Page 64 of Tusk's Fury

Tusk sighs. “You were talking personal shit about her body. My old lady is just as beautiful as she ever was.”

Silver smirks. “Well, she’s wearing your cut, so you kind of have to say that. We can all see it’s not true.”

“I can’t be bothered with your drama today. Out. Leave the clubhouse. I don’t want to see you here for the rest of the day.” Tusk’s tone is dismissive. I feel bad for Silver because I know what it feels like to be unceremoniously booted out the door.

She glares at me and hisses, “This is all your fault.”

“Hell, honey, I used to be you—the club girl who annoyed everybody all the time.”

“I’ve heard all about your glory days, Brittany. I like to think that I’m worlds smarter than you were.”

I just shake my head, “So far, you’re following in my exact footsteps.” Glancing at Tusk, I say, “I need to go to the restroom.”

“Don’t worry. I’ve got our daughter.” Giving me a lopsided grin, he adds, “Hurry back, I’ve been missing you.”

I flash him a quick grin and head to the restroom. I’m in the stall taking care of business when I hear the door open. More than one person walks in—I can tell by the footsteps. I’m unconcerned because it’s either old ladies or club girls, and I know all of them.

When I step out of the stall, I’m confronted by Silver, who should have left by now, and Tusk’s ex, Gina, who shouldn’t be in the club at all.

I edge past them, expecting some kind of nasty, awkward conversation. Silver’s voice is thick with sarcasm when she speaks, “You really think you’re something, don’t you?”

“Why are you still here, Silver?”

When she doesn’t immediately answer, I turn to Gina. “How did you manage to get into the clubhouse? I heard you’re not allowed to be here at all. Tusk is going to be pissed.”

“I don’t give a shit what Wade has to say,” she spits out. The anger in her voice as she says Tusk’s real name sends a shiver down my spine. Rubbing her rounded belly reminds me what she did. “I can’t believe you did IVF again behind his back. That’s pretty low.”

“I can’t believe you left your baby out there in its little carrier for Wade to worry about. He’s not good with babies, you know.”

“Look, lady, what do you care if I let my daughter’s father take care of her? It’s nothing to you.” There’s something going on with these two, but I can’t figure out what.

“First of all, I have a name, it’s Gina. You should use it.”

“Leaving the baby out there with Tusk wasn’t part of our plan,” Silver says worriedly.

Gina glances at her and then back to me before speaking. “It doesn’t matter. Once this whore is gone, he’ll need a mother for his baby. And I’ll be the only woman in town interested in taking him on.”

I stare at her slightly unhinged expression. “I don’t know what you two are up to, but it’s not going to work. I have no intention of leaving Tusk or my baby.”

Gina pulls something out of her pocket. “Sorry, but you have an appointment with the man you were promised to, Eve.” Her eyes light up with glee as she lifts a stun gun and pulls the trigger.

I drop to the floor because she’s clearly got the damn thing turned all the way up. My body is wracked with pain, and I can’t manage to squeak out one single word through my locked jaw, but the minute she eases up on that trigger, I am going to beat her ass.

Silver walks around me and stands next to my head. Before I can parse through how she knew about Harper trying to get his hands on me, something bangs against the back of my head. Even though I fight to stay awake, darkness closes in on me.

I wake up to the two of them hustling me towards the back door. I’m lightheaded and try to pull out of their grasp, but they’ve got me pinned between them. I’m not worried because the minute they step outside, there will be a dozen or so people on the back patio. They’ll put a stop to this real quick.

These two must have put some time and effort into the situation because they press me into a small space between Zen’s office and the closet where they store their weapons, and one of them pulls the fire alarm while the other slams the back of my head against the wall. My world goes dark to the sound of utter chaos.

Chapter 23

Tusk

When the smoke alarm goes off, I come to my feet, knowing deep in my bones that something is wrong. We don’t smoke inside the clubhouse, mostly because it’s a fire risk and because the old ladies claim it stinks up the place. Although the club girls sometimes sneak a smoke when they think none of us are around, my instincts tell me this is something more. Obviously, I rush out the front door because I won’t risk my daughter on the remote chance there is an actual fire.

We have a safety team that is responsible for clearing all the rooms both upstairs and in the basement, and escorting any prisoners we’re holding out of the building. The front is the staging area, the place we all meet to make sure everyone gets out okay. Evan rushes up with the list of people they let in at the front gate and begins calling names.

Meanwhile, I’m watching the front door like a hawk as my hands tighten around Victoria’s carrier.

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