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I tap on his door, but don’t wait for the invitation to come inside. Finding him in his darkened room surrounded by the bank of computers, I wondered how does he do this day in and day out? I’d lose my fucking mind if I had to sit here constantly.

But to each his own. I sat down in the free chair beside him, staring at the screens that showed videos of the clubhouse on the inside and the grounds outside.

“What can I do you for?” Knox asks, without taking his eyes off any of the screens. And again, I wondered how he does it?

“We found Bear.” I tell him. “The fucker offed himself.”

For the first time since I came into the room and sat down, Knox finally turns his head to look at me. Shock on his face, his brows way above his hairline.

“How the fuck did that happen?” Knox demands, and I set about explaining the night’s events, and he shakes his head.

“So please, work doubly hard to find out where that fucker took the video of Max. I can’t bear the thought of Zoe in the clutches of that psychopath a minute longer.”

Knox nods his head. “I’ll do my best. I should have something for you by tomorrow.” He assures me, and I exhale a breath.

“Thanks, brother, but try for tonight.” I tell him before leaving him to it.

For the next few days, I was like a zombie, not sleeping, barely eating. Even my brothers attempting to get me out of my funk didn’t work, and I wouldn’t be fucking a club bunny to do it, either.

On the third day, I had just been up for over an hour drinking coffee instead of the whiskey that had been my mainstay for the past few days, trying not to go out of my mind, when Knox finally emerges from his room, a wild look in his eyes.

“I’ve finally got something,” he announces to the room, and I couldn’t explain the excitement that overwhelmed me at his words.

“What are we waiting for? Let’s do this.” I call out, already headed toward my sled.

“Brother, wait.” A light touch on my shoulder had me whipping around to see who it was. Ky stood there, looking back at me.

“We need to wait to see what the others have to say, we can’t just go off half cocked,” he explains.

I know he’s right, but we’ve already waited longer than I would have wanted to while Knox did his thing. Reluctantly, I followed the rest of the brothers to the meeting room to find out what Knox had for us.

“What do ya got for us, brother?” Kick asks, sitting at the head of the table, with Tiny beside him. Even Spider, our newly patched brother, was here. Snake packed his things and left for Washington the night we found his father with his brains blown out. Ax, the President of the Washington chapter, called to say the kid arrived safely, but other than that, there was no other communication from him.

“I have an address for an abandoned warehouse on 1-10 about an hour outside of Cullville, where I believe Max and Zoe are being held,” Knox tells us, with a beaming smile.

“I still don’t get why kidnap both Max and Zoe?” Riggs questions.

“Easier to handle Zoe if she knows he’s got her father.” I growl.

We’ve finally got a location for where the fucker has taken Zoe, and that’s more than we’ve had in the last couple of days.

“What the fuck are we waiting for?” I demand.

Kick gives me a warning glance.

“Calm your ass down, Chains,” he growls, fisting his hands at his sides, and I could see he was ready to pummel me down to a pulp. “I know she’s your girl, and I promised you we’d get her, but we can’t run in there in the middle of the day, all guns blazing. We need to wait for the cover of darkness, at least. You don’t want the fucker gettin’ away, do you?” He shakes his head.

I know he’s right, but I also know that he would do everything possible to bring back Everleigh if it were her in Zoe’s situation. I don’t say that because I don’t care for the beat down; He fixes me with one of his all-consuming stares.

“Tonight, we get your woman back. Tiny, Riggs, Angel, Ink, and Ky you’re coming with. Everyone else stays behind to watch over the women. I want them all at the clubhouse by tonight.” He bangs the gavel against the wood of the table before getting to his feet. “Church adjourned.” He calls out before slapping me on the back, and we grab each other’s elbows. Finally, this nightmare will soon be over.

CHAPTER THIRTY

Zoe

The sound of distant thunder marks another day of captivity. Three days. Three long days I’ve been here with no sign of anyone even attempting a rescue. I’m freezing cold and alone. Had Bodie abandoned me so callously? I couldn’t believe that was true, could it be?

Though if I go back to the way he treated me when we first got together, it wouldn’t be a stretch to believe that he would.

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