Page 31 of Tico

“You done fucked up, Sunny. Again. See, I hate liars but I especially hate it when those lies are about me or my family,” I tell her and then pause as I see Tico step forward out of the corner of my eye. Then then I hear the rest of the club fanning out—staying close but making sure all the exits are blocked. Tico gives a signal and I hear more heels clicking on the floor. The Prospects must be making sure the rest of the bunnies go back to their rooms.

Sunny struggles to get out of my grip and cries out again as I tighten my hold on her.

“Get your hands off me, you fucking bitch!”

“I don’t think so, Sunny. Now, answer me, otherwise you and I are going to be having a lot more…fun.”

Her eyes widen at the cold, hard edge of my voice, realizing that I mean every word.

“I… It’s true,” she stammers, “I heard Daemon talking about them once.”

Her eyes lower slightly to the left and out of the corner of my eye, I see Daemon give me a hand signal, silently confirming that she’s lying. I release her hair to punch her before tsking her again. Gripping her chin hard, I make her look at me.

“After all these years, the guys know your tells, Sunny. So, do yourself a favor and answer the question honestly otherwise I’m going to enjoy making you scream and bleed.”

Someone chuckles lowly but I’m not sure who. “Fuck, she’s like a female version of Daemon. Looks like we may have another Enforcer on hand, Prez.”

More dark chuckles surround us and I glance up at Tico to find him smirking down at me in approval.

“And I wouldn’t want it any other way.Ella es perfecta(she’s perfect),” he replies quietly and fuck if my heart doesn’t flip in response. I’m also fucking grateful for all the Spanish I studied during school and heard around the club. I’m not a hundred percent fluent, but I can understand most Spanish.

Tico looks back down at Sunny and his expression hardens. I feel a tremor run through her and a dark part of me relishes her reaction.

“I believemi mujer, my woman, asked you a question, Sunny. If you lie to us one more time, you aren’t going to like the consequences.”

She scoffs. “You can’t hurt women, it’s in your code, so get this bitch off me.”

I lean down so I’m right by her ear. “You’re right, none of the guys can lay a hand on you per their code.” I deliberately pause when a gleam of satisfaction shines in her eyes, then I smirk. “But I don’t have a dick and I wear my balls on my chest, so I will be the one to dish out your punishment should my man ask for it.”

Sunny trembles again in my grasp but then she juts out her chin, well, as much as she can since I still have a hold of it. “Whyam I the one being questioned? I’m doing the club a favor by revealing a fucking spy. You should be thanking me! She’s the one that should be on her knees in front of you and feeling your wrath, not me!”

Tico leans down so that his face is inches from hers. The hard, cold look he levels her has her paling and her body trembles even harder in my hands as she starts to lean back but then she catches herself.

“Here’s how this is going to go,puta(bitch). You will answer our questions ormi mujer(my woman) is going to find very creative and very painful ways of getting those answers out of you because right now, the only fucking traitor I’m seeing is you. Now, answer the fucking question, Sunny. How did you learn about the Chrome Vipers and what makes you think Ember is tied to them?”

She hesitates for a minute before her body slumps slightly. “Fine! I heard it from a friend of mine. She overheard three guys at the dinner earlier. They were talking about getting their hands on two of their women that stole a bunch of money from them and then escaped with it. They were waving around a picture of the women. The descriptions she told me matched this bitch and her fucking sister.”

Anger boils in my veins and Sunny cries out again in pain when I tighten my grip on her wrists. The muscle in Tico’s jaw twitches from how hard he’s clenching his jaw and his eyes burn with rage as he glances at me before looking back down at Sunny.

“What’s your friend’s name?”

“S-Sally. S-Sally Blane.”

“What else did you tell her?” Tico asks and Sunny’s trembling increases.

“I… I told her I’ve seen the two women. That I knew where they were staying. That they somehow lied to get your protectionand this bitch wormed her way into your bed like the snake she is.”

Chapter 17

Ember

BothTicoandDaemongive me barely there nods and I take that as permission to proceed. I release Sunny and before she can scramble away, I backhand her so hard she falls and lands on her ass on the floor. She cries out in pain as her hand flies up to her split, bloody lip. I straddle her and with one hand, I hold her hands above her head while the other hand tightens around her throat.

“I should fucking kill you right now, bitch,” I seethe. “The information those assholes are spewing is wrong on so many fucking levels. Do you know what the Chrome Vipers do to women?” I ask her and her eyes widen in fear at the venom in my voice and she shakes her head. “Women are mere possessions to them. They rape them. Beat them. Break them. Make them slaves. Sell them to sick fuckers who will do unspeakable things to them before killing them when they cease being useful. My sister and I ran when they reneged on an agreement to keep their hands off my sister because our dad was going to sell us both for his profit. And you just told those fuckers where to find us.”

Sunny’s face pales and tears form in her eyes. “I…I didn’t…I didn’t know…I swear,” she whimpers.

“You’re right. You didn’t know, because you didn’t ask. You assumed you knew the type of person I was. When you saw me with Tico and him declaring me as his, you decided to betray us to get me out of the way.” I pause, squeezing her neck tighter for a moment before I ease up on the pressure. “Tico?”