Page 85 of Always Mine

All the while, Luke was earning his patch.The other brother, through hard work and dedication, was in fact thriving.Anthony was impressed with how quickly he adapted, which just proved him right.He was a natural, but was simply in the wrong club.

As for the remaining Monster Dogs MC, they had the Billionaires working.Since they had stopped the sale of the girls and with the MC club’s numbers down, they had been able to intercept multiple kidnappings.It wasn’t a job well done, but it was pretty fucking close.

They had to follow all leads.It was part of their agreement with the Billionaires.Now that most of the club was gone, they wanted the last members earning the same fate as well.So far, they had managed to take out two surviving members, but there were still more.The men had actually taken their own lives before they had the chance to talk.Anthony didn’t know if that made them cowards or not.Either way, they were following a lead that had drawn them to a motel about an hour’s drive from Fort Wills.

Lash was in front of him, clicking away at his cell phone.“Fuck.”

“What is it?”

“Nothing.”

This is what pissed him off.His father kept him out of the loop.This was part of his punishment.For the last two months, he didn’t have a father, unless it was to do with Sunday lunch, and they had been sparing.Anthony gritted his teeth and didn’t say anything, although he really wanted to.He stayed silent, watching.

Adam was closer, checking out the motel from his position in the car.Several of the guys were lurking, playing the part of civilians.Anthony didn’t know why they were bothering with him, he was just at his father’s back.He wasn’t even allowed to ride his own bike, and they hadn’t even been granted permission to wear their patches yet.Not even a leather cut with the Skulls insignia.They had nothing.Again, all part of his master punishment plan.

He got it and understood the tests.He needed them to prove to the club, and to him, that they were loyal.Their loyalty to the club was never in question.They simply did what he knew his father couldn’t do, as his hands were tied.It could be considered insolence, disobedience, whatever anyone wanted to call it.The truth was ...he simply did what he knew his father wanted.The Monster Dogs MC, gone.

The club’s association with the Billionaires didn’t hold him or the others back.He did what was needed.And he didn’t regret it for a single moment.

Lash was back on his cell phone, and he watched as he called Alex’s number.

He didn’t hear what Alex had to say.“I need you to get down to the sheriff’s now.”There was a pause.“Yeah, another one.”Another pause.

Anthony didn’t need to fill in the blanks.

“I’ll deal with it when I get back.”With that, he hung up.

“Girls are going missing?”

Lash glanced behind him and just stared at him without saying a word.Anthony had no intention of backing down.

“This is not the time, nor the place.”

“We’re waiting for the scum to return.No one can see us.Someone is stealing girls, right?I’m guessing with you wanting Alex to go down to the sheriff’s office, they’re Fort Wills girls, aren’t they?”

He saw his dad’s jaw tense.“Yes, they are.”

“That means they’re in town.”

“That means they’re ...working in town, but so far, we don’t know where they’re being taken.Whizz has gone through the security footage.They have to have been taken from their beds, or something.We’re working to figure it out.”

He didn’t want to state the obvious, but he felt it had to be said.“But you can’t figure it out?”

Lash sighed.“The parents were asleep and they had tucked their kid into bed.”

“Kids?”

“Yeah, so far a ten-year-old and a twelve-year-old have been taken.”

Anthony didn’t like this.“They’re babies.”

“I know, Anthony.I fucking know this.”Lash growled.“I’m done playing.”

He got up from his hiding spot, and Anthony followed.Usually, they waited for the man to make his appearance, and then they tailed him.So far, it hadn’t been working.None of it had, and now, as they advanced toward the motel room, he had a feeling his father was at the end of his tether.

Little girls going missing in Fort Wills was bad.Their enemies were taunting them, and they were doing it on purpose.He didn’t leave his father’s side.

The downside to being a non-patched member was, he didn’t get a single fucking weapon.Not that he completely minded.He had no problem using his hands, but it would have been nice to defend himself.

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