Page 74 of Macon

Izzy places her hands on her hips and faces off with him. Her face changes, instantly becoming the old Izzy we knew before she was taken.

“I want my gun. Snow, Vi, and Sin all have a fucking gun. I’m sure every single woman in here has some kind of weapon. Right now, I’m the one in danger. I want a gun!” Izzy demands.

I chuckle, and everyone looks over at me. I shrug and say with a smirk, “Fuck it. I’ll give you a gun, Legs.”

The girls all agree, but Vi’s the first one to move. “Here, Legs, take mine. It’s small enough to keep in your sweatshirt pocket. Just don’t shoot your pussy off,” Vi teases.

We all join in with a laugh.

Izzy doesn’t hesitate, taking the gun with a smile and says, “Thank you.”

Redman’s furious but gives in. He adds, “Don’t shoot anyone unless someone shoots first.”

I look around the room and repeat what he says when I see Sin’s face. “Yeah. Sin, did you hear that? This isn’t a ‘Oh, let’s have a shootout and kill the Russians.’ This is a ‘let’s sit down so we can find your sister.’”

Everyone agrees, but the girls’ faces tell me this might go sideways if they don’t give us Raydene.

An hour later, we’re all hanging out around the bar when we see on the surveillance cameras the Russian SUV pull up. Everyone gets into place as Viktoriya gets out of the front passenger side door, along with one of her men. They approach the door, where Chiv and Blink check them for weapons.

Everyone on the monitors can see Chiv speaking to her and motioning toward the SUV. Viktoriya says something, and the men look at each other before Blink slips inside, giving us the okay before letting them in.

Wolfe, Shy, Cash, and I are at the table having a drink.

When we see Viktoriya enter, we stand up.

“Gentlemen. Thank you for seeing me. This is Leo.” She snaps her fingers, pointing to the spot next to the door, where he stations himself.

Wolfe speaks up first. “Do you have Raydene?”

Viktoriya smiles as she saunters toward us. Raising a finger, she says, “We have a deal. I will show you proof of life, and then I will get to speak with Isabella Rogers. Once I see Isabella, we’ll negotiate.”

Shy and Wolfe exchange a look before Shy replies, “Come sit. Have a drink.” He points across the table for her to sit and starts to introduce us.

We all wait for her to sit.

“You said you have proof of life, but I thought you said you’d have her here,” Shy explains to her.

Viktoriya’s pure evil. It radiates off her, and you can see in her eyes that she doesn’t have a soul.

She lifts her phone. “Yes, here she is as promised.” She pulls the phone back before any of us could see the picture. “But depending on what Isabella tells me will determine if you get your friend back.”

A door opens, and I can hear Izzy snap at Redman. Viktoriya turns her head, and once she sees Izzy, her eyes light up, and she hands the phone to us without a word.

I grab the phone, and sure enough, it is Raydene, bound and gagged but alive.

Fuck you, God.

Izzy walks up with her shoulders back, ready to take on this bitch.

“Where is my friend?” she demands.

Viktoriya stands here with her hands clasped together like she’s a mom seeing her kid come home from camp. She looks like Izzy is her child, not the girl she kidnapped.

Once Izzy is at the table across from Viktoriya, she asks again, “Where is Raydene?”

Viktoriya snaps her fingers to Leo, who exits the clubhouse. Blink follows him.

Viktoriya motions for Izzy to sit down. As soon as they sit, we move in beside Izzy.

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