Outlaw Revenge (Back Down Devil MC #1)(49)

“It’s not for him. It’s to protect him. Help him.”

Gaige smiled. Emily was doing this perfectly. Gaige was almost next to Max. Again, if Max wasn’t holding the baby, this would have been simple. Gaige could easily tackle him and beat the f*cking piss out of him. But Gaige needed to protect the baby.

Emily walked to the car and looked inside. “Hey buddy. Can you sit up for me?”

“He’s really there,” Max said. “He really is…”

Gaige saw Max lower the gun and this was his opportunity to move. Gaige kicked Max’s hand, sending the gun to the ground. When Max turned his head, Gaige threw a timed fist, connecting with his jaw. It sent Max spinning and when he opened his arms, Gaige caught the blue bundled blanket. Gaige was on his knees and Max was on his ass.

“Liars,” Max said. “I knew it. Now we all can die.”

Gaige heard cries in the distance and looked to see Griffin holding a baby. Landon and Erik had their guns drawn as they rushed through the bushy area.

Gaige’s head spun. When he put the blanket down and opened it, everything came together.

It wasn’t a baby in the blanket… it was a bomb.





twenty-five.



When Gaige looked at Max, the crazy * was smiling. He then rolled and made a move for the gun Gaige had kicked out his hand. Gaige lunged forward and managed to get Max by his foot. He pulled him back and kicked him in the ribs.

Landon and Erik were there, guns on Max.

“Don’t f*cking kill him,” Gaige said. “He had a f*cking bomb in his hands.” Gaige pointed to Griffin and waved. “Hang back!”

Gaige looked at the bomb and saw the counter. There was less than a minute left before the damn thing would blow up. This was all a f*cking rouse. Max wanted to blow everyone up. He was insane, just like Emily had warned.

“Fuck!” Gaige yelled.

He bent and lifted the bomb in the blanket. He ran to the car and threw the bomb in the backseat.

“What the f*ck?” Shay yelled.

“Put a rock on the gas pedal and let it go,” Gaige said. “He had a f*cking bomb. We’ve got seconds here, bro.”

“My car…”

“I’ll buy you a new one, man. Come on.”

“Jesus Christ,” Shay said.

Gaige ran to the side of the road and found a rock that he hoped would do the job. He came back to the car where Shay stood with a look of disbelief on his face.

“It’s a f*cking car, bro,” Gaige said. “It’ll be fine.”

Gaige put the rock on the gas pedal. The engine roared. Gaige got into the driver’s seat with one foot hanging out of the car. He hit the brake pedal and pulled the car into drive. The vehicle jumped, demanding to take off. Taking a deep breath, Gaige counted to three, took his foot off the brake pedal, and then rolled from the car. He hit the ground with a thud.

Shay’s car sped off into the distance. Emily ran to Gaige and he took her hand.

When the bomb finally went off, the car exploded into a ball of fire. The thundering boom shook the ground for a few seconds.

Gaige put a hand to Shay’s shoulder. “I’m so sorry, bro.”

“Fuck it,” Shay said. “It’s just a car. Is that baby okay?”

Gaige turned and Griffin was walking toward them, holding Chief Jerry’s infant son.

“What the f*ck,” Griffin whispered. The baby let out a cry. Griffin touched the baby’s head and bounced gently.

“We should call the chief,” Shay said.

Miller and Blaine arrived to the scene. Blaine pointed to the fire and smokey mess of what used to be Shay’s car.

“It was a bomb,” Shay said. “I’ll explain.”

“I’ll make the call,” Miller said.

“Tell him to wait a few minutes,” Gaige said. “Emily and I have to finish this together.”

Miller stared at Gaige and then nodded. “We’ll go down the road a little bit.”

“Thank you,” Gaige said.

Miller welcomed Gaige with open arms and they hugged. “It’s done for now, okay? Eight Under revenge. This bullshit. It’s done. Make it quick and get back to the clubhouse.”

“Take care of that baby,” Gaige said. “That’s… going to seal the deal with Jerry.”

“Let’s not worry about that right now,” Miller said. “Do what you have to do here.”

Miller nodded and waved for the crew to follow him.

Gaige took Emily by the hand again and walked her toward Max. He stopped where he put his gun and knife on the ground. He took his weapons back and opened Emily’s hand. He put the gun in her hand and looked at her.

“No,” she said. “I won’t… I can’t…”

“You’re not,” Gaige said. “I want you to just feel it. To understand why we do what we do. He had a f*cking bomb, beautiful. He wanted all of us to die.”

Gaige took Emily to Max. He nodded to Landon and Erik, who slowly backed away and then left the scene. Gaige took the gun from Emily’s hand and pointed it at Max. He was sitting with his knees to his chest.

“You killed our son,” he whispered.

“There was never a baby,” Emily said. “You f*cking hurt me, Max.”