Page 48 of Bound by Wreckage
“I’ll see what I can find. You hear anything you call me.”
“Gotcha.”
The line disconnects right when Rylynn gets to me, her fists tight at her sides. “Who was it? I want to know who the fuck was driving that car that hit them.” Her tone leaves no imaginationof what she’s planning. One thing about Rylynn is she might be young, but she takes zero shit and protects her family full force.
You could ask the woman she shot in Emery’s house, but she’s dead.
“Don’t know who it is yet. We checked the car at the scene, and it was empty. Once we find out about Mearna and Dagger, I’m sure Buzz or Austyn will get on the search.”
“You’re givingthem time to get away.” Her eyes glare at me. She’s vibrating with so much anger it comes off of her in waves.
“Whoever it was, we will take care of this, Rylynn. I get you’re pissed and there isn’t a damn thing that you can do right now, but you gotta be here for your momma. She’s hurtin’ bad. You let me and the guys handle the asshole.”
Tears begin running down her cheeks. “He’sgone. My grandpa… they can’t save him gone.” She looks up to me, pain all over her. “How am I supposed to say goodbye? He wasn’t supposed to go yet. He…” She blows out a deep breath. “Gram doesn’t even get to tell him bye, Nox. And Gram… if he’s not a match, we’ll lose her too.”
Gripping the back her neck, I pull her to me and wrap my arms around her body as she sobs. She shakes everywhere,and we stay like this for long moments. There’s nothing that I can do to help her. We’re all helpless, one thing the Ravage MC doesn’t do well with.
Rylynn’s breathing calms down as she pulls away and wipes her eyes. She pulls herself together no doubt not wanting the others to see a slight crack in the armor that she wears so well. She doesn’t want to worry her mother any more than shealready is, and I respect that. “Thanks for that. I couldn’t let it out in front of Mom. She’s about ready to go off the deep end.”
“Not to mention the guys would give you shit,” I joke, trying to lighten the mood just a touch.
The corner of her lip tips up slightly. “That too.”
“Come on.” Wrapping my arm around her, I lead her back into the hospital where she goes to sitby her mom and dad, while I park my ass next to my sister.
My mind races on where Carsyn would’ve gone. I’m hoping that she’s somewhere safe and no one has found her. Worry seeps in. If Buck found her, he’d do more than hurt her. He’d kill her. That I have no doubt in my mind. He’s a sick sonuvabitch.
I’d hoped she’d stay with Gunny for a while longer than she had, but fuck—she gotspooked. My plate is starting to overfill, and emotions threaten to come burrowing out. My entire world is shaken, and I’m torn between being here with my family and going out to find Carsyn. No matter what I do, I can’t shake her. She’s in my thoughts and dreams.
Inhaling deep, I center myself and put the focus on the here and now. Dagger and Mearna are the top priority. Everything elseis going to have to wait. There’s no choice.
**
An hour later the doctor who came out before comes out behind those metal doors. It’s like those damn things have some type of force field around them or something. In a way, I guess they do.
The difference between life and death.
The difference between good news and bad.
I’m starting to hate those fucking doors.
He marches up to Tanner and Rhys, who stand. “He’s a match. We need to do the surgery now.”
Tanner cries, “Thank God,” then shakes her head and her body trembles. “Sorry, Daddy.”
It has to be gut wrenching having one parent die to allow the other the chance to live. Knowing you’re losing one to save the other is fucked up on so many levels. But Dagger would want that. He’dwant to help his woman live. It doesn’t make the deep cut of his death any easier, though.
It doesn’t make any of it easier, and I can feel it in the room. The air is tense, each one of us with heartbreak on our sleeves. Losing one of our own rips at us.
Rhys holds on to his woman, pushing her face into his chest while relief and sorrow mar his features. This is a double-edged sword,one good and one horrible.
“You’ve already signed the forms. Do you want to go back and see him one last time?”
Tanner nods as the doctor turns around and she, Rylynn, and Rhys follow him. The stillness around us is compelling. All of us struck with this loss that our hearts ache. This is family, and we’re about to lose one of its original members. Our brother and friend.
Fifteen minutes later, Tanner, Rylynn, and Rhys come out. She’s a hot mess, and Rhys is trying to keep his temper in check. His eyes focus on Buzz, who lifts his chin and stands up. I do as well looking at my mother. “Call me with any updates. I’m goin’ with Buzz.”
Cooper, Jacks, Green, Breaker, Tug and several others rise as well. Rylynn looks as though she wants to but stays by her mother’sside, instead giving me a look that I need to call her with information. That’s not going to happen until we get the problem eliminated.
We may be helpless when it comes to Dagger, but we’re going to find this fucker and make him pay.
