by KJ Dahlen
Now with a bullet wound, Brody knew he had to leave town. He had to go back to Boston and shut down his operation. He had to do it quickly and forever. To leave absolutely no trace of himself behind. His kids wouldn’t understand but this was the only way Brody had to protect himself.
He figured he could always come back to Troy and take out Danny and Shayna. He had no doubt Sean wouldn’t live to see the new dawn but he needed to be out of Troy by then. He had to get home, pack his shit, and still get out of town before anyone could look for him. Earlier, he’d seen a familiar vest being worn by one of the men standing in the compound. He knew that vest— it was one he’d seen at home.
Just then, Brody heard footsteps approaching his hiding spot. Peeking around the tree he was behind, he saw a group of three men coming his way. They were looking first one way then another, as if looking for a trail. He looked down at the small pool of blood at his feet.
That’s when he knew these men were hunting him. He pushed away and went further into the trees. He zigzagged all over the trees in hopes that the men following him would lose his trail.
Finally, he doubled back to where he’d parked his car. Huffing and panting, he got inside and nodded at the man waiting there for him to return. The other man started the vehicle. Every movement was painful and he was losing a lot of blood. He knew then that he might never get back to Boston.
He closed his eyes for a moment to rest then heard the honk of a horn. Snapping his eyes open, he felt a jerk as the car was moved to the correct lane and they pushed on. Then he heard the sounds of motorcycles behind him. Brody panicked and peeked over his shoulder. Several bikers were following him. He slunk down in his seat so it would appear as if there was only one person in the vehicle.
Brody took a deep breath and decided if he panicked, he would lose the advantage. The bikers might not even be the ones he’d just left. He kept looking in the rear-view mirror but the bikers stayed just out of his gaze. At this distance, he couldn’t see who they were.
Then he saw a line of bikers coming from the other way. He did panic then. He knew they were coming for him. These bikers were coming from Boston. He was close enough to see their colors and they were colors he’d seen every day in his hometown.
Brody knew there was a bridge coming up. Then the bikers coming at him turned around and came up behind him. The bikers following him sped up and the two groups joined together. When they spread out and closed ranks, Brody knew he had no choice. He’d be damned if he would die by their hands. With no hesitation, he leaned over and pressed his foot over top of the driver’s foot, increasing his speed. They were going close to a hundred miles an hour when they approached the bridge. He looked down over the edge of the concrete and saw the clear blue water. At the last minute, he reached over and jerked the steering wheel hitting the guard rail at a high speed. Plowing through the railing, he felt the car crumble and fall. He didn’t even get the chance to scream, not that he would have taken it. The driver did scream though. The car hit the water and the pain of the impact was horrendous. The windshield shattered upon impact—the water that rushed in was icy and pain raced through him.
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As the car sank and began flowing downstream, the bikers stopped on the bridge and just watched as the car slowly sank beneath the river.
Hawk looked over at his VP. Shaking his head, he glanced back at Deke and Bones. “That fucking coward,” he grumbled.
Deke shook his head.
Hawk looked over at his men. “Find his house and take everything you can. We’ll go through it and turn over what we want to the police. But watch out for his crew. They won’t know what happened here today. I’ll ask Shayna if he had a vault or anything he kept his secrets in and let you know what to look for.” He paused then added, “His crew is mostly kids, don’t hurt them unless you have to.”
“And if we have to? If they don’t leave us any choice?” One of his men asked.
“Well then, I don’t suggest you miss. Just try not to kill them. We don’t want to badges after us for murder.” He looked disgusted. “Living with that bastard they know what to expect.”
His men took off and Hawk stayed with Deke’s group as they made their way back to Troy. When they got back, they were going to question Sean. He wanted to be there for that. Before they could leave however, the police pulled up and began asking questions. When they heard a car went off the bridge they called in backup and began searching for the car.
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Deke, Sam and all his brothers used that diversion to leave the area. They didn’t need to be here when the police found Brody and his car. Soon, they were on their way home again. Hawk’s brothers left shortly after they did and it wasn’t until the next morning the police found the vehicle.
They were surprised when they found the car but no driver. The police began dragging the river but didn’t find Brody’s body for three days. By then his body was so decayed, they couldn’t tell the manor of death.
Deke read the account in the newspaper a few days later. He couldn’t believe it and he wondered at this too. Was the guy sly enough like Shayna claimed to get away?
Chapter Fourteen
Shayna groaned as she opened her eyes. For the first time in the last several days, she finally felt better. Her fever broke at some point in the night. She might have felt better but she was sweaty and she knew she smelled bad. Looking behind her she found Bowie was still sleeping. She smiled and turned over to kiss his cheek gently.
She knew he hadn’t slept well, so she got up and went to the bathroom. Closing the door softly, she turned on the shower and stripped off her t shirt and panties. Stepping in the shower she groaned as the hot water ran down her back.
She just stood there for a minute before the door opened and a naked Bowie stepped in behind her. She felt his arms wrap around her.
“Are you all right?” he whispered in her ear as he snuggled close.
“I’m more than alright,” she murmured.
“Are you sure?” he asked as he rubbed his lower body against her.
