Page 92 of Tech

Brook gently runs the tip of her fingers up and down his back, not taking her eyes off him, when the door to her room opens.

I look up to see my father, Snake, and Doc. They all sigh in relief to see her awake with our baby.

“Damn, you’re a sight for sore eyes, sweetheart,” my father rasps, and my girl lifts her head.

“He’s right, darling; it’s good to see you awake and holding that boy of yours,” Doc continues.

Snake walks over and kisses her head, rasping, “It’s good to see you, darling.”

She sniffs. “Thank you, all of you for-for….”

I hold her tighter, and Snake smiles, gently running his hand over my sons head. He whispers, “You’re family, Brook; that baby is my nephew; we’d walk through fire for you both, and Tech, well, he’d die trying to save you both.”

She nods again, and I kiss her head.

“Alright, sweetheart, I’m going to have the girls come sit with you,” my dad states and I tense, but he ignores it and continues with a growl, “because I can’t find my wife.” That’s confusing. He says, “We have a demon to put down, and Tech needs to be there.”

She nods, tilting her head to look at me, her eyes shining, and she whispers, “I don’t care if this makes me sound like a nasty person, but I need you to make her hurt, and I need you to find your momma so she can hold her grandson. She’ll be blaming herself, Love.”

My eyes flit between hers.

I know I need to be there, but I just…. Fuck, I don’t know if I can leave them.

Her eyes soften seeing my hesitation. “We’ll still be here when you get back….”

My nose twitches, and I bite my bottom lip, then rasp, “I nearly lost you both. I walked into the warehouse to find you dead, Angel; you had no heartbeat, and then our son….” I shake my head. “How can I leave you both? All the pain, all the heartache, and the wasted time between us, and I nearly lost you both; the thought of physically leaving this room…. I-I….”

I stop my rambling, my breathing choppy, and her tears fall.

“Brother….” Snake says and I look at him. His eyes show concern for me. “You trust Colt, right? Especially after yesterday?” I give him a firm nod, and he nods back. "He’ll be standing outside this door.” He points to the open door, and I see Colt standing there. “He’ll be here watching over your family—our family—until you return. The girls will be here, also.”

I bite my bottom lip, and Brook grips my hand. I look at her. She whispers, “I want you to go, Love. No, I need you to go. I need to be sure she’s really gone, and that she suffers for what she did to our boy.”

Fuck….

I look at the brothers and my father, and then at Colt. His face is hard, and he gives me a nod to my silent command: fucking protect them with your life.

Half an hour later, we’re all walking toward the outhouse. We haven’t found momma anywhere, but we freeze when we see the door open, and Cannon casually leaning against the wall, smoking.

Screams echo toward us, and Snake demands, “Brother, what the fuck is going on?”

Cannon shrugs. “Honestly, I saw the needle, and I chose not to have a fucking headache like last time, when Smoke's momma knocked me out and killed Cherry, and honestly, the screaming is soothing.”

What the fuck?

We all rush into the outhouse, running down the stairs only to freeze. Momma, with a knife in her hand, is standing before Nina, who is only in her underwear.

Three of Nina’s fingers are on the floor as well as…. Fuck me, is that her ear?

Momma tilts her head as Nina gasps, “P-please, just kill me, p-please,” and I notice all the carved marks on her body.

Momma chuckles darkly, and even I fucking take a step back, scared shitless of her. The brothers step back, too, except for my father, who fucking rearranges himself.

I gag. “Dad, no fuck no….”

Dad grins and Momma turns her head. She has blood on her face, and she smiles sweetly, looking scary as fuck. “Hey boys, welcome to the party.”

This time, even Dad takes a step back, eyes wide.

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