Page 35 of Deceit

“Our clubs will be tied together forever, Slim. King is gonna bring my girl home where she belongs and they’ll continue to build their lives together. We need to start gettin’ together more often. You’ve always been an ally to our club and it’s time we let the rest of our members get to know one another,” Blood responds as the room is almost empty of everyone who doesn’t belong here for the meeting.

I don’t pay attention to anything else as the room clears of everyone but the men belonging to the three clubs. Still, I don’t pay attention to anything going on around me until my dad and Killer step up on either side of me with Blood, Scathe, Ace, Tucker, and Damien behind them. They’re giving me their silent support when I need it the most. My dad’s hand is on my shoulder as Vault talks and updates everyone on what we know so far. Slim stands next to him and I know Blood should be up there as well but he remains behind me.

My phone vibrates in my pocket as Vault continues talking. Pulling it out, I see Venom’s name on the screen and don’t hesitate to answer it. Venom must have a reason for calling because it’s rare he does. Though why he’s calling me instead of Vault is a mystery.

“Not a good time, Venom,” I answer my phone, prepared to hang up on the President of the Wild Kings MC in Cedar Bay.

“You need to hear this, King,” he says before I can hang up on him. “Got a girl here at my clubhouse. Claims to be your girl. She’s banged up and was wearin’ nothin’ when we came across her.”

“Brynn,” I whisper as my dad’s hand tightens on my shoulder. “Is she with you now?”

“She is. We’ve had Doc in to look at her and Vanessa and Willow have been takin’ care of her. Says her name is Brynn and she was taken from the grocery store in Pine View. Is this your girl, King?” Venom asks me, reluctance in his voice because this wouldn’t be the first time a woman has claimed a biker in order to get help from a different club.

“She’s mine. I’m on my way to get her. Tell her I’m on my way, Venom,” I state as my voice breaks and hope fills me. “Got three clubs comin’. Slim and the guys are here, our chapter, and the King’s Vengeance.”

“She’s in good hands here, King. We won’t let anyone get close to her,” Venom assures me as I hang up the phone and look around the room.

“Brynn’s in Cedar Bay at the Wild Kings clubhouse. They found her and I don’t know anythin’ more than that. I’m leavin’,” I state as I turn to Blood and look at him with tears in my eyes. “They won’t hurt her. That’s a promise I can make to you right now. They’re good men and she’s with two of the ol’ ladies.”

“Let’s go,” Blood says as we all start to rush to the main door of the clubhouse.

I race to my truck and get in as my dad, uncle, Jinx, and Scathe get in with me. Starting my engine, I don’t hesitate to pull out of the compound and start the trip to Cedar Bay. They’re not too far from Pine View, but the distance is more than I like knowing my girl has been gone for over a day. The need to put my eyes on her and hold her in my arms overwhelms me as my foot presses down harder on the gas pedal in my haste to get to Brynn.

Pulling into the compoundof the Wild Kings feels as if an eternity has passed. My truck was silent during the entire trip. I park haphazardly in the parking lot and put the truck in park before jumping out with Scathe right behind me. We race into the clubhouse to find Venom sitting at the bar with several members of his club.

“King, she’s in the back in the medical room. Doc has checked her over, cleaned up her wounds, and taken blood to send out. He’ll forward the results to your club’s doctor the second he gets them,” Venom informs me, getting off his stool and walking over to Scathe and I as more men enter his clubhouse.

“Venom, this is Scathe. He’s Brynn’s dad. Scathe, this is Venom, President of the Wild Kings MC in Cedar Bay,” I quickly introduce the men and Hawkeye makes his way up to us and leads us to the hallway where their medical room is.

No one follows Scathe and I as we practically run to the room. Hawkeye opens the door and I finally get eyes on my girl. She’s sitting on the exam table with Vanessa and Willow at her side. Brynn’s wearing clothes that don’t belong to her. Her body is bruised and has cuts and scrapes in the areas of skin I see. There’s a bandage wrapped around her head as well. Brynn looks up and I take in her tear-filled eyes as she carefully gets off the table and races to me. I hold her close and bury my face in her neck not caring that she’s dirty and covered in grime. The only clean areas of her body are where she has an injury.

Brynn starts crying, her entire body trembling as I step back and let Scathe take my place. Blood and Ace enter the room and I watch them visibly relax at the sight of their girl in her dad’s arms. She pulls back and gives her uncle and grandpa a hug before rushing back to my side and wrapping her arms around me as tight as she can.

“Don’t let me go,” she cries, her voice a broken whisper as she buries her face in my chest.

“I’m never lettin’ you go again, Kitten. You’ll get sick of me bein’ at your side every second of the day,” I promise her, my voice breaking again with the emotion coursing through me.

We make our way out of the medical room after I lift Brynn in my arms. She wraps her legs around my waist and her arms around my neck while burying her face in my neck. Her entire body is trembling as she continues to cry and break. I take a seat at a table after her dad pulls out a chair for me. My arms don’t loosen around her as she remains wrapped around my body. Scathe, Ace, and Blood join us as my dad and Killer stand guard. Vault and Slim talk to Venom and a few of his men.

“I want to go home, Kingston. Please take me home,” Brynn pleads with me as I stand from the chair and know I’ll do anything this woman wants after the hell she’s been through.

“Not yet, King. I want to talk to Brynn and find out what happened while we’re here so we can get to Jerome quicker. The sooner we get rid of the fucker, the quicker you can get your girl home. We’re not leavin’ until we know for sure he’s been taken care of and Brynn doesn’t have to worry about him ever again. If we wait, there’s too big of a risk he’ll disappear once again. We only have a small window to take care of this,” Vault says, stopping me from leaving the clubhouse.

Nodding my head, I take a seat once again with Brynn. She doesn’t fight and make me take her home because that’s where she wants to be. My girl understands what Vault has said and knows he’s right. I don’t know what happened and how Brynn got away from Jerome, but the quicker we find him and take him out, the sooner I can get Brynn home and take care of her. That’s all I want right now as I wait for everyone else who came with us to enter the clubhouse. Scathe rubs his hand up and down his daughter’s back while Blood and Ace never take their eyes off her. Brynn is loved and her family is going to find it hard to leave her once this is over with. It's written in their eyes as I close mine and savor the feeling of her in my arms, not caring that her tears are soaking my neck and tee-shirt.

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