Page 77 of The Savage Outlaw

“Monte, wake him up,” Priest called out.

“No worries, brother,” Monte said.

He gave Fitz two injections this time, bringing what was left of him back to life.

No eyes. No tongue. Tattoos carved from his skin.

Teeth missing.

Priest demanded whiskey. Slade handed him a flask and he chugged from it. He tried handing the flask back but Slade wanted nothing to do with the blood smeared item.

Priest drank more and then tossed the flask to the ground. He then stabbed Fitz against his forehead and started to cut his scalp. All Fitz could do was make noise, bleed, and mentally beg to just die. All he wanted to do was die.

Priest suddenly stopped. He turned away from Fitz and held his right hand out. Cyrus was there to take the knife, cleaned it and placed it back in the leather sheath.

Linc stepped up to Priest and cupped his face in his hand. Priest was tired, bloody, and sweaty.

“It’s done,” Priest whispered.

“You did it,” Linc said. “JCwould be proud of you.”

Priest walked to a wall and leaned against it. Behind him, Fitz was taken down and placed on the floor. He was then smothered with sugar, honey, and anything else that would entice a rat to feast.Including flesh, muscle, organs…

Monte dumped a bag of pissed off rats onto Fitz. That was the final part. The last part of the treatment fromDr. Smile.Rats eating the rat.

Rats eating the severed tongue, the gouged out eyes. The chunks of cut off skin with tattoos.

Priest walked to the door and unlocked it. He stepped outside into the sunlight and began to walk back to the clubhouse. Covered in blood.

When he got closer to the clubhouse he saw someone standing outside. It was Eden. He gritted his teeth and curled his lip. She was not supposed to see Priest like this.

Yet in Priest’s heart, he was hoping she would have been waiting for him.

Chapter Twenty-Eight

After Appointment Care

Fear crippled Eden. The sight of Priest was nothing she had seen before. Seeing the violent look in his eyes was one thing. Even watching him kill her psycho ex… the way in that moment he had lunged at Cody and ended Cody’s life… Nothing compared to what Priest looked like as he walked across the parking lot toward her.

Blood streaked on his face. Eden knew it was not his blood. How did she know?She just knew.

There was blood everywhere else too. Priest looked as though he had bathed in blood. As a nurse, blood didn’t bother Eden. She couldn’t exist in her career if it did. It was the purposeful action of violence and murder that bothered her.

She knew that wasthe life. Those two words holding so much weight.The life.It wasn’t just one big party with booze and strippers.

Priest walked closer to Eden. She told herself to unfreeze. This was the man she loved. Right or wrong, violent and murderous, this was the man she loved. Still a lot ofthe lifeshe would have to learn, but that was okay.

Eden moved toward Priest. Once close enough, she reached up and touched his face. Blood and all. Priest grabbed her sides. Hard. Eden exhaled slowly through the pain.

“I told you to leave,” he growled.

“No,” she said. “I’ll never leave you, Priest. I’m here.”

“I’ll explain everything to you, doll.”

“Good. Come with me.”

Eden turned and reached for Priest’s hand. She now led the way to the clubhouse.

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