Fated for Pitch Black

by E. C. Land

  “We need to know why you were transferring a majority of your paychecks to Bryce Callaghan,” Chains states being completely upfront with my woman.

  “Um, it was to keep Carson alive. He found out I didn’t get rid of my son as I told him I would while I was in school, so, he said if I pay for his life while I’m in school, he’ll decide whether or not I can keep him when it was time for me to come back to him,” she murmurs, glancing down at the table in embarrassment.

  “I didn’t want to see anything happen to Carson, and I knew my time was running short it’s why I moved back to Louisiana. I figured if something happened to me, he could get to his dad and be safe.” Fuck me if her words don’t gut me to the core.

  “Right, we don’t have to worry about that anymore, when you go back to work your money is yours no more sending it to fuckhead,” Chains commands.

  “Okay, is that all?” she asks.

  “One more thing, did you set up an account offshore giving Bryce access to get the money when needed?” This time it’s Fuse who asks the question.

  “No. I’m trying to stay away from them as much as possible. I didn’t want to take the chance with Carson’s life,” she whispers.

  A knock on the door stops all conversation. “Enter,” Chains yells.

  The door opens and in comes Finder holding the door for two well-dressed men. This must be O’Connell and MacDermott.

  “Gentlemen, and of course lass, if we could get on with this meeting, I do have other things to do,” MacDermott says.

  “Babe, go ahead and go back to doing what you were doing and stay away from the other strays, I’ll come find you when we’re done here,” I say placing a kiss to the side of her head.

  Nodding Angelina climbs off of my lap and none of us miss the way she holds her head down and takes the long way to get to the door so as to not pass too closely to the two newcomers.

  Soon as the door closes behind my woman, MacDermott shoots his glare to me. “May I ask what my sister’s daughter is doing on your lap?”

  What the fuck did he just say?

  Chapter Fourteen

  Angelina

  My stomach is in knots at the sight of both men. One of whom looks far too familiar. Something in the back of my mind doesn’t seem to want to connect with what it is.

  Heading into the kitchen, I decide to whip up a batch of chocolate chip cookies. Figuring I’d double the batch size due to the amount of people around here. Doesn’t take me long to get the batter mixed to the right texture.

  I’m starting to scoop the dough out on to a cookie sheet when Peirce enters the room. “Lina, babe, I need to talk to you about something,” he sighs.

  “What is it?” I ask, putting the spoon in the bowl.

  “Do you know either of the men who came into church before you left the room?” His question baffles me.

  “Um, the man our age, I’ve never seen before, but the older one there’s something about him that seems familiar. Like I’ve seen him around my parents’ house or something,” I say shrugging my shoulders.

  Nodding, Peirce moves to stand directly in front of me, his hip leaned against the counter. “That man you recognize is, Tomas MacDermott, your uncle.

  What?

  “Come again, neither of my parents had siblings,” I protest shaking my head.

  “Angelina, I’m speaking the truth, MacDermott just finished explaining about how his sister mysteriously died in a car accident and her daughter was missing. You are the spitting image of the woman. Fuse can show you a picture he found of her on the computer.”

  Stunned speechless, I shake my head.

  Why me?

  “Are you saying my parents kidnapped me?” I ask.

  “I’m not sure, babe, but we’ll find out. We have a meet to get to and need you to come with us.” Lifting a hand, he cups the back of my neck. “Not gonna lie to you, babe, the meet is with your dad and the Callaghans.”

  At the mention of their names, I stiffen. “No, Peirce, I can’t go. I don’t wanna face them.”

  Peirce’s one arm around my waist tightens slightly as he holds my neck more firmly. “Promise you, ma raison d’être, no harm will come to you, never again. No one will ever fuckin’ take you away from me again. My brothers will be there along with Dean and Tomas.”

  Holding Peirce’s gaze, I know without a doubt he means every word.

  Nodding my head, I relax into his embrace and place my forehead to his chest. “When do we have to leave? I was making cookies.”

  “We’re heading out in thirty minutes. Can someone else cook them?” he chuckles.

  At this obscene question I tilt my head back and give him a horrified expression. “I’m not about to let anyone else touch these cookies. These are homemade and have to be cooked just right.”

  “Babe.” He grins.

  “Don’t babe me. I’ll wrap the dough up and put it in the fridge for the time being,” I huff.

  “Sounds good, ma raison d’être,” he murmurs leaning down and pressing a kiss tenderly to my lips. “Now get it done so we can get out of here. Afterward, Tomas has asked to speak with you. I told him I’d ask.”

  “Let’s see how this whole meet you guys are going to goes, then we’ll see. I’m not trusting anyone else on their word until I hear what my father has to say,” I mutter.

  “You got it, babe, we’ll find out for you.” He nods, smiling in approval.

  Sucking in a breath, I release it. Here goes facing your fears.

  I only hope that it doesn’t bite me in the ass.

  “Car’s pulling in,” Throttle calls out from his spot near the door.

  “Thanks Throttle,” Chains mutters. “Alright brothers let’s get this shit done so we can get the fuck out of here.”

