I grabbed the mug from her hand and took a sip. It was strong and bitter, just how I liked it.
I pressed a kiss to her lips. “Thanks, baby girl.” I pecked her lips again just because I couldn’t help myself. “Got some shit to do today, I think, so if I’m not around, reach me on my cell.”
With that, I slipped from the kitchen, nodding once at Tank who was parked outside the kitchen. He was close enough to protect her and far enough to give her space. “Thanks, brother,” I told him.
He nodded once at me in response.
River gripped my shoulder.We’d come at averyopportune time. And I was itching to get on the move with this shit, though I held steady. One wrong move, and I could get us all killed. And like fuck was I risking that shit again. The last time I’d been down for the count, Reina had suffered.
The president and the VP of the closest charter of Angels of Hell were at the warehouse with just about every other club member with an officer patch.
“Lucky us,” I whispered.
River began to quietly give orders. We wanted them surrounded and disarmed. I listened attentively while keeping my eyes on the men in front of us as they moved around the warehouse in some kind of meeting. I’ll admit that without Alejandro, we wouldn’t have found this place. It was a rundown shack basically, in the middle of the fucking woods. And it was under a fake woman’s name.
But shitty for them, wedidhave Alejandro’s help. I was getting answers and spilling blood tonight.
River made a motion for us to get a move on. We moved with military precision, and once we were all in position, I counted down on my fingers. Once all of them were down, we went in, guns blazing, surprising the fuck out of them.
With one look at the president’s face,I knew. I knew he was the one that had cut into my woman’s back. That look in his eyes—the dreaded look—fucking gave it away. Rage pulsed through my veins, but I shoved it down to a simmer.
They’d pay tonight, and they’d paydearly.
I stepped on his leg with my boot, applying pressure until his leg snapped. He roared a curse.
I grinned.
“Hi, mother fucker,” I mockingly greeted him.
“I’ll fucking kill you,” he snarled.
“Really?” I questioned. “You might have outsmarted me once, asshole, and even then, you had to wait until I was unconscious on a fucking operating table to get your hands on my woman.” He clenched his jaw, glaring up at me. Second bit of proof that he was the one who’d done it. “But that’s alright. Because the shit you did to my old lady?” I applied pressure to his other leg, snapping that one as well. He roared out in pain, now incapacitated. “I’m about to do that to you and every single one of your men before I gut all of you,” I promised.
With that, I flipped him to his stomach. Then, I gripped his wrists and yanked his arms back, snatching them right out of their sockets.
His pain-filled scream was music to my ears.
And I wasn’t near done yet.
“Why the fuck did you go after my woman?” I snapped at him.
He clenched his jaw. “Your bitch didn’t give anyone my message?”
I flipped my knife open and shoved it in front of his face. He audibly swallowed. “You call my woman a goddamn degrading name again, and I’ll shove this knife straight up your ass and fuck you with it.”
His face paled. I was sure he’d heard enough rumors about me to know that I didn’t bluff.
“Needed Axel,” he seethed.
“Why?” I drawled. River was silent, letting me pull the answers out of him myself. I was a bit more fucked up and twisted than River was. He knew I’d get every bit of knowledge we needed.
“He’s my nephew.Thisis supposed to be his empire. He’s supposed to be raisedherewith his family. Not with the Fathers of fucking Mayhem.”
I barked out a laugh. “That’s pitiful as fuck. You really thought you’d get your hands on that little boy? He’s guarded better than an inmate in a fucking high-security prison.”
River cleared his throat. I looked up at him.
“Finish him,” he ordered.