“What do you have to be sorry for, Bethy? You all were the ones hurt,” I say, my mind denying any thought of Annslee being hurt.
“I know but they took her. She let them without putting up a fight to keep us from being hurt more than we already were.” Planting my hands on my waist, I bow my head, eyes shut, and shake my head.
“Who took her?” Lex asks from where he was sitting on the floor with Mackenzie in his arms, her eyes fluttering open.
“I think it was her father and someone else. Her father was the one who hit Mackenzie in the head with the butt of his gun. The other man wouldn’t let him kill us due to our association with the Devil’s Riot MC and Satan’s Keepers MC. He only wanted Annslee and when she agreed to take whatever punishment she was given he released his grasp on Alexis and myself,” Bethany murmurs through her tears.
Shit I know who took her, pulling out my phone, I find Gadget’s number and hit the call sign as I put it to my ear.
“What’s up, Hunt?” Gadget asks in greeting after the second ring.
“Annslee’s missing,” I inform him right off the bat.
“Fuck, Terry and Lawrence?” I don’t bother answering him and he doesn’t wait for and answer. “Meet me at the clubhouse, I’m gonna need my computers there to work my magic,” he grumbles and hangs up.
Pulling the phone from my ear, I meet Chaz’s gaze. “Meeting Gadget at the clubhouse,” I tell him and turn on my heel to leave.
“I’m coming with you,” Chaz declares.
“Me too, long as Connors or Jordan can come over and check on Mackenzie,” Lex announces.
“I’m fine, go,” Mackenzie mumbles.
“I’ll call Connors,” Bethany says, nodding her head in agreement.
“Tanner’s coming with you as well,” Alexis states coming back in the room holding one of the babies, Tanner following her with the other.
“Fuck yeah, I am. No one comes into our home, fucks with our family, and gets away with it,” he snarls.
Nodding, I don’t bother saying a word. Honestly at this point I don’t think I could speak if I even wanted to. Turning on my heel, I make my way outside and move for the garage bypassing the crossover. I need to be able to feel something.
Over the past month, Annslee’s made it where I could breathe without the demons in my head eating away at every part of me. I can’t lose the peace she’s given me. Not when I’ve finally found it.
Stepping into the garage through the side door, I hit the controller for the bay doors. The whining noise of the bays opening, is the only sound around me, but I know my brothers are right there with me, giving me the quiet I need for the time being to get my head on straight.
Straddling my bike, I start her up and pull out of the garage, shooting out of the driveway and making a mental promise to myself and anyone who would listen. If I get her back, I’ll spend the rest of my life making sure she doesn’t ever want for nothing, no one will ever hurt her in any way. I’d even sing the song I’d written for her. Let all of the world know she’s mine in every way possible.
Hitting the throttle, I speed down the road, leaning into the curves going faster than I should; however, I didn’t care. All that mattered was getting to the clubhouse, finding where those fuckers would take my woman and get her the fuck back, not just for me but our son as well. He needs her just as much as I do.
I’m pulling up to the gate just as Mace pulls it open letting the four of us through. Giving him a chin lift, I hit the throttle once more to head over to where we needed to park. I spot Gadget’s bike already there. He didn’t waste a moment in getting to the clubhouse. Dragon’s bike was parked right next to his.
“You good, Hunter?” Tanner asks as I put the kickstand down.
“I’ll be good when my Annslee’s back,” I tell him honestly.
“We’ll get her back,” Lex grumbles. “Besides the fucker who hit Mackenzie in the head with a gun needs a lesson beat into him.”
“They’ll get more than a beating,” I snarl, lip curling in disgust at the mention of the fucker who touched a member of our family.
“Let’s get inside and see what Gadget has for us,” Chaz suggests. Right now, he’s the only one to be completely levelheaded, but I know without a fuckin’ doubt he’s struggling like the three of us are on the inside.
Turning to the main doors, I stalk in that direction, heading for Gadget. As I open the door, we’re not met by just Twister, but every member of the club.
Oh shit. I didn’t expect them all to be here. I figured Dragon and Gadget would be the only ones to help find Annslee.
Twister steps forward, “Told Lex you all were a part of this club, this is what we do for family. Now we find your woman, make the assholes who took them suffer, and move the fuck on,” he says, turning his body toward Horse and nods.
“You four are members of this club it’s time you wore the cut,” Horse declares holding up a cut in his hand. Thorn, Rage, and Burner do the same. Dumbfounded, I stare at them all. “Don’t just stand there, brother, we gotta find your woman.”
Coming unstuck, I step forward and take the cut from Horse as my brothers do the same taking their rightful cuts from the men holding them out to them. Holding the cut up, I look at the front of it to take in the patches. On one side it had the Devil’s Riot MC patch the other side had two other patches stating my name as Hunt and Member.
For a split second, I grin as
