Luna’s Shadow (Devils Riot MC: Originals Book 5) Page 8

  I would have done it too, if she didn’t hightail it out of there with that other woman on her heels as I took fire, killing the asshole who held a gun on my woman.

  Guilt nearly eats me up when I think about it. If I’d been paying more attention to the surroundings as we were going down the road. They wouldn’t have been able to ram into the back-passenger door on the driver’s side. They sure as hell wouldn’t have gotten the car over the side of the road and into the small creek. Unfortunately, I’d had my mind on what Luna was wearing for me and didn’t have my full focus on the road.

  It’s my fuck up and I’ll live with it for the rest of my life knowing I could have prevented that shit from happening in the first place. Never again will it happen. I make this promise to myself as I hold Luna’s hand as we wait for the emergency room doctor to come in and check to make sure she’s okay.

  When we’d walked in, they thought we were here for me. Yeah, fuckin’ right. Unless I have to, I’m not going to the hospital for myself. Last time that happened was when Dragon and Gadget’s ol’ lady’s house was bombed while I was watching their son, Logan. Ended up admitted due to smoke inhalation and a bump on the head.

  Felt like shit because I hadn’t been out there helping them get Logan back from the Dragons Fire MC . . . thoughts of anything else rush out of my mind as I realize something very fuckin’ important.

  The Dragons Fire is starting to rebuild itself, they attacked us not that long-ago wanting Coyote’s son. Now just several short months later, Mareena is coming after Luna. Something doesn’t add up and I’d take a hefty bet that we have a rat somewhere in our midst.

  But who?

  It can’t be one of my brothers or the prospects. Nerd vets them to the point he knows them better than they know themselves.

  Pulling my phone out, I shoot Stoney, Tracker, and Blaze a group message, at the same time a knock sounds from the door to the hallway.

  Me: We have a hole in our walls.

  This is my way of letting them know my suspicions. Sending the message, I turn my focus on the doctor coming in the room.

  “How are we doing in here?” The doctor asks as she steps into the room, her eyes locked on Luna as she smiles. “I’m Doctor Lenox.”

  “I’m okay. I’m sore and have a headache but that’s it,” Luna states.

  “That’s to be expected when you get into a wreck,” Doctor Lenox nods. “I’m just going to give you a quick exam.” I stand back giving the doctor enough space to work around Luna, but I don’t take my eyes off of her every move. “Looks like you have a mild concussion and some whip lash. Rest will definitely be your friend for the next few days to a week. As for the pregnancy. Long as there’s no bleeding, follow up with your OB/GYN.”

  “Thank you,” Luna murmurs and nods.

  “No problem, just try to take it easy and not stress about anything right now.” With that Doctor Lenox left the room.

  At least now, we can get out of here and I can get her back to the clubhouse and in my bed there.

  Pulling my phone back out, I see their responses.

  Stoney: I was just thinking the same thing.

  Blaze: Can’t be one of the brothers, Raven would have picked up on the emotions swirling around them.

  Tracker: Gotta admit Raven can be creepy with that shit, but I agree. She’d have known before any of us.

  Yeah, Raven is. But I gotta agree as well.

  Me: I’m thinking it’s one of the clubwhores. We’ll be heading back to the clubhouse shortly.

  I respond letting them know my thoughts as well as giving an update.

  Blaze: Good. She okay? And F.Y. fuckin’ I, those bitches are nothing but drama. Glad my ol’ lady is in my bed every night and I don’t have to fight one of them off me.

  Me: She’s good, mild concussion and whip lash. Need to get her to a baby doc soon.

  Stoney: Glad to know she’s good. I’ll get Nerd to look into them all, see what he finds out about them.

  Me: Have him check the ones we no longer allow at the clubhouse as well, like what’s that bitch’s name, Gee, Gie, Gia, something or other.

  Tracker: Fuck me. I hadn’t thought about that bitch. She was pissed when we’d kicked her and Dixie out of the club for what they’d done.

  Blaze: We also hadn’t heard from her in a long time either.

