Page 90 of Tico

“I’m still going to go through with it, though. For all the pain he caused to us and everyone else, he needs to suffer for what he’s done.” She pauses as she smirks. “Too bad we didn’t have a setup like what I told Earl. I’d drawallof their pain out until they took their last breath.”

I can’t stop the huff that slips out of me. “You definitely are my vicious little hellcat.”

Still, her idea does have merit. I just don’t know how we’d be able to pull it off and not get caught. I might need to talk to Taco about that later.

“Is ‘you know who’ still down there as well? Or was she taken care of already?” Ember asks as she gives me a pointed look and I nod, knowing she’s talking about Ashley.

“She’s still down there.”

She nods with a dark glint in her eye. “Then I’ll make sure she’s handled so your hands and the club’s hands are clean.”

I kiss her forehead and tap her hip. “Let’s go end this, Vicious.”

I let out a piercing whistle and make a hand signal, silently tellingmis hermanos(my brothers) it’s time.

We walk out to the dungeon and as we descend the stairs, the smell of piss and unwashed bodies is potent. On top of that, I can damn near taste their fear. I scan my thumbprint, opening the doors and step inside.

Before we left for the raid, Psycho had taken care of the bodies of our previous guests with the exception of Bug, Ember’s uncle, and theputa(bitch), Ashley. While we were gone, Xochitl and Poison had paid Ashley multiple little visits and got more information out of her.

Ashley and Zane were working together on a lot of things.

I nod in satisfaction at howmis hermanos(my brothers) have hung our guests up from the ceiling so that they are mostly facing each other—on one side it is Ashley, Bug, and Drone, and on the other side, it is Zane and Scooter. In cases like this, we like to have everyone placed so that they can see what is happening to each other while they are tortured. Each of them has been stripped down to their boxers, or in Ashley’s case, bra and panties. However, Kane’s cut was left on him as I’ll be dealing with that as part of his punishment.

Ember walks in beside me, her face a mask of ice as she looks over everyone. Before I can say anything, Ashley starts thrashing in her restraints.

“Let me go!” Ashley screeches. “Your code says you can’t hurt women like this. You can’t hurt me. This isn’t fair! You should be with me, not that fucking bitch!”

I roll my eyes at her.Chingada vida(Fuck my life). You’d think theputa(bitch) would fucking catch on by now.

I want nothing to do with her vile ass.

Ember steps forward after slipping on gloves that Chief gives her and grips Ashley’s chin hard. “Yeah, their code does say that, but do you remember what I said in the gym the first time youtried to put your hands on my man?” Ember pauses and fear flashes through Ashley’s eyes. Ember nods. “I said I was more than willing to step in for problems where their hands are tied, so tonight, you and I will be gettingveryacquainted.” Ember pats her cheek patronizingly and steps back beside me.

Drone chuckles weakly. “I knew you were all fucking pussies. Letting women get involved in something that belongs in a man’s world. Fucking ridiculous.”

I had planned to start with him, but maybe I’ll switch things up a bit. I turn to Ember, quirking an eyebrow at her. “Mi reina(My queen), the floor is yours to start with if you wish.”

A dark smile pulls at her lips and a dangerous look glints in her eyes.

Chingar(Fuck), I fucking love this dark side of her.

Silently, she takes off her cut, setting it on the counter behind us. Then she walks over to Daemon’s cabinets and pulls out an extremely sharp knife.

Walking up to Drone, she pauses and then glances at Daemon. A silent conversation seems to pass between them and then he steps up behind Drone, holding his head in place as he starts to struggle. Grasping his chin hard, Ember raises the knife and his cries bounce off the walls as she carves a ‘V’ into his face to mirror the one he helped give her years ago. She leaves him, panting and glaring at her. Then, they do the same thing to Scooter. When she gets to Ashley, she carves random cuts into her body, and all throughout it, she doesn’t say a single word while ignoring all of their curses and sick, twisted promises.

Ashley snarls when Ember steps back from her. “You’re fucking weak. You don’t deserve Tico. You’re nothing but trash.”

Ember smirks at her. “Well, you know what they say, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. The Chrome Vipers thought I was trash. That I was beneath them because I was born a woman. Here though, here I have a man who loves meand a club that respects me. And besides, I’m not the one on the chopping block, so who’s really the trash in this scenario?”

Ashley screams at her but Ember just steps away and walks over to Kane who snarls at her.

“What are you going to do, little girl? Carve me up, too? No matter what you do, you’re still a fucking worthless woman whose only purpose should be to be bred.”

Ember smirks darkly at him and then she slowly carves the word ‘TRAITOR’ across his chest.

When she’s done, she steps back, blood dripping off her knife. Kane is panting as he glares at her with a look promising retribution but thegüevón(asshole) should know that he’s not getting out of here alive.

“I may be a woman, but at least I stayed true to my real family. I didn’t betray them like you and Ashley did. Personally, I’m looking forward to what the club will do to you for betraying them. And I’mdefinitelylooking forward to the little presents I brought for all of you.”