She could feel his hard cock and she almost purred. “Oh, yeah.” She moaned. “If that beautiful hard part of you is for me, please let me have it.”
Bowie’s hand slipped down to her core and opened her with two fingers pushing up into her. Shayna hissed and opened her legs wider. She groaned in pleasure as his fingers went deeper and faster in and out of her body. When she couldn’t take anymore she begged, “Please put your cock in me. I need you.”
Bowie took his fingers out of her and pushed his hot cock deep inside her. He didn’t stop until he was ball deep. He moaned as her walls surrounded him. Taking a deep breath, he took in her scent and he knew he was home. She felt so good he couldn’t stop. He thrust inside her again and again until he felt that rush through his body. He knew he was getting close as he reached down to her apex and thumbed her clit sending her over the edge. She screamed as she came. When he felt her clamp down on him Bowie let go and shot his hot cum deep into her. He growled as he came and then he held on tight as his legs felt weak.
He braced his arm on the shower wall as his strength returned. It’d never been like this with other women. It had never affected him or his body like this. He nuzzled the back of her neck whispered sweet words she probably couldn’t understand in her ear.
She turned in his arms and looked up at him. “I know we only met a week ago but you’ve given me something I never knew I was missing before. You healed a big part of my soul just by being you. I love you so much. I know you may not want to hear that right now, but I will love you for the rest of my life. Thank you for that.”
Bowie was stunned. “Why wouldn’t I want to hear that you love me? Don’t you know anything woman? You became mine the moment I claimed you and once I had you in my bed that was it for me. I love you and I’m never letting you go. You are mine now, both you and Danny. You both belong to me now and forever.”
“Really?” sh
e whispered with tears in her eyes. “You’re going to keep us? Me and Danny?”
“Of course I am,” he insisted. “What did you think would happen?”
She shrugged. “I have no clue. No one has ever offered us this before.”
“This?” He frowned.
“A forever home.” She wet her lips as the water ran down her back. “My grandfather only wanted us when I would steal for him, my uncle hated me and didn’t want to keep Danny.” She licked her dry lips. “My parents offered us love and a home but that didn’t last very long. One day, they were there and the next day they were gone.” She paused then looked at him. “You’re a biker and bikers aren’t noted for being faithful. I love you but I can’t share you with another woman. That would just about kill me.”
Bowie smiled. “Sweetness, I don’t want anyone but you. I was never a player the way some bikers are. I get what you’re saying, but I know I need and want only you. Why would I want another woman when I got the best woman for me right beside me? You hold my heart Shayna. Never doubt that for a moment. I love you even though as you pointed out, we’ve only been together a week.”
She closed her eyes and leaned forward until her face laid on his chest. “So now what do we do? Where do we go from here?”
“We get cleaned up and then we go talk to your uncle. Deke and Hawk have questions for you. They’ve been asking Sean for days and he refuses to answer their questions. We’re hoping you can fill in some of the blanks.”
Shayna nodded. Pushing away from him, she turned and began washing up. Bowie grabbed the shampoo and washed her hair. Rinsing her hair for her, he was gentle and sweet while still taking care of her as he had for days now. She finished up and got out of the shower. Bowie washed up quickly. After they were dressed, they left the room and walked down the hall into the main room.
She saw Hawk, Iceman and Deke sitting at one table and Bowie walked her over to them. Sitting down she looked at the men and asked, “So my uncle is still alive then?”
Hawk nodded. “Brody took a nose dive off a bridge near Boston before we got to him. He took the coward’s way out.”
Shayna rolled her eyes. “Why doesn’t that surprise me?”
“What does that mean exactly?” Deke asked.
“Are the police absolutely sure it was Brody that they found?” she asked instead of answering Deke’s question. Brody would have needed a way to escape justice for his crimes.
“Who else would it have been?” Sam asked.
“Brody wasn’t one who liked to drive his own car. He always had one of his council drive him. He always felt it gave him panache to have his own driver.”
Deke looked over at Sam and Hawk. “There was a body found days after the car went into the river but there was only one. The police didn’t find a second man. The body was also too damaged to tell what the cause of death was.”
“What the fuck is going on here?” Iceman asked. “Is Brody dead or what?”
“It could have been his driver the badges found, not Brody.” Bones acknowledged. “But where would he go if he was alive? He was bleeding from a bullet in the shoulder when he left here. At the rate he was bleeding, he wouldn’t have lasted long. If he did survive the river, do you have any idea where he would go to hide and heal?”
Shayna thought for a moment then nodded. “There was one place he might go. His half-brother owns a veterinary clinic in Boston. They didn’t have the same last name, so no one knew they were related. He might go there.” She gave him the name of the clinic,
Hawk called his brothers to have them check it out. Then he closed his phone while looking Shayna and Bowie again. “My boys found his record books and about a million dollars in cash. They also ran into several of his crew. Most of them were kids who had no other home beside the one Brody gave them. It was sad. Almost heartbreaking in some cases.”
Shayna nodded. “Yeah, that’s how they operated. They took the kids off the street, gave them a home and food to eat, then they taught them how to steal. They gave those kids hope and they would do anything to keep what Brody and Axel offered them.”
