Semua Bab The Devil's Ice (The Road Devils MC 5): Bab 31 - Bab 40

“Ah.” Viper flicked his tongue, and suddenly his name made a lot more sense: the tattoo was obvious, but the man also had a swaying, serpentine quality to him. “Like Crusher, I started thinking about punishing you assholes for leaving the life almost six years ago, but then, lots of people did. Lots of people still do. In terms of finding the right pressure point, not as long as you’d think. It came to me only about five months ago, and when I actually zeroed in on it, I could have fucking kicked myself, seeing as it had been staring me in the face for years… ever since that bitch took over your tattoo place.”“Zoe?” Wolf was perplexed. He was also wondering just how the fuck he’d missed the fact that Viper Grant was a legitimate threat, all on his own. He supposed that when standing next to Crusher Alcott, anybody would look tame. Viper had certainty presented as a non-entity; dim to the point of stupidity, even. That was clearly a huge fucking mistake. “What does Zoe –”“I’m a very

“I bet you do,” Vixen said, glancing to their left to make sure that no vehicles were coming up between the parked cars. They were about sixty feet away from Blue Dragon by now, and through the front window, she could see Saint standing at the front desk talking on the phone. “He’s a good man. You’re very lucky.”Keira was just starting to hum and skip again when it happened.With a squeal of tires, the black van shot out of nowhere behind them, going shockingly quickly considering that it was in a crowded lot. Vixen stopped dead in her tracks, automatically gripping Keira’s hand harder, and turned around to look at the vehicle. For a few precious and blissfully unaware seconds, Vixen was just puzzled by what she saw – it didn’t make any sense that the van was going as fast as it was, nor that it was coming straight at them.That was when reality jumped up and screamed in her face.Holy Lord. It’s coming straight at us.Vixen darted to the left and started to run in the direction of t

Later, much later, when she was able to think clearly again, she’d wonder if that feeling was maternal intuition. If she’d somehow known that something was very, very wrong, even when there was no real reason for her to think that. But in this moment, she felt what she assumed was the vague uneasiness of a new mother, and she entered the living room in a rush. Then stopped dead, her heart dead in her chest.Dux and Drake were standing next to the door, stripping off their heavy coats and talking about what to make for dinner, wondering if they had enough ice cream for dessert. They were carefree and gorgeous, talking about nothing of real consequence, as if everything was totally and completely fine and normal.Except that nothing was totally and completely fine or normal; she didn’t understand what the fuck was happening here, but she knew that her world was seconds away from collapsing. Briley leaned against the wall for support, suddenly unable to take a proper breath. Despite her

Her cheekbone was broken and badly cut up. Her right ankle was twisted. She had deep cuts on her head from the car windows shattering all over her. Worst of all – but also most incredibly – her neck was broken, but it had been broken the right way.Ice had had no idea that there was any such thing: he thought that a broken neck always meant paralysis, and that was the best case scenario after painful surgery. But somehow, by some fucking miracle that Ice would never stop being grateful for, Vix had sustained what the doctor called ‘a minor neck fracture’. Looking at her, Ice found it hard to think there was anything ‘minor’ going on at all… it all looked pretty goddamn major to him.“Mr. Johansson.” The doctor entered the room now, her ponytail swinging, and Ice got to his feet. “We’ve looked at Ms. Shaw’s final scans and neck x-rays. The news is very, very good.”Ice took a deep breath felt his chest loosen a bit. “OK.”“As I thought, and I’m happy to confirm, the break is confined t

“Nope,” Viper said merrily, pulling the blanket away so that Wolf could see the box’s full contents. “I brought you two!”“Jesus Christ.” Wolf stared at the tiny children lying there in a fucking box on a fucking cement floor in a fucking cell. “Who – where –”“C’mon, man. Who do you know who’s had two babies recently?” Wolf looked up to meet Viper’s black eyes as understanding hit him like a lightning bolt. “Dux and Drake and Briley…” he breathed. “About two weeks ago…”Viper was nodding with encouragement. “Uh-huh.”“So this – so these –”“Yep.”“Why –”“Because kids are the best fucking leverage there is, so they have serious value for me,” Viper said briskly. “The thing is, though, that they’re needy and annoying and noisy, and I can’t deal with any of their shit – literally.”“So you want me to take care of them,” Wolf said slowly. “That’s why I’m still alive. I’m the fuckin’ babysitter.”“Exactly!” Viper beamed. “You’re not doing anything, really, just sitting around here wait