LOGINPepper walked into her apartment with Raven and the painting. She didn’t know why she’d taken it in the first place but now, she couldn’t let it go. Propping it up against the counter, she stared at it for a moment then turned to Raven. “So what do we do now?” she asked. “I mean I get why you did what you did. I think I would have too, but that doesn’t help. Did you have to hit Mikial so hard?”
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Maverick tried to comfort her, “In this room, this clubhouse, and this compound, you are safe.”Paige studied him with her silver eyes. “Are you sure? I-I don’t want to die.”“I’m fucking positive.” He growled. “If that bastard wants to come here and start trouble, he’ll find he can’t push through us so easily. We’re the Tennessee Breeds MC.”Paige wanted to lean on him but she hesitated. She didn’t know why but she trusted him from the moment she opened her eyes. Most of the time she didn’t get close to anyone, she didn’t dare. Every time she did, something bad happened and she’d end up alone again. She had learned a long time ago not to depend on anyone else, so that way, there was no disappointment wh
“No we don’t but we do know they tasered her then shot her up with something to knock her out.” Maverick growled.“As I don’t know what they gave her, all we can do is wait until she comes around to talk to her,” Cowboy told them. “Which could be anywhere from five minutes to five days.”“I wonder if she’s connected to Brian Williams or something else the Russian’s had going on?” Breed put out there.“Maybe Kizzy would know if she’s connected to Brian,” Maverick suggested.Breed shrugged. “I can ask her.” He turned to go down the hall to collect Kizzy.When they returned a few minutes later, Kizzy took one look at the woman a
In the middle of the night, Leon woke up to his phone ringing. The ring tone told him who was calling and he really didn’t want to answer this particular call. He looked over at his wife and found her still asleep. He realized then that she’d taken a sleeping pill and she wouldn’t wake up until morning. He figured he’d better take care of this sooner rather than later. He didn’t want anyone to overhear this call. So he got out of bed and answered as he went to his office. “Hello.”“What the hell did you do?” The voice on the other end had a slight accent to it. The accent was fading but still there, much to the owner’s disgust. Timothy Flynn didn’t want anyone to know he had ties to the Irish mob, even though he wasn’t part of the organization he still had friends associated with it.&ldquo
At midnight the door to his apartment opened. Yuri had been waiting for the two men to join him.Barshan and Roman came in.Yuri poured all three of them a drink and passed them out. “Did you find her?”Barshan nodded. “We did. She’s with Mikial and Pepper at a safe house.”Yuri tightened his jaw. “Why isn’t she here?”“She refused to come here,” Barshan replied.“This is her home.” Yuri growled as his fingers tightened on the glass he held in his hand.Barshan shrugged. “She told us if we made her come back here, she would find a way to escape, and no one wo
“You don’t remember?” Mikial frowned.“No, I never remember anything, just the overwhelming fear in my heart.”“You were calling out for your mother. You also told someone you had to go back for your mother, you claimed she was hurt and that the fire would burn her.”Pepper shivered.Mikial hugged her a little closer. “You were begging someone to let you go, then you flinched like someone struck you.”“I did?” she asked, startled.“Yes, you did. You rolled up in a fetal position like someone might attack you, as if that person might strike you…Has someone beaten you in the past?”
Pepper told them, “I do know that I was scared and hurt when they found me. I don’t have a clue about what scared me or why I was so frightened.”“We need to get you two to a safe place,” Sazon repeated.“What about my roommate?” Pepper asked.“Can you tell her you’re staying with friends for a few days?” Mikial asked.Pepper shrugged. “I suppose I could.”“Then do it,” he ordered. “We need to get you under cover now.”“I’ll go if she goes,” Pepper announced, nodding at Raven.Raven glared at him. “I’ll go with
Raven went on with the terrible story, “Your real mother died giving birth to you. Andria stole you when you were hours old. Your father has been looking for you this whole time.”Nicky went back to the sofa
An hour later...Yuri’s phone rang. He answered it and listened then handed it to Raven.Listening, she spoke quietly and briefly then handed it back to Yuri. She then went back to
Yuri followed her and gasped her shoulders to turn her around to face him. “Why can’t you tell me?”“Because I don’t want to, ok?” she shouted. “I really need to talk to him bef
Raven now remembered when she heard about the plans Carlos had for her and Nicky. Then she had grabbed Nicky and ran. They hid for the last ten years as they had moved all over and now,`time was running out. Carlos had come here looking for Nicky. He’d come right into the den of the Russian Bratva,