“Your buddy Ponch was found a few days ago. He was throat stabbed and just left to rot,” Deke told her.
“Ponch was no friend to anyone in Sean’s house. He was Brody’s informant and kissed his ass every day. It wouldn’t surprise me to find out it was Brody who killed him.” She hesitated then asked, “What happened to them? The kids, I mean.”
Hawk shrugged. “My boys didn’t hurt them if that’s what you’re asking. In fact, there were only two that gave them any trouble. Two of the older boys in Brody’s crew, Tim and Harry. They just wouldn’t quit, so my men did get a little rough with them but they didn’t kill them.”
Shayna smiled gently. “I know you didn’t hurt them. I never once thought you would. And Tim and Harry deserved whatever they got.” Shaking her head she said, “Those two will probably step up and take over Brody’s crew if he’s out of commission. They watched and projected Brody with every step they took. Why they wanted to be like him I have no clue but they did.” She looked over to Deke. “I hear Sean is still alive.”
He nodded. “Did you want to see him one last time?”
“Yeah I do. I have some things I need to say to him. Some things I need to understand before I walk away from him for good.”
“Then let’s go see the man.” Deke got to his feet then looked at her, “He’s not in very good shape, you have to understand that. The man proved very stubborn about answering our questions. He didn’t really give us much information and that just pissed us off.”
Shayna shrugged. “Sean always was a damn fool. I hope you made it hurt like a summabitch.”
Deke grinned then looked at Bowie. “I like her, I really do.”
Bowie chuckled. “So do I.”
Ten minutes later, when Shayna walked into what Deke and the others called a shed she really didn’t know what she was walking into. She caught the scent of blood in the air and when she looked over at the man tied to the chair she found his head hanging low. Blood pooled around his feet, dripping from the cuts and bruises on his face and chest.
He didn’t even bother to raise his head until she called out softly, “Uncle.”
Sean slowly raised his head up far enough to glare at her. She and everyone in the room could read the hatred in his eyes for her. He smiled showing his blood stained teeth. Before she could say a word, he spit at her.
The spit was mostly blood and Shayna didn’t try to move away from his projectile. She just stood there glaring at him.
“What the fuck do you want girl?” he rasped breaking the silence between them. “To gloat at how far the mighty have fallen?”
“No I never wanted this for you,” she told him. “Not to say you don’t deserve it. I just thought this day wouldn’t ever come.”
“This, all of this is your fault you know.” Sean sneered. “Your fault, and that stupid damaged brother of yours.”
She shook her head. “No this is on you. On you, Axel, Adrick and Brody. You four men played a horrendous game of cat and mouse with kids. Kids who never deserved what you made them do.”
“We gave those kids a home, food and we taught them a trade!” he shouted. “They learned their value from us.”
“They would have been better off living on the streets. So did you and Ricky Cooper set up the accident that killed my parents? Your own sister? Did you set that up?”
Sean smiled again. His teeth showed fresh blood. “What if I did?”
Shayna glared at him. “Why? Why would you do that? What did she do that was so bad you condemned her to death?”
“She turned her back on us long before we did her,” Sean stated. “Did you know my father actually wanted her back? He had me and Adrick, but he always wanted his little girl back with him. Me and Adrick caught hell every single time we fucked up but not Harley. He forgave her mistakes. He’d rant and rave at us but her, she could do no wrong in his eye
s. Even when she ran off with your dad. It broke his heart but he let her go. He let her go thinking one day she would come back to him.” He shook his head. “Of course, she never did. Then he found out about you and Danny and suddenly, he’s grandfather of the year? He brought you and Danny home when we tried to tell him we didn’t need or want you there.”
Shayna nodded. “I was tainted by her blood wasn’t I? Me and Danny were our mother’s kids.”
Sean sneered. “Yes, you were. There were too many people in my way already. I wanted to be top man, bigger than my father and bigger than Brody. I wanted to run Boston but that never happened. As soon as my father and brother went to prison, Brody kicked us out.”
“Yeah, you left town with your tail between your legs, didn’t you?” She nodded. “But you never had half the crew Brody did, you found out the hard way that you sucked at being the boss. You had a mole in your crew from day one and you never even took note of it. You just basked in your own stolen glory.”
“I could have been a big man if I had gotten to my dream town,” Sean argued.
“Could have, should have, would have.” Shayna mocked him. “You were playing at running things. Benjy knew more street sense than you ever did. You were a fool playing games with everyone’s lives. There’s a place in hell reserved for men like you and Brody.”
“I’ll see you dead yet, you little bitch!” Sean called out as she turned away from him.
Shayna turned her head back to view him one last time. “Not if I see you dead first. First rule of any MC, you don’t mess with what belongs to them. You came after me and Danny. We belong to Bowie now and you broke that rule twice. These guys,” she paused and motioned at the men in the room with them. “They are fair and just but they don’t forgive or forget. You’ve earned their wrath. Your spot in hell awaits you, Uncle Sean.” She walked toward the door with Sean cursing her with every step she took.