  Stoney: She wasn’t here when Victoria brought Luna to the clubhouse.

  Me: Doesn’t mean she couldn’t be watching. What if Mareena wasn’t the only one watching Luna?

  Stoney: It’s a possibility. I’m callin’ for church first thing in the morning.

  Nodding my head, I put my phone back in my pocket and glance over to Luna. Seeing she was in her head; I close the small amount of distance between the two of us and sit on the bed next to her. Cocking a leg up I face my woman and put an arm on the other side to gain her attention on me.

  “What’s going on in that beautiful head of yours, Kitten?” I ask.

  “This is all my fault,” she murmurs.

  “How do you figure?” I’m not surprised she thinks this. Luna’s heart is pure gold and isn’t going to not feel something for what’s going on.

  “If it wasn’t for me, you being in the car with me, she couldn’t have hurt you. What if it had been another one of the ol’ ladies. Or their children in my car . . .” she whispers, tears spilling down her cheeks.

  “Luna, you can’t take that guilt on you. You’re not a psychic that can see the future. Baby, I love you but you gotta know, this isn’t on you. And honestly, your car was shit and you needed a new one. One I intend to buy you. Something durable.”

  “You can’t buy me a car,” she gasps.

  “Kitten, I can do whatever the fuck I want to when it comes to not only protecting you but our baby as well,” I growl, leaning in to press my nose against hers.

  Huffing, Luna narrows her eyes on me. “Whatever,” she mutters under her breath.

  Pulling back, I grin at her. “You just bought yourself a spanking when I get you home.” With that I stand, twist and scoot her over, in order to sit and hold her against me as I give her the comfort she needs right now.

  “Love you, too,” she murmurs, laying her head against my chest.

  Fuck if I don’t live for this woman.

  She means the world to me and if it means taking out every last threat out there, to make her feel safe again, I will do whatever it fuckin’ takes to do so.

  Chapter Fifteen

  Luna

  Since the wreck two weeks ago, I hadn’t been able to do much, not because I couldn’t but rather no one would let me do it for myself. It’s annoyed the living hell out of me being babied. Not just by Shadow, but the ol’ ladies, some of Shadow’s brothers, and the Devore men who descended on me like a bee to honey.

  I simply just wanted to be left alone.

  Did anyone listen to me when I said this?

  Nope.

  I’ve had company surrounding me constantly, without a breather anywhere in there. Today was the first day back at school and it was nice for a change. I was able to see Harley, Charlotte, and even Lila. Though she seemed different in some way. More apprehensive than usual. She’d been out sick since the night of my surprise party. I don’t know what’s going on with her, though I wish I could help her.

  Lila is one of the sweetest people I know and yet she always has this pain stricken look in her gaze that seems to haunt her.

  “Do you think we can convince your man to let you join us for dinner tonight?” Charlotte asks, she’s been upset since no one told her what was going on and she didn’t get to be there for me, as she put it, to make sure I was good with her own eyes.

  “Probably, they’re all supposedly doing something tonight anyway,” I shrug. I want to go but then again, I don’t. Not with the fact, in the last two weeks Mareena hasn’t been found and Delano wasn’t at the airfield. Evidently, he’d taken off mere minutes before the guys got there according to the air traffi
c controller.

  “Good, then we’re going. Text him and tell him you’ll be with us. Those little prospects can even join us if they want to,” she says, wagging her brows up and down as she mentions Cyprus and Aries. Two of the newer prospects. Neo and Cane had gotten their patches and were now full patch members of the club.

  “I don’t think they’re allowed,” I mutter.

  “Oh well,” she giggles with a shrug of her own as she pulls her phone and types on it.

  “Shame, I could use some eye candy like them around,” Harley states, hefting her purse on her shoulder. “You ready to go?”

  “Yeah, let me message . . .”

  “You don’t need to message him,” Charlotte says taking my phone from my hand tossing it on my desk before leading me out of the room. “You’re with us and have those yummy prospects to follow you like little wide-eyed puppies looking for their mommy.”

