Owned & Untamed (Back Down Devil MC #11)(68)

He turned and looked at me and Trev. “We do this right now.”

“Do what?” I asked.

“Duke, take it easy,” Trev said.

“Prez…”

“Hell Five,” he said. “Police found the body and opened an investigation. That’s the good. The bad is that Hell Five were undercover at the fight. They did that to create a distraction. They grabbed Jim and Belle. They want the money from the fight.”

I took a step back.

I had taken Belle from her house to protect her but now she was taken from me anyway.

“Give it to them,” I said. “Right now. Where are they?”

“I’ve got the location,” Jasper said. “We have to approach…”

I turned and started to run. I pointed to Maggie. “Get the hell inside, Maggie. Stay there!”

“Where’s Jim?” she asked.

“I’m going to get him.”

She grabbed my arm and I shook her away.

“Belle… where is she?”

“With Jim.”

“Save her,” Maggie said.

“No shit,” I growled and climbed on my ride. “Nothing is going to get her. I’ll die to save her.”

“You really love her?” Maggie asked.

“Of course I f*cking love her,” I said. “I’ve loved her my entire life. I f*cked up before but not again. This time, I’m making it right. Even if I lose the war.”

I started my motorcycle and had nothing else to say.

I sped out of the lot, my brothers hurrying to tail me. I couldn’t go far because Jasper knew the location.

I should have thought it all out better. The Hell Five were desperate. I never thought in my wildest dreams they’d pull a stunt like this though. But I got it. They were on the verge of losing everything.

Then again, I was on the verge of losing everything.

**

We stopped a little bit away from the small building. It was a shipping office that had seen much better days. It used to be a used car lot but after changing its name five times to five different foreign families, it was shut down for good. A local shipping company ate it up on the cheap and made it a small office since it was close enough to a northern port. That shipping company took a turn for the worse after not working closely with the Irish O’Nuall family so they were all but shut down, leaving the building barely used.

My first thought was that the O’Nuall family was somehow tied to this. That was scary to imagine. But first things first - save Belle and Jim.

I was walking the second my feet hit the ground. Trev darted in front of me and grabbed a handful of my shirt.

“Hey,” he growled. “We go in there like *s and we’re going to lose it all.”

“She’s in there. What would you do if it was Eden?”

“The same thing you are,” Trev said. “But I’m here to tell you to calm the f*ck down. Take it slow. Understand what we’re up against.”

“Do you have the money?” Jasper asked.

I nodded. “We’re solid. Are we just giving it up?”

“If that’s what we have to do to get your girl back,” Jasper said.

Damn, talk about hitting me in the heart. My brothers, club, my Prez even, all standing up for me and Belle. We were going to be in a big hole without that money for the Russians, but if I had Belle, I could survive anything.

“So what’s the plan?” I asked.

“What do you want to do?” Trev asked.

“I want to kick in the f*cking door,” I said. “And do whatever I need to do to make sure Belle and Jim survive.”

“Then let’s do it,” Jasper said. “Keep our heads on straight. If they strip us of weapons, listen. Just approach with caution and do whatever they say.”

“That’s who you talked to?” I asked.

“I spoke with Carlo,” Trev said. “It’s pretty clear to them that we set up their land deal to fail. He’s pissed. We knew it was coming. Just not like this.”

“I’ll lead,” I said. “If they want to kill someone, they can kill me.”

I started to walk forward and Trev called for me.

Not this time, Prez.

I couldn’t just stand there and let it all happen feet away. Inside that office was Belle. Jim. My girl. My best friend. My life. Everything I had known when I was growing up. They were my first family, the MC my second family.

I walked to the chain linked fence and eyed the place. The front door opened and one of the Hell Five came out. It was Leto. He was holding a handgun in his hand. He looked around. I dropped a little to hide, good enough that he didn’t see me. Checking his watch, he turned and walked back in.

So I had an entrance. I could just rip that door open and go right inside.

I slowly rose back to my feet and reached back for my gun.

That’s when I heard the click of a gun getting ready.

“Turn around,” a voice said, eerily familiar.

I looked over my shoulder.

“Don’t touch your gun.”

I showed my hands.

I felt a rage build up inside me.

I was f*cking dead. Belle was f*cking dead.

I gritted my teeth and asked, “What the f*ck are you doing here?”