Page 63 of Royal Sons MC

Chapter Six

When King saw the shitshowthat happened on the highway following the crash of Kailani's brother's vehicles, he knew Traeger wouldn't be following him back to the clubhouse. There was so much torment etched on Kailani's face; even he had wanted to protect her like a brother. When cold determination washed over Traeger's features to keep Kailani safe, King didn't blame his brother. The same need to claim Ayesha flooded his veins with a heat he'd never experienced. King knew there was nothing anyone could do to stop Traeger from doing things his way, especially when they were aware Kailani had probably suffered unspeakable things, for god only knew how long. He wanted to kill the Trevino family, too.

"Are your men okay?" Kailani asked.

"Digger and Coal are fine. They started that shitshow," King answered.

"Do you belong to a cartel..." she trailed off.

"You think we are like them, like your family?" Traeger asked, his voice deadly.

She took a deep breath. "It's a legitimate question. You were on our property skulking around and then kidnapped us, sort of."

King laughed. "She's got a point. But in answer to your question, we're nothing like them. We're kinda the good guys. We came for her. You just got lucky." He waved his hand at Tiana, whose eyes bounced back and forth between them.

"What do you mean you came for me?" Tiana asked, her voice sounding so young and naïve. "You said my sister sent you, but that makes no sense. We have no money."

Kailani turned slightly in her seat, looking backward. "I think he means your family hired them to rescue you and just in time, too."

Tiana shook her head; the movement nearly had her crashing into King. "Whoa, chill out. What's got you bugging out like a crackhead?" King asked.

"Wow, you're the sensitive one, right?" Kailani asked with a loud snort. "Don't freak out on us now. Obviously, they came for you because someone cared enough to find you. Right?"

"Your sister barged into my club, and I just happened to be in the mood to play rescuer to her little sister," King agreed. He wasn't going to tell her it was because he also wanted to do all kinds of things that, according to Ayesha, might be illegal.

Traeger coughed, indecipherable words coming out of him.

King was glad because if they were anything like what he was thinking, then they were pretty much exactly what he'd been planning, and that was getting in Ayesha's pants or getting them off.

"Alright, enough of the small talk. I hate to break up this little party, but more than likely, my brother has some sort of extraction on its way and a tracker on my car. I had planned to ditch this one and pick up the one I'd bought, so you should probably get us off the highway and get in with your friends. I'll hail a cab, and we can call it good. Yes?" Kailani asked.

"Digger, we're going to take the next exit. Do you and Coal see any tails?" King asked.

Traeger looked at King through the rearview. "King, tell them we're going to split up. You'll head north with Tiana, and I'll go the other direction with the sister."

"Wait, no, that's not how this is going down. I have a plan that doesn't involve taking a behemoth of a man along with me. Besides, I can blend. You totally can't." Kailani pointed out.

"Trust me, they'll follow one or the other of us. If we're in the escape car, they'll follow us, more than likely thinking we will give up the girl. Tiana is the target, not Kailani. Besides, I can handle the brother, and once he sees the younger girl's gone, he and I'll have...a talk."

"No, he can't make her a...target. She saved me," Tiana cried.

King held up his hand, surprised the young girl quieted.

Kailani smacked Traeger's arm. "You think you'll have a talk with him?" She smacked his arm again. "Do you know what he will do to you, to me? He'll have his men beat you until you can't fight anymore, and then he'll have a talk with you. Only then will he have fun. He'll get what he wants from you through any means necessary. There are drugs that will allow him to get you to talk and do what he wants you to do. Anything, Mr. Trigger. After he's done with you, he'll do the same with me, only worse. So, how about we do not do that? Why don't you and your band of merry men just go about your business and forget all about me? You take the girl and do your saving thing while I do what I'd planned, and that's get as far away from here as I possibly can. I never want to face my brother or father and their...men ever again."

King gritted his teeth at her outburst, watching his friend do the same. Poor Kailani was all Traeger could think of, yet he didn't let her see the pity in his eyes, knowing the woman would run. Tiana sunk back against the seat, her fear making her even more pliable, which was good.

Traeger informed the woman she would call him Traeger, not Mr. Trigger. King held back a chuckle while they talked. He went on to explain what was going to happen. King wondered why the hell he took the backseat in the operation, but for the moment, he let Traeger have control, at least with the woman sitting next to his brother. There was already a woman who had him twisted all up in knots, and she was nowhere near him and the ones in the vehicle with him.

"Digger, at the next offramp, we're ditching this car," King announced through their link. He saw lights coming up, flashing the signal that told them it was Digger. Another came up behind them, also flashing their lights twice. Coal was the other driver, both MC brothers who'd been following, making sure to have their six in case shit went sideways.

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