Viper's Kiss (Back Down Devil MC #8)(67)

Blaine stepped forward, almost bumping chests with Ed. The two men lifted their guns and had then pointed right at Blaine.

“Vin killed my family in cold blood. He put a bullet through my fiancee’s head. Then he put a bullet through my stepdaughter’s chest. He served no time for it. I moved on and found someone else to love. She’s carrying my child right now. He tried to hurt her and my unborn child. I had him strapped to a table, ready to take him apart. Literally. I stopped. For you, Ed. For you.”

“That’s some sick shit. But I’ll take it.”

Ed then offered his hand to Blaine. They shook hands. As did Shay, Gaige, and Miller.

They broke up and Miller slid a hand to Blaine’s neck. “You did f*cking amazing, brother. You have no idea what you just did for the club.”

“I love you all,” Blaine said. “I’d do it again.”

They got on their motorcycles and watched as the back window went down. Ed’s beady little eyes stared at Blaine.

“You had a fire, huh?”

“Yeah,” Blaine called out. “Someone tried to burn our clubhouse down.”

“I’m sorry. About that. About your family. About your troubles. Just know Vin will be in good hands.”

Blaine nodded.

Ed then tossed a bag out the window of the SUV and drove away.

Everyone thought it was a bomb and readied to take cover. Shay was crazy enough to approach the bag, not giving a shit if it was a bomb.

It wasn’t a bomb though.

It was the money.

Half a million dollars. All cash.

A little thank you.





thirty-five.



Jessa saw the lights in the mirror.

“He’s got us,” Blaine said. “You ready?”

“Yeah,” Jessa said.

She was terrified. Really terrified.

Blaine kept driving fast, approaching double the speed limit.

The police cruiser got right up on his ass, lights and sirens going wild.

Blaine pulled to the side of the road.

When the officer came to Jessa’s side, she gripped the door handle and started to groan.

Blaine leaned across. “Officer, I’m so sorry. It’s my wife. She’s in pain…”

“Do you understand how fast…”

Jessa let out a cry. She touched her round stomach. “It hurts.”

“Ma’am? Are you…”

“She’s pregnant,” Blaine said. “We went for a drive to look at the mountains. She started complaining of pains. I called for help and they told me to meet them around here. Why the hell couldn’t they send an ambulance?”

“Sir, there are parts around here…”

Jessa groaned again. She leaned forward. “It’s so bad. I think I’m…” She grabbed a bag of water from under seat and squeezed it. It popped without a sound, leaving a wet mess everywhere. She then leaned back and yelled. “My water!”

“Holy shit,” the officer said. “Let meet get you assistance.”

“Call for a hospital escort,” Blaine said. “I have to drive. If you’re going to chase me, then chase me. You can shoot me, I don’t care. This is my first child. I can’t have anything go wrong.”

The officer looked shocked. He had no idea what to do.

Jessa looked in the rearview mirror and saw the box truck. It approached the car. She reached for the officer’s hand and squeezed. “I think the baby… it’s too soon. It’s way too soon…”

“Okay,” the officer said. “Just hang…”

The box truck passed by the car and kept going.

The officer didn’t even look at it.

He had no idea that a shipment of guns had just driven by.

Miller had called in a few favors to find out who was working the route that day. There was an officer running a speed trap. Jessa and Blaine were in charge of distracting that officer.

He also didn’t know that a gun had been fired at his cruiser, taking out the left side tires.

“I’m driving,” Blaine said. “Follow me or call for help.”

“Let me get back in my cruiser,” the officer said. “I’ll… uh…”

Blaine started to creep forward and then slammed on the gas pedal. The car kicked up dust as they sped away.

Jessa exhaled and touched her stomach. “That was so wrong, Blaine. He’s going to follow us.”

“He’s got two flats,” Blaine said. “He can’t follow us. And if he drives on his tires, he’ll damage his car. So then what? He calls it in? What’s he going to say?”

“I can’t believe this. This is what I’ve become.”

“Hey, what else would you want to do on your day off with me?”

“Besides break the law?”

Blaine grabbed Jessa’s hand and kissed it.

“Oh, Blaine…”

“What?”

“You realize what this means? My baby… our baby… it’s already an outlaw.”

Blaine let go of Jessa’s hand and reached across to her belly. “There’s no other way to live.”

Jessa wanted to get mad, but, again, she couldn’t. She kind of liked the thrill. More than that, she loved Blaine. She loved her outlaw. She loved everything good and bad that he brought to her.