Outlaw Revenge (Back Down Devil MC #1)(50)

“You tried to kill me,” Gaige said. “That doesn’t fly with me.”

Max looked at Gaige. Then at Emily.

“Look at him,” Gaige ordered Emily. “Stare into his f*cking eyes, beautiful. Understand it…”

“Do it,” Emily said. “Kill him.”

Gaige smiled. He f*cking loved hearing that.

Max started to close his eyes and Gaige pulled the trigger.

One bullet. One shot. Justice properly served.

Max’s head snapped back and he was gone.

Gaige touched Emily and she jumped. Tears filled her eyes and Gaige pulled her close. “Hey, it’s f*cking done now. There’s no more, okay? He’s gone. We’re here. Now we have to go.”

“What about…”

“It’ll work out,” Gaige said.

Gaige wanted Miller to show Chief Jerry Max’s dead body as proof that revenge was dealt. That’s how everything was meant to come together.

At the motorcycle, Gaige took Emily by her face and looked into her eyes. “I f*cking love you, Emily. All this was for you. I give my love, to you.”

Emily nodded. “I’m in love with you too, Gaige. I don’t know what else to say.”

“There’s nothing else that needs to be said. Stay with me, beautiful, and I’ll keep you safe. Roads twist and turn, but we always have a destination in mind.”

Gaige kissed Emily, savoring her gentle lips and sweet tongue.

They got on the motorcycle and started to ride. Gaige slowed when he saw the crew on the side of the road. Griffin looked so happy holding the chief’s baby. It made Gaige smile.

Miller approached the motorcycle. “How are we?”

“All set,” Gaige said. “You can show him and let him deal with it.”

“I called and he’s on his way. We’re good in all this now. In fact, I just talked to Johnny at the yard and there’s a fight next week. He wants us there. Appreciation for taking care of business around here.”

“Good to know,” Gaige said. “Listen, Miller, I’ve got one more thing I need to do. I gotta get back.”

“Go,” Miller said.

Gaige hit the throttle and he and Emily were set off on the open road again. Gaige knew better than to let his guard down. Enemies rarely slept and the smart ones already had their next move in mind. However, Gaige knew that Back Down Devil could maintain and protect the town.

Once they pulled into the clubhouse parking lot, Gaige smiled. He parked the motorcycle and looked back at the ramp to the underground garage. That’s where the last line of business waited.

Gaige helped Emily off the motorcycle, took her helmet, and then walked her to the clubhouse. Upstairs, Gaige stopped at the bar and got a shot. It burned, but it tasted great. He then got two beers and led the way to his room. Once he opened the door, he stopped.

“I have something to do,” he said.

“What?” Emily asked.

“I made a promise to someone else. I have business to finish.”

“Are you… are you going to kill someone?”

Gaige stood tall and let out a breath. “Do you want me to answer that?”

“I don’t know,” Emily said.

“Then don’t ask it. I’ll be back. Okay?”

Emily nodded. She blinked fast.

“Don’t,” Gaige said. “You’re f*cking safe here.”

Gaige left the clubhouse and went back outside. He saw the gate opening and a few of the guys were coming back. Miller must have decided that there wasn’t a need for the chief to meet with the entire crew out there. Miller, Blaine, Nate, and Griffin were just fine.

Gaige rushed down the ramp and went into the underground garage. He unlocked the door and found Vinny near the door. Bloody from the motorcycle accident. Scratched and clawed from Emily’s attack.

“Hey *,” Gaige said.

Vinny looked up at Gaige. “Just f*cking do it, okay? I’m not telling you anything. I’m not sorry for anything. I don’t give a f*ck what you do.”

Gaige smiled. He slid his knife out and looked at the blade. “You’re going to really regret saying that…”

Gaige knelt down and slammed Vinny’s head to the ground. Vinny cried out and looked at Gaige.

Slowly, Gaige brought the knife down to Vinny’s left eye…

One more promise to keep.





twenty-six.



Emily couldn’t sit. She paced the room, her body shaking, heart racing. When she looked around the room all she could think about was Gaige. The smell of the room. The bed where they f*cked each other. The way he touched her, held her, loved her. But when she closed her eyes, she saw Max’s face and then heard the sound of the gun and spray of blood and brain out of the back of Max’s head.

Gaige had done it. He had kept his promise to kill Max.

Emily opened her eyes and rushed to the bathroom. She fell to her knees in front of the toilet and tried to vomit. She screamed and coughed, but nothing happened. Her hair covered her face as tears dripped from her eyes to the toilet.

That was it.

There was no getting sick. The feeling inside Emily was unfiltered anger. Anger because revenge had been sought yet it fixed nothing. Rachel was still dead. Max had still beaten the hell out of her years ago. Nothing changed the past and nothing changed the present. It was only the future that had a brighter outlook, if Emily could shed it all from her mind.