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Pops sitting heavily in a chair grabbed my attention. “What else could there be?”
Dagger looked tired while telling me, “Tierney never returned home. No one has heard from her in years, not since around the time when we knew her.”
“Goddamnit!” Just when I learn Elle has family, one that I know, the blessing is ripped from my grasp. And I knew who to blame. “No more.” Frustrated, I grabbed my boots and began to lace them up. “My focus is Elle right now, only Elle.”
“I feel ya, kid.” Dagger went on to tell me, “That’s why you can’t kill Lorenzo.”
I growled because I’d never yearned for a man’s blood on my hands like I did his, yet these hands of mine were tied. “We don’t know who will come after Elle if I do.”
He gave me one slow nod, then added, “Or know what happened to Tierney.” In thought, he bit his bottom lip. “Lorenzo knew, all along, who he had. He probably got to Tierney, too. You kill him—”
I stood. “I know. Lorenzo going to ground may mean I’ve killed the only lead to my woman’s aunt.” I pulled on a T-shirt that smelled like Elle because it was the one she slept in. I refused to let the club girls wash them like I did my jeans when arriving at the swamp.
Pops watched my actions closely while saying, “Uh… We got one solid lead—a hit on a helicopter that landed on the rooftop of a five-star hotel in Alabama.”
Dagger nodded. “A woman with the same description as Precious got off.”
After sliding my holster on, I put on my cut and thought of Elle. She had once told me, I love me some leathered charm. It was as if everything I touched now was laced with… “Precious,” I whispered in thought. “Damn, Pops, you got her road name perfectly.”
Almost wincing, he dared to ask, “Boy? You alright?”
I lifted the neck of my shirt and smelled it again. Babe. “Yeah, I may be better than ever.” Loading weapons into my holster, I told the two men, “She’s not there. It’s just another ruse that bastard wants me to chase.”
Dagger blinked in surprise. “How do you know?”
I slipped my black leather belt through jean loops, finding my recent words ironic. “He’s been one step ahead of us the whole time.” I slid my knife into its holder on my belt. “Putting myself in my enemy’s shoes… he’s already backtracking.” Ready to be a man in the mirror who I could respect, I ran my hands over my buzzed hair. “It’s the last thing expected, and exactly what I would do.”
I left the room, followed by the men who usually took the lead.
Outside, I saw Diesel, Dagger’s brother. He was surrounded by his men as I went to him and embraced him, saying, “Thank you for coming.” Him leaving his kid for me was an honor I’d never forget.
Same inquisitive blue eyes as Dagger, he dipped a chin. “Of course, my brother.” Then he clamped a shoulder of mine. “No longer a pup, I see.”
Deep inhale…
And there it is.
Backing away from him, I dared a smile. “No. A wolf now.”
Diesel tapped his wolf logo on his cut, proudly smiling at me.
I scanned until I found Vice watching me. I instructed, “Find ports that aren’t well known but can receive a yacht.”
He pulled out his cell phone and started tapping without questioning his VP.
I regarded all the rest of the men watching me, from all the chapters that could make it before we pulled out. “I don’t have words to express what you all being here means to me, but I want you to know I’m grateful. It’s going to take a miracle to get her back. That miracle is you. As the Vice President of your mother chapter, I vow to always put you and this woman before everything else.” I tapped my chest. Elle. Then growled to all the men at my beckoning, “Now let’s go get her.” I turned away and started my path…
A low but approving growl from the men started to build as I loaded my parked bike.
Soon after, so many bikes roared to life, I wondered if Lorenzo could hear us coming.
Chapter twenty-four
Holding Worth
Elle
Fear is a dangerous beast. It’s an invisible power that can be misused by those wielding it. Finding the strength to break free of such control sometimes feels intangible, forcing the victim to stoop to levels never conceived before.
