All Chapters of Claimed by the Mafia Biker: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

The walls shook, dust raining down.Cruz pulled us tight against him, shouting over the rumble. “Stay down! Don’t move!”Blade’s voice cut through the dark. “We’ve gotta move, now!”“I’ve got her!” Cruz barked, clutching our daughter. “Clear us a way out!”The child whimpered, “Daddy—what’s happening?”“Shh, baby,” Cruz whispered into her hair. “It’s just noise. I’ve got you.”Another explosion boomed closer.Viper laughed like a madman. “Oh, Ghost outdid himself this time. He wants to bury us alive.”“Shut up and help!” I screamed.“Fine,” Viper drawled, kicking debris aside. “This way—if the roof doesn’t fall first.”Blade’s tone was sharp. “We don’t follow him blindly.”Cruz snapped, “We don’t have time to argue!”“Exactly,” Viper said smugly. “Trust me or stay here and roast.”I grabbed Cruz’s arm. “We have to try something. We can’t stay.”Cruz’s eyes burned in the flickering emergency lights. He nodded. “Blade—watch our backs. Nova—stay close.”I tightened my grip on his jacket.

Cruz’s hands shook as he leveled the gun, his breath ragged. His brother’s smile didn’t waver.“Do it,” he taunted. “Prove me right and put a bullet in me, just like you should’ve years ago.”Cruz’s voice cracked. “You don’t understand. I never wanted this. I searched for you, I prayed for you. You were my brother!”“I was your shadow,” his brother spat. “The mistake you left behind when you built a new life.”Blade stepped forward sharply. “Cruz, listen to me. Don’t do it. He’s playing you. That’s all this is.”“Shut up,” the brother snapped, eyes like fire. “This is between us.”I clutched Cruz’s arm, my own voice trembling. “Please. Don’t give him what he wants. He wants to break you.”Cruz’s jaw tightened, the gun trembling harder. “If I don’t—he’ll kill you. He’ll kill her.” His eyes darted to our daughter, wide-eyed and clinging to me.“Daddy…” her small voice broke through the tension like a knife.Cruz’s eyes filled with tears instantly. “I’m here, baby. I’m not going anywhere

“Police! Drop your weapons now!”The flood of flashlights cut through the shadows. Cruz squinted, gun still locked in his grip. Blade’s knife gleamed, held tight at his side. Nova clutched their daughter, heart pounding like a war drum in her chest.From the edge of the light, Cruz’s brother snarled, his gun raised. “You’re not taking me alive.”A cop barked, “Down! All of you!”“Cruz,” Nova whispered, frantic. “Put the gun down, please.”His teeth clenched. “If I drop this, he’ll kill us all.”Blade muttered low. “She’s right, Cruz. We’re boxed in.”“Shut up,” Cruz hissed. His eyes locked on the shadow where his brother lingered. “I’m not letting him walk out of here.”The cops edged closer, voices sharp. “Last warning! Drop your weapons or we open fire!”Nova’s voice cracked, desperate. “Cruz, think of her. Think of our daughter.”The little girl whimpered against her chest. “Daddy…”Cruz’s jaw twitched, torn between the rage burning in his veins and the terror in his daughter’s eye

“Don’t move!” the man barked, gun steady on Nova’s chest.Nova’s arms tightened around her daughter. “Please—don’t hurt her!”Cruz surged forward, voice like fire. “Put that gun down before I tear you apart!”The man smirked. “You think you’re in control here, Maddox?”Blade’s knife glinted as he stepped up beside Nova. “One step closer and I’ll cut your throat before you blink.”“Blade—” Cruz snapped.“I’m not letting them touch her,” Blade hissed.The man’s eyes flicked between them, amused. “This is sweet. A family reunion in a rat hole.” He cocked the gun. “But every story ends the same—with blood.”Nova’s heart hammered. “Take me instead. Just let her go—”“No,” Cruz thundered. His eyes locked on her, burning. “Don’t you dare bargain with them, Nova.”Her lips trembled. “She’s our baby, Cruz!”“I know,” he growled. “And no one is taking her from me again.”The little girl whimpered, clutching Nova’s shirt. “Mommy, I’m scared.”Nova pressed her lips to her hair. “It’s okay, baby.

Blade’s words hit me like a punch to the chest.“Gone?” I choked out, clutching my daughter tighter. “What do you mean gone? They just arrested him—they can’t—”Blade leaned forward, his voice sharp, low, frantic. “Open your damn eyes, Nova! You saw the way his brother smirked. This isn’t about cops and justice—it’s about control. They’re moving Cruz somewhere no one can find him.”My head spun. “No, no, you don’t know that. Maybe they’re just—”“Just what?” Blade snapped. “Filing paperwork? Charging him with assault? Don’t be naive. That man has been pulling strings from the start. This is a setup. They’ll make sure Cruz never sees a courtroom.”My daughter’s small voice broke through my panic. “Mommy… Daddy’s not coming back?”I squeezed her tighter, forcing the words past the lump in my throat. “No, baby. He’s coming back. He has to.”Blade crouched in front of us, his cuffs biting into his wrists. His eyes were wild, desperate. “Listen to me. We don’t have time to argue. If we wai