  What in the world has gotten into Charlotte?

  “Ugh, Charlotte, she still needs her phone,” Harley grumbles from behind me.

  “No, she doesn’t those prospects will tell Shadow where she is. Besides she’s not his slave and should be able to go and do whatever she wants. I’m just making that happen,” Charlotte snaps.

  “Whatever, let’s just get to the restaurant and eat. I’m starving and you must be PMSing since you’re being a snappy bitch right now.” I hate to admit it but Harley’s right. Normally Charlotte is a mellow go get’em type of person with a bubbly personality. Right now, she’s the complete opposite.

  “Maybe I am. But it’s been a bad day, the kids were hellions and I am in need of food and a drink,” Charlotte retorts.

  The three of us head out the doors waving to the janitor as we pass.

  “Have a good weekend,” I call out.

  “You do the same.” One of them returns, but I don’t catch who since Charlotte is all but running, her hand still around my wrist.

  As we get to her car, I look around for Cyprus and Aries, not finding either of them.

  Weird.

  Shaking my head, I climb in the front seat as Harley climbs in the back. All of us put on our seatbelts and Charlotte starts the car, puts it in gear. Only she doesn’t remove her foot from the brake. Nope instead she twists her body and the next thing I know everything is going dark as I hear Harley scream.

  The air around me is stifling and I can barely catch a breath. It’s also as if my airway is compromised by something. Only I don’t know what it is.

  I go to lift my hands and find out but I’m unable to do so with them tied to the arms of a chair. The room is dark and I can’t see even an inch in front of me.

  “What’s going on? Hello?”

  The last thing I remember is getting in Charlotte’s car.

  Oh God.

  Charlotte.

  The contorted look on her face.

  Harley’s screams as I black out due to the taser Charlotte used against me.

  Harley. I hope she’s okay.

  It’s all I can do to keep the nausea at bay.

  The creak of something above me causes my heart to race in my chest. A door slams and another opens. When this door opens the lights flare to life, and I’m blinded by the sudden brightness.

  “Oh good, you’re awake.” My heart plummets at the sound of Mareena’s voice as I tilt my head in her direction and find Charlotte right behind her naked with a collar around her neck and a leash connected to it in my stepmother’s hand. “I see you already met my pet,” Mareena cackles, tugging on the leash and Charlotte flies forward.

  “Why are you doing this?” I ask.

  “Because you and your cunt of a mother and her entire family have ruined my family’s life,” she snaps.

  Furrowing my brows in confusion, I divert my gaze and scan the room, only to fall on an unconscious, naked Harley with bruises battering her body as she lays there tied to the bed.

  “Pet, go nibble on your toy like a good girl and while I play with this cunt,” Mareena orders. I return my gaze back to her just in time to see her drop the leash, grab Charlotte’s arm with one hand, and shove a hand between Charlotte’s legs no doubt from the cries thrusting her fingers into her body.

  Releasing her, Mareena shoves Charlotte in Harley’s direction. If I wasn’t focusing on Mareena and whatever she has planned for me, I still don’t think I could watch Charlotte take advantage of Harley.

  “You know, I loved your father once, I truly did. However, he refused to merge his business with my brother. I’d given him some excuse and left him thinking he would wallow and come back to me. He didn’t and my brother, Delano, came up with a brilliant plan. My sons would take over the business and merge with his making the entirety of South Carolina to the border of Texas the Delancys’ territory.”

  “Only your mother sunk her claws into him, they had you and our plans changed. I had to take my time, in order to get rid of your mother. Even if she stepped aside and didn’t mind. She knew her place was to be a whore, not a wife. Same as you are to be. With Diana gone it seems my brother wants you as his and that is what he’ll have. The same as he had your mother before she died. I’d poisoned her food on several occasions and she finally died the night after she was raped.”

  I close my eyes and shake my head as I try to block out any more of her words. Only it doesn’t work that well with the noises coming from the other side of the room. The cries of pain from Harley, the moans of pleasure from Charlotte.

  Oh God.

