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“Do you think he could’ve been fucking around with you? Throwing you off the scent? Trying to get you to forget about Muse?”
I wouldn’t put it past Kaash to deflect—to move the attention off him even at the cost of someone else in the club.
“He had no reason to lie, thinking I was going to be dead in the next thirty seconds.”
“Why would Gunnar kill Dimitri?” Vox asked.
“That’s what I’m planning to find out.”
“Putting the shit with Gunnar aside,” Vox said, his stare intense and weighted. “If what you’re saying about Kaash is true, you could literally tear the club in two.”
“I know.”
“And what if it turns out you’re not right? You’ll be exiled, or worse.”
“I know,” I replied, the gravity of the situation hitting me fully for the first time. When I’d been in jail, getting out and returning to my family was all that mattered to me. Was I really going to risk it all for this? I knew if it was the other way around—if Rixon were in my position—there wouldn’t be a doubt in his fucking mind that he was doing the right thing.
Clearing my throat, I said, “If I find out that Gunnar was the one to pull the trigger, I’m going to end his motherfucking life tonight.”
I walked into the bar area of the clubhouse and found it packed with families. The concern and anxiety was palpable in the air as the members spoke to their old ladies and kids, spending as much time with them before Kaash gave us the order to move. Vox was standing beside me, scanning the faces, looking for his little sister.
“Over there,” I said, pointing to where I could see Alex huddled together with Myla on the couch. My girl seemed to have taken a liking to Vox’s little sister. We moved as one toward them. When Myla’s eyes found Vox, she scooted off the couch and ran to him. He wrapped her in his arms.
Looking back at Alex, I found her watching the pair before switching her attention to me.
“Are you okay?”
She looked horrified at the sound of my voice. “What happened? Why do you sound like that?” Her eyes dipped to my throat then, seeing the angry marks. “Nick?”
Shaking my head, I took her into my arms, where she pressed herself against me. I could feel the tension in her body. The stress. The not knowing.
“What’s going on?” she whispered into the space between my shoulder and neck, her breath warm against my skin.
Dipping my head to her ear, I replied, “I found out who killed my brother.” She jerked in my arms, trying to look me in the eye, but I held her still. “Stay close. I don’t want anyone else to hear this.”
Her sharp exhale was a rush of warm air against my skin. “Who?”
“Gunnar.” I felt her shock run through her body.
“Are you sure?”
“Kaash told me everything. They’ve both been trying to get rid of me since I was put away.”
“Why would he tell you that?”
Because he had intended to kill me today. If Eli hadn’t been there, if he hadn’t pulled him off me…
“Because he’s afraid of the power I have. Now that I’m back, he has to get rid of me some other way.”
She sucked in a breath. “Why were you in jail, Nick?”
“Possession of an automatic weapon. It was a stupid mistake I made, one that put me in jail for five years. But that’s where I was when Gunnar came to the prison and told me my brother was dead. The motherfucker who hadkilled himtold me.”
“Nick,” she breathed, twisting her hands into the front of my t-shirt.
I waited for her to say more, but she didn’t. “If I’m not back in an hour, call your father. Tell him what’s going to happen.”
Stepping back, she wrapped her arms around herself, asking in a low voice, “Where are you going? What’s happening?”
