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We dismounted our bikes and looked around, taking in our surroundings while we finalized our plan of action. Gio leaned against the van with his arms folded over his chest, taking his role to protect my girls seriously. I gave him a crisp nod and turned to Diesel and Rocky. Maverick and Rebel were already close to the house to see what was happening inside.
“You go after your little girl and we’ll get your woman,” Diesel ordered, his voice low and quiet, the air of authority ever present in each syllable he uttered.
Rocky gripped my shoulder in a tight, supportive squeeze. “We’ll make sure your woman is safe. We gotcha, brother.”
I nodded even though I didn’t like the idea of not going after Emma myself. She was mine to protect. I swore to her that I would keep them both safe and now I was leaving her in someone else’s hands.
I didn’t like it, but I couldn’t be in two places at once so I sucked down as much oxygen as my lungs could handle and nodded my approval. “The house has three bedrooms, all along the perimeter of the property. “He’s holding Emma in the living room tied to a chair. Ash is in a room just off the living room. We need to move quickly.” Maverick’s expression was serious as he nodded for us to follow him.
Rocky used hand motions to direct all of us so that all exits were covered.
We breach all the exits at the same time, going for the stealth method instead of an all-out assault. The house was warm and sparsely decorated other than a few photos of Mark and Alex along with an older couple I assumed was their parents. I went left and crept down the hall while they went right.
My heart pounded and my feet felt like they were filled with lead as I swept across room after room in search of Ash. Maverick said she was in the rear bedroom, and I made my way in that direction. A noise sounded from behind the last door, and I stopped, took a breath and let it out slowly. Ash was in there and she was counting on me to get her to safety. To freedom.
To her mother.
My hand wrapped around the doorknob, twisting it and pushing it open to reveal Ash sitting on the bed, eyes and nose red from crying. Her little body trembled with fear. “Ash.” I whispered her name and watched as her gaze flicked to a spot behind the door.
Mark. I knew it without her having to say a word.
“Come on out, Mark.” My hand gripped the gun at my side, and I dug my heels into the hardwood flooring. “We can handle this like men. Can’t we?”
He didn’t show himself, but he snorted his dissatisfaction. “You don’t know what it means to be a man.”
My gaze remained fixed on Ash who looked terrified and that was a look I would never forget for as long as I lived. “You’re all right, Ash.” I winked to keep her at ease while my focus remained on Mark behind the door. “You gonna be a man Mark or not?”
“You can’t fucking taunt me, asshole.” He took a few steps forward until he was visible, and he reached for Ash, who screamed out.
“Ash!” I reached for her, but it was too late, Mark had one arm wrapped around her throat and the other held a gun that was pressed against her temple. “Don’t do this, Mark.”
His lips curled into a wicked smile. “I’m looking out for my brother while you’re thinking with your dick.”
“No!” Ash shouted. She kicked and screamed and did everything she could to fight against that asshole. “Stop!”
Mark’s grip tightened and Ash went slack in his arms. My heart seized in my chest at the sight of the tears streaming down her eyes. Her face was red and her eyes—my eyes—were filled with fear. Terror. “Stay back or I’ll put a fucking bullet in her head.”
I believed him but what I felt wasn’t fear. It was anger. It pumped through my body hot and hard and fast. The only thing I wanted to do was end this motherfucker, but I had to make sure my little girl was safe. “Let Ash go.”
“Fuck that. She’s my ticket out of here.” He shook his head, fear danced in his eyes because he knew what I knew, only he refused to accept it.
He was a dead man.
“She has nothing to do with this, Mark.”
“Like I give a shit. Move out of my way and when I’m safe the brat can go free.”
There weren’t many options and even fewer good ones, so I tucked my gun into my waistband and took a step back. “Go on, then.”
With a satisfied smirk, he walked to the door with that fucking gun pressed to Ash’s head. “That’s right, biker. Take it easy.”
I nodded slowly andtook it easyjust as he suggested, at least until his back was to me. That’s when I took my moment to strike, gripping a handful of his hair before I yanked him backwards and pushed my fist directly into his face. “Is this easy enough for you?”
Mark scrambled to get his hands on me, gasping and panicking while I whaled on him. “Stop,” he begged. “Please,” he pleaded. The gun fell from his hands, but he was like every bully I’d ever met in my life, a fucking pussy ass bitch.
“Ash, go to the front door sweetheart,” I shouted.
“Daddy—”