  “If they try to make a move for Angelina shoot ’em in the fuckin’ head,” Peirce states with Chains backing him.

  After we’d gotten to the warehouse that Peirce told me is where he goes for his fights, Tomas and Dean disappeared. I guess this was a part of their plan or whatnot.

  Silence descends upon the group as Peirce positions himself and me. From what I gather, I’m not to be seen at first.

  “We’re here, now where’s Angelina?” Deveaux demands, adjusting his suit jacket.

  “You’ll see her soon enough but first I want to know why you had your man try to kill her?” Chains sneers, crossing his arms over his chest.

  “That was not the plan as I told you on the phone, he was to bring Angelina to me. Where she’s supposed to have been all this time, but I’ve allowed her the time she needed to finish school. He was also supposed to put a bullet in that brat’s head.” I flinch at Bryce’s words.

  “You gave her all this time to finish school as well as made her pay all this time for Carson’s life, why?” Tyres growls.

  “Our reasons are our own,” Deveaux states nonchalantly.

  “I believe we deserve to know your reasons, considering it was my son you all intended to kill,” Peirce snarls, his body tensing in front of mine.

  “I thought that was you. I should shoot you now for causing the delays in our plans. Angelina was to marry Bryce and fix what her bitch of a mother fucked up.” This time I stiffen at what I’m hearing.

  Before another word is spoken from Peirce or his brothers Tomas speaks up. “And what exactly did my sister fuck up? By not marrying you as you demanded? She was to marry another man, yet you knocked her up dropping her worth to the man she was meant to be with.”

  “MacDermott.” I all but cringe at the sound of my father’s voice.

  If what Tomas says is true then this is my father and he killed my mother allowing another woman, who hated me growing up, to raise me.

  Again, what the hell did I do to deserve all of this?

  “She should have been mine,” my father sneers.

  “Doesn’t matter, you are not part of the family. Never were and using the Callagahans to do your dirty work isn’t going to work. As of no
w you’re all dead for what you’ve done to my niece.” A moment later, I scream into Peirce’s back as shots are fired.

  “Easy, babe, it’s okay. It’s done and over with,” Peirce says turning to face me.

  Lifting my gaze to him, I see the truth in his eyes, right before my knees give out and everything goes dark. The last thing to penetrate my brain is Peirce calling my name.

  Epilogue

  Pitch Black

  “Are you sure about this?” Carson asks looking at me, uncomfortable in the dress shirt his mom put him in.

  “Yeah, kid, this should have happened twelve years ago,” I say, a grin in place.

  After that night when Tomas shot the men who had been hurting Angelina and she fainted in my arms, I made a decision right then and there. My woman was marrying me, and I was officially making Corbin her last name. I wasn’t about to take any chances and with her uncle’s blessing, I refused to waste any time.

  It’s why right now, my son was standing next to me as Angelina walks toward me in a beautiful cream sundress.

  Fuck she’s beautiful.

  Soon as she makes it to me, I wrap my arms around her waist. “You’re mine forever and always now, ma raison d’êtr. I’m never giving you up.”

  Smiling, Angelina wraps her arms around my neck. “Good, I never want you to let me go,” she murmurs.

  “Are you two going to be like this all the time?” Carson mutters.

  “Just you wait until you find the one and you’ll understand when fate puts something in your hands you cherish it always,” I state, releasing my woman enough to glance at our kid.

  “Should I just skip to the part where you say, ‘I do’. Seems you two have already given your vows,” the minister chuckles.

  Grinning at Angelina, I allow her to have the rest of the ceremony the way she wants it. Vows and all. Only when I say mine, I tell her she was always fated to be mine.

  Mine alone and that’s the way it’s going to stay.

  Fate never lies and when shit happens that bitch always finds a way to bring it back around to the ones who deserve it. Killing off the ones who abuse it. Giving second chances for those who need it most.

  My Lina and I are lucky enough to have fate on our side. Now let’s just hope it stays that way and nothing else goes wrong.

  Dear Readers,

  I truly hope you enjoyed Fated for Pitch Black. I’m sure you’re wondering, will these two have another book? The answer is, yes. Angelina’s Fate will be the next book for them. I know we all struggle with things in our lives, especially these days; however, I wanted to show that even through the rougher times like Pitch Black and Angelina went through, you can pull yourselves through it.

  If you’re wondering what Pitch Black meant about the things going on with Raven check it out in Carrying Blaze’s Mark.

  Now the next one to come to you all is Tiny’s Hope. That’s right, it’s almost time for Chains and Tiny second book. I personally cannot wait to give you this couple once again. Bonus you’ll find out more about what’s going on with Tyres.

  Keep on reading and being as awesome as you all are.

  Sincerely,

  E.C.

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  Never before did I think I would have this again. A family. Now I stand with my little bird and a child we’re raising as our own. Doesn’t matter how he came to us. He’s ours.

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  I knew there was going to be someone coming down from New York to be the regent for the Iron Vex MC. It seems a bit historical to me, using the word and whatever, but here I am. One of our own is supposed to be going up to New York as we speak. An even trade off, ensuring our alliance is smooth sailing.