“My head hurts from that woman’s wailing and the deceit pouring through the phone,” Raven mutters, breaking the silence that’s descended upon the room and I can’t help but wonder what she means.
“You’ll be okay, Little Bird,” Blaze states, pulling her into his chest.
“Amaya, you okay?” Isaac asks, pulling my attention back to him.
I meet his gaze and I shake my head. Right now, if I were to try and speak, I would probably scream. Or cry. Either one wouldn’t be good at the moment.
“You will be,” he murmurs and shocks me by pressing a kiss to my temple.
“You believe me?” I ask in astonishment.
“Why wouldn’t I believe you, Sweetness?” Isaac’s brow raises up in question as he narrows his eyes at me.
“Because it’s Emilia we’re talking about. The mother of your son and the woman you used to be with,” I utter the words, yet soon as they slip past my lips, I feel like vomiting.
“I want you to get one thing straight in that beautiful head of yours, Amaya. You are my woman and I’ll fuckin’ believe you over the bullshit she just spewed for more reasons than one. Not only did you drive your ass all the way up here in the hooptie of a car with my kid. You tried to tell me years ago about him and I ignored it. And if that weren’t enough to prove you’re right then the footage you showed my brothers and me would do it,” he snaps.
“But we’re talking about Emilia,” I whisper in protest.
“Yeah, and the fuckin’ bitch is gonna get what’s coming to her. She shouldn’t have fucked with the men in my unit. Emilia thinks she’s clever but, in all reality, the woman is dumber than a stack of bricks and is going to find herself either dead or behind bars. Whichever comes first.” Um. Oh okay.
“I’m calling church now. We need to figure this shit out and we need to do it now. The club doesn’t need any more headaches. The sooner we get this shit sorted the sooner we get back to finding out who the fuckers are we’re dealing with,” Stoney declares, standing to his feet. His gaze comes to me and I swear I stop breathing at the intensity of the blue in them. “Amaya, I appreciate all you’ve done for us, so as your ol’ man has stated, we believe you. If we thought you were lying, your ass wouldn’t be sitting here right now. Instead, you’d be out on your own.”
Um.
I don’t know how to handle that.
These men have been nothing but nice to me and I’m not used to it. Everything in life cost something, and it’s a matter of the price of whether you get it or not.
Instead of giving him words, I nod my head in agreement. It’s only a matter of time before all the truths come to light. Only question left is what all will the truth hold?
There’s only so much a person can hold in and why they do anything. A prize is a prize you win in a game, but keeping that prize, you must be deemed worthy, and nothing worthy comes without its faults.
Isaac gives me a kiss and heads for the room where they hold church. It’s not a room I’m allowed in, nor do I want to go in there. Whatever they talk about behind those doors is the club’s business and I’m not a part of this group. Not by a long shot. No matter what they say.
Chapter Nineteen
Venom
My stomach is still churning at the sound of Emilia’s voice. I don’t know what the fuck made me want to be with her the first time around. She’s definitely good at seducing things to go her own way. However, this time around, I’ve got Amaya and I’m not about to let anything fuck it up.
Emilia wants to play a victim card and I’m going to let her keep thinking it.
During church we’d hashed out what all’s going on and went over details. We all worked to come up with a plan in order to trap Emilia. Though it’s a damn good plan, I don’t want to have to do it when it means Amaya will be made a target. Hearing how she got all the scars on her body is still fresh in my mind and I want to protect her from further harm.
If we asked her, would she do what we’ve decided on? Yeah, she’d jump at the chance to help. That’s just who she is. But my brothers agreed to keep it from her. Though we have to use her, I’m going to do everything in my power to protect her from all the bullshit going on around us.
Before we finished church, Stoney called Twister, Hammer, and Blow. The decision is to have their clubs in on the plan we’re going through with. Each of them are coming with two of their men. I knew with Twister he’s bringing K-9, Hades, and Burner. I don’t know who will come with Hammer or Blow, but I’m pretty sure it’ll be their enforcer and someone else.
Why we need them all here is for the very reason I don’t want Amaya involved? Nerd went further into Emilia’s bullshit using my woman’s program she’d set him up with and found she’s tied up with the Supreme Masters. Yeah, she owes dealers money but for some reason they don’t go after her. She’s protected in some way and I’m not about to have the bitch get away with what she’s done to my son and Amaya, let alone the men I served with.
I don’t know what all is going to happen over the next several days, but I do know I intend to keep Amaya near me at all times. Her and Lincoln both.
“You think Burner will be bringing his tattoo
