Page 44 of Rebel Fighter

Rome was speeding down the road as fast as he safely could so we didn’t get into a wreck. A phone ringing through the Bluetooth in the car pulled me from my thoughts, bringing me back to what was going on now.

“Steel, man, it’s good to see your name, what's up?” Rome answers.

“We need to talk now,” Steel demands. “Is Trevor with you or nearby? I tried his phone, it went straight to voicemail.”

Yeah, of course, it went to fucking voicemail. Because I managed to kill the battery while I kept trying to call him and everyone else to find my answers.

“Talk,” I growl, barely able to contain my rage. “Where the fuck are Alexis and Emma?”

“Alexis is safe. She’s with Rachel at the Chaos compound. I took her there immediately when Emma was kidnapped.” Steel sighs deeply before continuing. “Emma was taken by Robert. He had help but I can’t figure out from whom. Shadow has some of his top men helping us and they are pulling footage from the dinner.”

“How the fuck could you let that happen?” I roar, slamming my hand into the dashboard in front of me. “You weren’t supposed to leave the damn house. No one could track them there.”

“I know,” Steel shouts back. “I fucking know that I fucked up Trevor. Just Alexis was going stir crazy and Emma gave me that sweet little look… I couldn’t tell them no to a quick trip to the diner.”

“Steel,” I sigh, trying to rein my temper in.

“I called Shadow and asked him where in town it would be safe to get take out from. He suggested the diner. I did my damn research, Trevor. Emma was only out of my sight when she walked around to the other side of the SUV to get in. I was helping Alexis into the backseat.”

Steel’s explanation made sense. I know he wouldn’t ever put the girls at risk. I just couldn’t help but blame him when he was the only person besides Robert to blame. In reality, all of this was Robert’s fault. He was psychotic enough to go after his daughter instead of letting her go and be happy. Steel would protect both of them with his life. I know he would have tried to save Emma but he also knew how important keeping Alexis safe would be as well. I can’t fault him completely for saving my daughter.

“Trev, there’s something else you need to know,” Steel hesitates.

“What?”

“After Emma was taken, I went after her. Someone hit me in the back of the head and Robert tried to run me over with his car. As he drove past he said ‘Keep the kid. She’s no use to me.’”

“No use?” I shout once more. “My daughter is no use. God, what I wouldn’t give to kill the fucker. He has been a pain in my fucking ass and a complete asshole my whole damn life. In his eyes, because Alexis has half my DNA she isn’t worth anything to him. Or at least she isn’t because he now has Emma.”

“We will find her, Trev. I promise you we will find her.” Steel tries to calm me. “Get to the compound and we can go from there. Hopefully, Emma is being held somewhere nearby. How far out are you?”

“‘Bout thirty minutes,” Rome answers for us.

“Tell Shadow to expect us. I want to move out and get searching the second I get there,” I tell him before angrily smashing my finger against the end button on the touchscreen radio.

“Did you really need to cut him off like that?” Rome questions, keeping his eyes on the road.

“Yes,” I grumble, not bothering to explain myself further. Steel knows he fucked up and he is going to be blaming himself already as it is for what happened to Emma. I’ll give him more shit for it in person but he knows at the end of the day I am thankful for him doing everything he did. Getting Alexis somewhere safe instead of chasing after Robert was the right move. I won’t ever fault him for that.

None of us ever thought we would need to rely on our friendship, our familial relationship, with the Chaos Brotherhood. I know I sure as fuck didn’t. That doesn’t mean I’m not about to be thankful for it now. Those men will protect Alexis like they would their own children. Neither Robert nor William will stand a chance of breaching their defenses.

“Any idea what you’re gonna do when we find Emma and Robert?” Rome questions trying to fill the silence now that we’re getting closer.

“I don’t think you want that answer,” I mumble, almost afraid to admit it to myself. The law-abiding, security CEO side of me wants to turn the man into the government and let them deal with him. The alpha possessive no one touches my female side of me wants to slaughter the man where he will be standing so he can’t hurt Emma ever again. The two sides of me are at war and right now I have no idea which side is going to win.

“Understood,” Rome nods, his voice tight with concern.

“If you’re uncomfortable with this I won’t blame you for dropping me off and heading back.” I offer him a way out. No one on my team should ever put themselves at risk for something they feel uncomfortable with.

“I’m not going anywhere. We are getting your woman back and that asshole is going down any way we can take him. I have your back, Boss.” The conviction in Rome’s voice let me know we made a good choice hiring the man. Through this whole event he has proven himself over and over again. Not once has he questioned anything about this mission and now he is willing to do whatever it takes to get my woman back. Oh yeah, I’ll be talking to Knox and Steel about giving the damn man a raise.

“Any word from Knox?” I ask him since clearly his phone is the only one alive out of both of us. I really should have asked Steel to get me a charging cord earlier.

“He’s about thirty minutes behind us. He dropped Sky off at headquarters and then grabbed some supplies and a couple of men.”

How in the hell had I missed all of that?

“You were pretty zoned out for a bit there Boss. I tried to handle as much as I could so you could do whatever it was you needed.” Rome explains my unanswered question.

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