Page 65 of Sniper

The club will pay for it to be built, and then the income from sale of my garage will go back to the club, so the garage will be all mine, the club only as a silent investor.

Wherever I am, my girl is right there, she has to be; otherwise, I’ll lose my mind.

Aurora stirs, gripping my wife beater tighter and I squeeze her, giving her the strength to sleep comfortably. I just need my girl close right now.

She was fucking raped, held captive for a year.

Autumn was conceived through rape, that gorgeous little girl….

I squeeze my eyes shut. I don’t have long until Steel arrives. Aurora begged me not to call him, but she never begged Snake. He was willing to be the bad guy for me.

His shock when we called hits me hard….

“This is Steel,” he answers, and I squeeze my fists.

It’s been four hours since learning the truth. My body hurts, but my heart hurts more.

I left my daughter and wife in the care of my mother while we did this.

She begged us not to call, but we needed to. I fucking need to kill the fucker who hurt my girl, I won’t be able to breathe until I do….

“Steel, it’s Snake,” my brother answers while my father holds my shoulder. Breaker and Tats, standing on my other side, are the only other two brothers able to hold me down, along with Pitbull.

“Snake, brother, what can I do for you?” he replies, and Snake looks at me.

I nod, and he sighs, rasping, “What can you tell me about Aurora Taylor?”

Steel is quiet momentarily before he says, “I don’t know an Aurora Taylor, Snake. Now, Aurora Foster, I know her, and if you mean her, and know where she is brother, I need you to fucking tell me. She’s been MIA since she was seventeen. It’s been nearly four years, and no one can fucking find her, including Keys. She finally contacted her dad a few hours ago but wouldn’t tell him where she was or where she’d been…. Fuck, we just need to know she’s okay and safe.”

I open my mouth and speak up, admitting, “Aurora Foster is now Taylor. She’s my wife, Steel…”

“Sniper?” he questions in confusion.

“Yeah, Steel.” I sigh, running my bruised, cut hand through my hair., “I need you, Piston, Acid, and Mr. Foster to come to Huntersville, brother, and I need you to do it on the sly.”

Steel’s quiet momentarily before he asks, “Is she in trouble?”

I smile a little, happy he’s showing he does care about her, and I admit, “Not anymore, but we need you to come here.”

He agreed instantly, excited to see his ‘niece.’ Snake wanted to tell him some of her trauma, but honestly, at the moment, he only needed to know she was alive and well.

I also didn’t want to chance him ending Axe before I could get my hands on him.

My phone vibrates on the bedside table, indicating they’re here, and Aurora stirs, wetness already building on my shirt.

I squeeze her tighter to me, rasping, “I know you didn’t want this, Firecracker, but you need to understand, I’m not letting this fucker live for what he did. I can’t have him breathing the same air as my wife, my daughter, my children, I just can’t.”

She nods, not saying anything, and I sigh, pressing my lips against her forehead, inhaling her before my door opens. I look up to see Brook. Sammy goes to greet her, and I give her a smile before gently kissing Aurora’s head again, and sliding out from underneath her.

Brook takes my place instantly, and I whisper, “I’ll message Brook when we’re ready for you, Firecracker….”

She nods, her tears falling, whispering, “I’m still mad at you for lying to me, for basically kidnapping me.”

I give her a smirk and reply, “I wouldn’t expect any different from my firecracker, but know this: it can’t be kidnap when we’re married.”

She chuckles, Brook, grinning wide, and I leave them to it as Sammy jumps on the bed, making me groan in frustration. The women laugh as I leave the room.

Fucking dog, taking my spot on the bed….

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