Page 66 of Always Yours

“Fuck. How do you know all this?” I ask.

He smirks at me. “Lorenzo never kept a secret from me. I think the only secret he kept from me was your location, but he knew where you were. He and his brothers had found you after a couple years, but they decided to do whatever it took to keep your father and Matteo off your trail.”

“I can’t believe they knew where I was this whole time,” I say. It is shocking to hear that they had known for so long and would go to such lengths to protect me.

He nods his head. “They were working on a plan to overthrow your father, but he must have caught wind of it and either killed them or is keeping them locked up. I’m hoping for the latter. I don’t know what I would do if I lost my Lorenzo,” he says as his voice cracks.

“Well, I’m going in tonight. I have collected a lot of weapons to make sure I am fully armed. I will take anyone out that I can. No matter who is in that warehouse, my brothers, Derek, or someone else entirely; I will get them out,” I say in a determined tone before I stand up to leave.

“I’m coming with you. I need to see for myself,” Dawson says before also standing up.

“Can you handle yourself? I won’t be taking you if you are dead weight,” I state.

“I can handle it,” he replies while glaring at me like I just insulted him.

We work on a plan to get into the building undetected. There are a couple vehicles pulling up to Dawson’s house. I go to the window to see if it’s my father’s men but, when I see a familiar face, I tell Dawson not to shoot the people about to walk in.

He looks at me in confusion, but I nod to confirm my certainty of the situation.

The men walk into Dawson’s home, and the room becomes full of men I would trust my life with.

The Vicious Snakes.

“How did you find me here?” I ask in shock.

Tyson and Aiden pull me into their arms.

“Like we would let you do this on your own. Once Bear had told us everything, we figured the first place to check was with the man who helped you get away in the first place. Looks like we were right,” Tyson says.

“Well, that’s a good fucking guess. I’m not sure if your father is in that warehouse or my brothers are,” I tell them with a wince.

“Brothers? Ma, are you saying we have uncles that might be locked up?” Aiden asks in shock.

“Dawson here has informed me that they all went missing a few months ago and my father doesn’t seem to care, but I found a warehouse that is heavily guarded. There is something important in there. Either they don’t want people in, or worse, they don’t want who is inside leaving,” I tell them.

Bear looks thoughtful. “We will help you storm it tonight. They probably think we are all still back home.”

“How did you pull that off?” I ask.

“Well Stitch’s brothers have set it up. They have excellent security guarding the women and children. We left who was still injured and couldn’t come. We are here to back you up. We will find what is in that warehouse,” Bear says.

“Then we need to come up with a new plan,” I say, blowing out a breath.

We work for a few hours coming up with a concrete plan using all our new reinforcements. We then wait until it’s midnight to put the plan in motion.

Everyone came to the warehouse from different spots, surrounding the building. We didn’t want to chance of anyone escaping.

My gut told me Derek was inside. I always trusted my gut.

Hang on baby. I’m coming to get you.

Chapter Sixteen

Derek “Prez”

I’ve been in and out of consciousness for days. I couldn’t tell you how much time had passed. I feel like I’m nearing the end. I can hear Switch’s panicked shouts from across the room, but there’s nothing I can do about it; everything sounds like it’s underwater.

My body feels heavy, and breathing is becoming harder.

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