Page 87 of Eagle

As I slowed and caught my breath, I finally felt the pinch in my side. Still breathing heavily, I held my side. “So all you know is you weren’t to go to our club, and all your communication was on a burner phone that was left in your stolen car, right?”

He moaned from the floor.“I was supposed to take the blonde with me.”

Holding my side, I asked, “What do you mean?”

“Your guy told me to take her with me and he’d be in touch later.”

I looked at Falcon but he seemed confused.

“When was that?

“Earlier tonight. I already had my target and he said the blonde would be at the airport and to take her with me. The others wouldn’t give me a hard time.”

“But he didn’t say where?”

Kelvin shook his head. “He said he’d text me.”

“On the phone in the car.”

“Yeah, but he was there and he shot me.”

The pinch turned to a burn, so I winced. I needed to wrap this up and go find Shiv. “Who was your bookie?”

“Guy named Randy.” His words came out shaky and he was breathing heavy. “We met at a poker game in a factory downtown a year ago.”

Falcon said, “Hawk has Keys already checking for the factory from the description.”

Wincing again as my side burned, I looked at Falcon. “So wehave just about all we need from them?”

He nodded so I pulled a knife from my pocket and walked to the big guy, rolling him on his stomach. I sliced his wrists then rolled him over, leaning over him to say, “I hear bleeding out like that hurts. I hope so.”

As I stepped back to Kelvin, he started pleading for his life. “Please! I’ll do anything! This is all a mistake!”

I thrust the tip of the blade into his neck then pulled it out. “Oh, shit. Sorry, but I already committed. You understand,” I said as I stood over him.

Grabbing some paper towels off the roll, I wiped off my blade and tucked it back in my pocket. After instructing the members to clean up the mess, we headed back inside through the back. I cleaned my hands then stopped back by the Church room to find Hawk still waiting.

“All set?” he asked as he sipped his beer.

“For now. You got Keys already working?”

He tipped his head back, looking at the ceiling. “Yep. This shit just keeps getting deeper.”

“How’s Mama Hen?”

He cut his blue eyes to me. “Says she’s fine, but I don’t see how. He was like my brother.” He went quiet and rolled his beer in the bottle. “Never thought I’d have to kill my brother.”

“Not if I get to him first.”

Hawk looked up at me. “He’ll meet his destiny, Eagle. I’m not too concerned with how. I’m more concerned with when.” He drank down the rest of his beer. “Looks like we need a new enforcer, though.”

“I think I know the perfect person,” I said.

“Looks like you need some more stitches to me,” Hawk saidwith a chuckle.

Nodding, I turned and Falcon said, “Go to the room. I’ll find Shiv.”

Walking down the hall, I braced myself for Shiv and Lacy.

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