Page 16 of Nobody Wants Me
Now, I was pissed.
“Why did you come to my territory?”I asked, looking to Ivan.“Is that what this is about?You want Freya to be sold?”
“Tell him,” Ivan said.
“He’s put her up for organ donation,” Rage said.“She cannot be used for anything else.Anyone who gets her has to harvest, sell, and distribute every single part of her.”
“You didn’t think to tell me this right away?”I asked, looking to Ivan.
“I figured bringing The Butcher to your territory as well as the Evil Savages MC would help to put some understanding on it, and also I like to do things with drama,” Ivan said.
Yet, he didn’t look the least bit fazed.
“What are you getting at?”
“No one is aware of this, but fifteen years ago, The Butcher had a sister.A very pretty little sister, who happened to meet the description of someone within the Harris Harris household.He buys slaves.He uses women.As you can fill in the blanks, he kills them slowly.Tortures them.I have reason to believe that Freya met her sister,” Ivan said.
I looked at Ivan.No one knew anything of The Butcher’s background.It was a fucking surprise to be learning this shit now.I didn’t know the woman’s age, or even her fucking name.Something told me Ivan knew a great deal.
“Does she know?”I asked.
“Yes,” Ivan said.“Part of the deal with The Butcher is I had the details of exactly who took her sister, who was responsible for her death—and of course, handing them to her.”
“You haven’t done it yet,” I said.
“I’m getting there.You see, the key to any kind of revenge is knowing exactly the right time to do it.”Ivan shrugged.“It’s close to that time.”
I looked from Rage to Ivan.
“Once a name goes on The Grid, it is almost impossible to remove it,” I said.
“Exactly,” Ivan said.
This is why The Butcher was in my home.Rage was in my territory.I had a feeling The Beast wouldn’t go too far.
I ran a hand down my face.“I take it, you have no intention of letting them get to her.”
Ivan laughed.“Not yet.I have arrangements in place to deal with The Grid.At the moment, everything is coming up blank as to how to have her name removed.Harris has fled the country.I’m tracking him down as we speak.The fucker did all of this in a very short amount of time, and I had a feeling he did it on purpose.”Ivan stepped away from the wall.“I need this marriage between you and Freya to work.I want it to work.”
“Why?”I asked.
“Because someone is going to inherit that empire, and that someone will be you,” Ivan said.
“It belongs to my wife.”
“You can be stubborn, and I get it.You hate what happened to your family, and you don’t want to allow yourself to be vulnerable again.”
“Don’t fucking start,” I said.
“But Freya is innocent,” Ivan said.“She has done nothing wrong, other than be born into a family where no one fucking wants her.”
It was rare to see Ivan filled with passion.He was the man that was filled with calm.He was a man always in control.
But there was something different about this.I got the feeling that with Freya, this hit a little too close to home.I knew the tale of his past.I knew his father saw him as weak, because he couldn’t speak properly.That one of Ivan’s father’s men was supposed to kill him, to remove him from the equation, only that didn’t happen.
Ivan got free.He slowly grew up, and when the time was right, he came back for what was rightfully his.Only, he took the Volkov Bratva, changed it, made it even better.More powerful.
“Freya has to live,” Ivan said.“Do you understand me?She has to live and she will be your wife and the mother of your children.I suggest you get your head out of your ass and start to make this work with her.That is my order to you.Get your wife to fall in love with you.I don’t give a fuck if you have to fake it until you start to believe it.Either way, you’re not getting out of this.”
