Page 15 of Chaos (Deathstalkers MC)
“There isn’t anyone else here. All the other doors are still locked,” one of the guys says from behind me.
“Ok, get Shooter and Twisted on the phone, let them know what we found here.” I hear them walking away. This entire time I haven’t looked away from her. “Please, just talk to me.”
“I—” Her voice breaks. “They were delivered. I signed for them.”
These motherfuckers have no idea who the hell they are screwing with. I will kill every single one of them for even thinking of looking her way.
Tracie’s gaze moves back toward the box. Her body shivers beneath my hands and I want to throw my fist through the wall.
“I should have been here with you. Be mad at me. Yell at me. Fucking hit me if you need to. Anything is better than seeing you like this.”
She just shakes her head and then breaks my hold on her as she lies down on the couch. I want to sit down, pull her against me. I want to tell her I need her to be mine. I want to protect her from all of this, but that’s hard when I don’t even know what’s going on, or who is doing it.
I make a silent promise to her that I will find the person doing this and I will make them pay. The door opens and I see Shooter and Twisted walk in. “I’m gonna go talk to the boys, I’ll be right there if you need me.” I wait for an answer but it doesn’t come.
“What the fuck happened, Torch?” Shooter is looking at me like he wants to tear my head off. “Where were you?” His voice shakes with anger.
“I didn’t follow her right here and that was my fault. I own that I just—”
“No. I wanted to put someone else on her but you insisted. It had to be you. I told you not to let your shit get in the way of this. That girl might as well be my goddamn daughter.” He’s in my face, and I can tell that if we weren’t brothers he would lay me out right here. “I’m putting someone else on her.”
“No, you can’t.”
“I can and I fucking will. You fucked this shit up.” His finger points at me before he walks to where Tracie is still lying.
“What the hell, brother?” Twisted says. Not him too.
“Listen, I get it. I fucked up. You can’t say shit to me that I haven’t already said to myself. I let my pride get in the way and I fucking regret it.” I walk over to Shooter and Tracie.
“You can leave,” he says without even turning around.
Tracie’s eyes meet mine and I try to say everything I need to without ever uttering a sound. I need her to know I would have never put her in danger intentionally. I need her to see how much I regret not following her as soon as we left.
“No.” Her small voice is barely heard.
Shooter looks back at me contempt still in his eyes.
“I want him around.” She sits up. “This wasn’t his fault.”
“The fuck it wasn’t. You shouldn’t have been alone.” Shooter’s hands rub up and down her arms. “Trace, you’re like the daughter I never had. I want you protected. I want you safe.”
“Then you’ll let Torch stay.”
Hearing her say that gives me renewed faith. I’ve broken through her barrier somewhere. She, at least, knows that I won’t let anything happen to her. I won’t leave her side until we find these assholes and make them pay. I smile at her.
Maybe if I cause enough cracks in her wall, eventually it will just fall down.
Chapter Ten
Tracie
I leave the club not really wanting to be there anymore. I don’t want to go home either. I know that the club will be buzzing with everything that’s happened, and I just don’t want to deal with it. It’s times like this that I wish I had a place of my own, one separate from the club and everything that surrounds it.
I drive over to Lucy’s hoping that hanging out with her and Nikki might help my mood some. I can see Torch following me on his bike. I had my out today and I didn’t take it. Shooter was going to assign someone else to me and I wouldn’t have had to deal with Torch anymore. The truth is that I know if I hadn’t been such a bitch to him that he never would have left me alone.
Pulling into the driveway, I grab my purse and get out of the car. Before I reach the steps, Torch grabs my arm. “Hey, I know I already said it but I’m sorry that I wasn’t there today. I was a dick leaving you. Just know that I will make sure whoever this asshole is that he doesn’t get to you again.”
I don’t know what to say to him and before I know it, I wrap my arms around him. Being close to him like this messes with my head. When he wraps his arms around my waist it feels almost like a shield. Like nothing can touch me, I’m invincible. I pull away and give him a quick smile before heading up the stairs to Lucy’s house.
