Healing Gabe (The Last Hangman MC #3)(3)
“You okay kid?” Cabe asks me.
“I’m not a kid, and yeah I’ll be fine.” I sigh seeing the blood on my shirt.
He chuckles. “You’re not afraid to fight or to come to a woman’s rescue, that’s good, but you have no idea who you’ve just messed with.”
“Who is he?” I look between the bikers standing in front of me, some of them look my age. This is f*cked up.
“He’s in a rival MC called the Hades’ Kings. As I’m sure you’ve gathered, they have no respect for women. You stepping in to help Viv wasn’t a good idea even if it was the right thing to do. I hope for your sake that you aren’t afraid to fight again if they come back because they will. Do you live on your own?”
“What? No, with my little sister.”
“Fuck.” He sighs. “Alright, come with us. We’ll explain everything.” He motions for me to follow them. I don’t know why but I get in my truck and follow these bikers, I have no idea where to but if talking to them can keep Nicole safe after this major f*ck up, then I’m all for it.
On my way out of the parking lot, I see the girl who was fighting with Jared. She’s with another girl who looks very similar to her. Our sights lock and remain that way until I’m fully out of the parking lot. I have no idea what all of that was about but I hope they’ll both be okay. I pause and find myself wondering why on earth I care about two random girls. I don’t know them from Adam but I feel the need to keep them safe, to protect them from the likes of Jared. It’s odd, I don’t usually get like this about anyone except for Nicole. As I take one last look at the girls in my rear-view mirror, I get a strange feeling they are going to change my life forever, for better or worse? I’m not sure.
I follow the bikers to their compound and one of their ‘old ladies’ as they call them stitches up my cheek. It’s going to leave a nasty scar but at least half my face isn’t hanging open and bleeding everywhere.
They tell me they will help me out if I work for them and help them out. I don’t know why they would do that or what they are expecting from me. I’ve never met these guys before and yet they are welcoming me with open arms. After talking to the guys while getting stitched up, Cabe pulls me to the side, telling me that he wants to talk to me in private. Not gonna lie, this is unsettling. These guys are criminals; murder, theft, drugs, the whole nine yards and they don’t hide it. I’ve heard many stories about them and they aren’t pretty, some are f*cking terrifying. They could be trying to lure me in just so they can stab me in the back, but what choice do I have but to shut up and listen?
“Sit,” Cabe says as he sits at the head of the table, I quickly follow the order. “Do you know anything about us?”
“Not much. I know you are outlaws. I’ve heard some f*cked up stories about murders and drugs and gun deals but that’s pretty much it.” I say truthfully, I’m not about to bullshit a biker.
“Well, whilst that’s all true, we respect our women. You remind me of myself when I was younger; reckless, wanting to make things right, always getting into unwanted trouble and pig headed. I appreciate traits like that in a person, they seem to make them more loyal.”
I scoff. “You don’t know me. I could be the biggest * you’ve ever met.”
“Potentially, but if you were you wouldn’t have helped out Viv. That tells me a lot. You don’t know her, at least not that I know of, and you still stepped in.”
“What was I supposed to do? Let him force himself onto her and hurt her?”
“No, that’s why I appreciate you doing it. We have a long gruesome history with Hades’ Kings. Unfortunately for you, you stepped up to their VP and add onto that us stepping in, this shit isn’t going to go down well. If they don’t go after you, they’ll go after your sister and you don’t want that to happen.”
“Of course not.” I sigh realizing the size of my mistake. “I don’t regret standing up for that girl though. I just wish Nicole would be left out of this.” I rub my face.
“That’s very unlikely to happen. I don’t usually offer this to just about anyone, but seeing as you’re still quite young and have a little sister you raise on your own, I can’t let you deal with this on your own.”
“Why? Why are you doing this for me? For all you know, it could be an act.”
“If it’s an act than you deserve a prize.” He chuckles. “Listen, I don’t know what happened to you or where your family is but I’ve seen you around town with your little sister and you look like you could use a break. I could do with another mechanic too, the offer is open if you want it. Don’t wait too long though, it won’t last forever.”
I nod and sigh. “I might be making the biggest mistake ever but I don’t have much choice. The f*cker was attacking a girl in a public place; I don’t even want to think about what he could do with no one around or worse, to Nicole. I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself if he touched one hair on her head.”
“Trust me, Gabe. You’re making the right decision.” He smiles and extends his hand. I shake it feeling like I just signed a pact with the devil.
At the time I had no idea how f*cked up things would get, all thanks to Jared and his ‘brothers’.