob Justice (5)
No Justice (6) August 2018
All Justice (7) TBD
Wedding Day TBD (7.5)
City Justice (8) TBD
Bad Justice (9) TBD
Sold Justice (10) TBD
The Littlemoon Investigations Series
Julian and Tori Littlemoon
Blood Red Rage (book 1)
Lost & Broken (book 2)
Unthinkable Games (book 3)
Truth is Found (book 4)
Haven of Nightmares (book 5)
Forbidden Secrets (book 6)
Kiss of Souls (book 7)/FBI crossover
Lost Souls (book 8) Sept 2017
Found Curses (book 9) April 2018
The Hunter Series
Dakota Rakin
Atonement (1) December 2017
Absolution (2) May 2018
Amends (3) December 2018
The Romance Anthology
Blackhawks, Crofts, Littlemoons etc
It’s Good to be the Boss (Antho 1)
It’s Good to be Loved (Antho 2) surprise release 2018
It’s Good to be Bad (Antho 3) Surprise release 2018
The Carter Chronicles Trilogy
Callista, Nathaniel, and Lucas
Sinner Repent (book 1)
Sinner Realized (book 2)
Sinner Reborn (book 3)
The Oracle Phoenix Files
Nathaniel Carter and Avalon Miller
Oracle Rising (book 1)
Oracle Seeing (book 2)
Oracle Haunting (book 3)
Oracle Hunting (book 4) July 2018
Harcourte Vampyre Society
Jolie, Jacques, and Flynn
Dangerous Revelations (book 1)
Dangerous Choices (book 2)
Dangerous Misery (book 3)
Dangerous Retaliation (book 4)
Dangerous Influence (book 5)
Dangerous Sacrifice (book 6)
Dangerous Destruction (Final Book) Dec 2017