Savage Love (Back Down Devil MC #7)(113)
Emily took Gaige’s hand and he pulled her to her feet.
“Are we doing this naked?” Emily asked, smiling.
“I f*cking wish,” Gaige said. “I wish I could show the world what you look like. But then I’d probably have to kill them. I don’t share. I don’t even want anyone f*cking looking at you when you’re dressed.”
Emily exhaled and kissed Gaige’s chest.
“And f*ck… when you were licking your nipple… I wanted to kill someone.”
Emily’s face flushed as she looked at Gaige. He was being serious.
“Now f*cking get dressed,” Gaige said. “I don’t have time to kill.”
There was that word again - kill. Emily didn’t like that word to begin with, but something told her it was going to be part of her life now. There was nothing she could do about it because she needed to be protected by Back Down Devil. And she was in love with Gaige.
How was she going to tell Gaige that? She wasn’t sure what his reaction would be. Would he laugh? Would he be angry? Would he care? Would he return the love?
“Come on,” Gaige barked. “Hurry up.”
Gaige had his boxers and jeans back on. Emily rushed to dress herself and went to the bathroom to fix her hair the best she could. She saw Gaige in the reflection, standing in the doorway, much like the first night they were together.
“That won’t matter, beautiful,” Gaige said with a sly smile.
“What won’t?”
“Covering it all up… your screams probably echoed throughout the clubhouse.”
Emily’s mouth opened and her cheeks burned.
Gaige wrapped his arms around her stomach. He kissed her cheek. “We have to get moving. I’m f*cking serious.”
“Okay,” Emily said.
They exited the room and clubhouse.
Gaige had Emily’s hand tight as they walked through the parking lot. It seemed very busy to Emily. Motorcycles were coming and going. Guys who worked the salvage business were working. She wondered if those guys knew the real purpose of the compound.
When Gaige nodded to a deep ramp, Emily froze.
“What’s that?” she asked.
“Underground garage. Good for business.”
Gaige walked and took Emily with him. She trusted Gaige but still wondered how many people walked down this very ramp and never came back out alive.
Inside, Gaige slid a key into the locked door and turned. He looked at her like he wanted to say something, but instead he just opened the door.
Emily looked inside and saw a man sitting on his ass against a wall. His right leg, arm, shoulder, and face were all torn up. His clothing ripped, his skin bleeding.
“This is Vinny,” Gaige said. “He’s the one who killed Rachel.”
“Fuck you,” Vinny called out.
Emily felt her heart pounding. She became dizzy for a few seconds and started to shake.
“No,” Gaige said to her. “No fear, beautiful. This is the f*cking piece of shit that shot at all of us. This is the f*cking piece of shit that put all those bullets in your best friend.”
Emily looked at Vinny. He looked back at her. His eyes were empty and evil.
“Too bad,” Vinny said. “I wished we would have blown your f*cking heads off. Then we could have taken your * and really had some fun.”
Gaige took his gun out and pointed it at Vinny. “Keep running your mouth.”
“Fuck you,” Vinny said. “You want to f*cking kill me, do it. Come on. Settle the score. Like I give a f*ck about some bullet holes in *.”
Emily started to shake more. Her blood was boiling like she never felt before. Staring at Vinny, she heard his voice, but it was like it was far away.
“You think your crew is going to come looking for you?” Gaige asked. “They’re holed up, afraid.”
“Then just f*cking kill me. Maybe I’ll meet that bitch on the other side… get some *…”
Vinny laughed and it was all Emily could take. She dove at Vinny and started to attack him. She made fists first but after just a few punches, she hurt her hand on one of Vinny’s teeth. She then switched to slapping and clawing, hitting his face as hard as she could. Gaige wrapped his arms around her and pulled her back.
“Fuck, beautiful,” he called out.
But Emily wasn’t done. She managed to wiggle free from Gaige and went back to Vinny. She kicked him in the stomach, the chest, and the face, over and over. Tears flooded her eyes and she broke down crying. All she could picture was Rachel begging her to go to the fight. Then Rachel standing there with Blaine. And then the sound of the gun… the sight of Rachel’s body on Blaine…
Emily kicked one more time and then fell to the ground. Gaige scooped her up and turned her away from Vinny.
“Fucking hell,” Gaige whispered.
Emily wept, her arms around Gaige’s neck, holding him tight.
“It’s okay,” Gaige said. “I told you it would be okay. He’s going to die for what he’s done.”
Gaige put Emily down and he crouched down with her. He wiped her tears away and moved the hair out of her face.
“Look at me,” Gaige said. “Look me in the eyes.”
Emily did. “I’m sorry…”
“No. You needed to do that. You get the feeling now. You understand it.”
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