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“What about Thomas?” Hayze asks.

“She is our main priority. We get her out and then we go back and take out as many of those sons of bitches as we can.” Ez’s ominous tone says more than he is willing to admit. He doesn’tplan to come out of this fight alive, he wants to take the head of the snake so Vivian can be free for real this time.

“We’re with you,” I say firmly, his face contorts in remorse but he nods regardless.

“Until the end, brother,” Hayze tacks on.

“No matter what, I want you both to know that you will always be my brothers and growing up with you both and Vox is what kept me alive. We may not share blood, but you three are my family.”

“As you are mine,” I say with conviction.

“Stop with this sad shit, I have too many reasons to live and the main reason is waiting for us to save her. So, get your fucking heads in the game and let’s go get our girl, so we can punish her ass tomorrow for thinking she doesn’t need us.” Both Ez and I smile at Hayze, he always knows how to lighten a mood and keep our spirits up.

Ready or not, baby, we’re coming for you…

Chapter Thirty-Three

Vivian

I hear the buzz of their voices in the background but my mind is numb from the pain of loss. I know Tate is holding me but I can’t feel it, I can’t even feel the throbbing pain in my leg. Everything is redundant right now, all the plotting, planning and lies I have told over the past twelve months has been for nothing. I still lost someone I cared deeply for. Tate begins shaking me trying to garner my attention, the buzzing of their voices becomes clear.

“By the power vested in me by the Haven Saints, I sentence you, Vivian Tempest, to death by fire.” Thomas’s declaration should inspire fear of some kind but I can’t find it within myself to feel anything.

“Vivian, snap the fuck out of it,” Tatum hisses in my ear as the crowd of gathered men cheer and pump their fists in the airlike this is some rally. “Don’t let his death be in vain, you owe him that.” Her words strike a chord inside me, the numbness slowly starts to bleed way to a burning sensation that has me gasping for air. The feeling is so strong it almost consumes me with the need to suffocate the life out of Thomas and watch as his soul leaves his body so it can burn in fucking hell.

“You thought you were better than us, you dumb cunt?—”

A humorless laugh escapes me, forcing Thomas to snap his mouth closed. “A dumb cunt? Is that what you think I am?” I taunt.

“I don’tthink, I know it’s the truth,” he grits out.

“Hmmm.” I hum then purse my lips and tilt my head side to side. “I must have done pretty well for a dumb cunt since I bankrupted your pathetic little society.” Thomas’s face isn’t the only one that falls. Murmurs begin to break out around us.

“You’re lying, the build for the school is funded by The brotherhood,” Ford says with false bravado.

“Yes, but the land surrounding the school isn’t owned by The Brotherhood now, is it?” I fire back. The bastard stands there, clenching his fists at his sides.

“She’s lying, I would know if the money was missing,” Gavin, the Saints accountant, says with a smugness I can’t wait to destroy when I drop the bomb.

“Are you willing to bet your life on that, Gavy boy?” I sass back, earning a scowl from him.

“Enough!” Thomas roars, silencing the room but I can see from the way Leo is staring at me with judgment that he knows I’m not bluffing. “The bitch is a skilled liar like her sorry excuse of a brother. Get her ass up now, I want this over with,” Thomas orders. Three men attempt to come toward me but Leo’s words have them halting.

“She’s not lying.” Everyone turns to him but he keeps his seedy gaze on me. Leo is going to be one of the first I kill.

“How do you know that?” Thomas barks.

“Because she was the smartest in all our classes. She may be a foolish bitch but she’s a clever slut and I know this little bitch would have had a backup plan.” Just to be more of a vindictive bitch, I clap my hands slowly drawing it out just to fuck with them.

“Look who is finally keeping up with the rest of the class,” I taunt. Leo being the fucking cockroach that he is, steps forward and kicks my broken leg, forcing a sharp cry of pain from me. I snap my mouth closed and breathe through the pain, I just need to keep them talking long enough for the cavalry to arrive. I hope I’m not misunderstanding what David meant. I have no idea how he managed to pull off the last part of my plan before being taken, but nothing surprised me with him, he was a magician when it came to getting things done.

“You either start explaining or we start breaking more bones, you conniving little cunt.”

“You think calling me a cunt is an insult but in truth, Thomas, cunts are useful things to have, so it's really a compliment if you ask me.” At my mocking reply he turns a shade of red. He’s getting pissed off because I’m making a mockery of him in front of all his spineless brothers that think the sun rises out of his flat ass.

“You may think you are steps ahead but you and I both know that I have the power to take down your disloyal brother and his band of misfits. I have all the evidence I need to end them and their mask-wearing cowardly ways. Unlike the four of them, I don’t need to hide my face, a true leader leads from the front.”

“A true leader would know when his ship is sinking as well,” I toss back at him.

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