  Leaning forward as much as I can, I choke on my puke as it gets caught in my throat from whatever is constricting.

  Please, let Shadow find me.

  I don’t want to go through this again.

  Doesn’t matter if it’s a different scenario or not. I don’t know if I can make it out again and I promised Shadow I wouldn’t go to that place again.

  However, I can feel myself slipping, shutting down.

  Sending a silent prayer, I pray he finds me and soon. Not just for me but our child. The one no one but the club members know about.

  Not even the ol’ ladies know yet.

  Opening my eyes, I focus them on the wall past Mareena as she steps forward.

  “Don’t worry, cunt, Delano won’t be gentle. And neither will I.” Her cackles are the last thing I hear before the blow lands against my temple and everything goes dark.

  Again.

  Chapter Sixteen

  Shadow

  “According to what I’ve found on the clubwhores, no one has been going against the club on anything they shouldn’t be. So, I’d decided to broaden my horizons to people who associate with the club. Considering there are a shit ton of those people between the ones who work for us, hang arounds, as well as those who are friends of the ol’ ladies, I started with Luna’s friends. Glad I did because I found the link to Mareena,” Nerd says as we all sit around the table in church.

  “Who?” I demand.

  “Charlotte,” he grimaces. “Seems she likes her two major things and they play a role with each other. One she goes for the women who are dominant she also loves her coke. Seems since Mareena got to town she’s the one who supplies Charlotte.”

  “Fuck,” I mutter just a someone knocks on the door.

  “Come in,” Stoney yells.

  The door opens and Aries is standing there, face bloody.

  “What the fuck happened to you?” Tracker demands.

  “Where’s Cyprus?” I ask. The two of them were supposed to be at the school with Luna.

  “He’s following the car Luna got in with her friends. Someone ran their fuckin’ car into both our bikes. Then they ran into me. Cyprus was able to jump out of the way. Both our phones; however, were broken in the process. He was following them while I came here in Luna’s friend Harley’s car. Which is a fuckin’ piece of heap.” My gut plummets further with each word out of Aries’ mouth.

  “Do you know where they were heading?” I ask this as I stand to my feet.

  “
I’m betting I know,” Nerd states typing something into his phone at the same time standing up. “Sending address to everyone’s phones as I speak.”

  “Good, let’s go,” Stoney commands and we all head out to our bikes. “Aries, you’re in the cage with Fist. We may end up needing it. Who knows?”

  Grunting, I rush for my bike, pull out my phone and scan over the map with the address Nerd sent, memorizing where I need to go and put the device back in my pocket.

  Bringing my girl to life, my brothers follow suit and we all roar out of the parking lot without hesitation.

  This time when I get my hands on Mareena, I’ll coat them in her blood, as I sink my blade in her throat. She fucked up the first time but got away from me. That won’t happen this time around and when she dies at my hand, I’ll still be sleeping like a baby at night with Luna in my arms.

  I’m not one for praying but I hope whoever is up there they fuckin’ watch over my woman.

  “You sure this is the place?” Tracker mutters as we all make it the rest of the way up to the house on foot.

  “Yep, from the address Nerd gave us this would be it,” I confirm, my gut tells me this is it. I know without a doubt. Don’t know how, don’t care how either. Long as I get to my woman and make sure she’s safe.

  On silent feet each of my brothers and I move to surround the house. Stoney, Blaze, and I move for the front door, me taking the lead as some of my brothers take the sides and the rest take the back.

  “On three. One. Two.” Screw three, I kick at the door right above the doorknob and damn thing swings open with such a force it slams against the wall with a thud. “Spread out,” I say, as my other brothers join in on the search. Moving through each room, I find the door to the basement and open it to hear the screams of pain and moans.

  Fuck.

  Rushing down the stairs, I quickly scan the room taking in the sickening sight.

  Luna, tied to a chair, head slumped to the side, blood seeping from somewhere on her head. Mareena and Charlotte on the bed with Harley strapped down. The two sick bitches were biting at Harley’s naked body. Neither of them realizing they were about to be interrupted.