Page 37 of Three Beasts

Chapter 23

Wade

I arrive home to the compound after a long night trying to fix what happened at the Honeypot.

Fuck. Who the fuck am I kidding?

There's no fixing anything really. The Iron Legion attacked the place as it was full of innocent people. Many dancers are in the hospital and Tammi is in there too.

This is news I haven’t fucking wanted to tell Zeva.

I'm tired, I'm hungry, and I'm pissed off.

There's gonna be a war there's no doubt about it now. It's coming to a head. I can’t fucking deny that The Legion is a problem. They're here to start trouble and there's nothing any of us can do about it except to defend our territory. I

think of Zeva, how much she is against more fighting. I want to protect her from experiencing any more sadness or strife but some things just cannot be helped. I know Jason has been taking care of her and I haven't doubted her safety for a second because Jason is the strongest guy I have in the gang. She's safe with him and I just need to see her.

I dismount from my bike and check the surroundings. I know The Iron Legion likely wants me dead so they can take over this turf. They've been killing the presidents of other gangs and I'm not fucking naive.

I know they’ll come after me soon unless I can get to them first. So I’m always looking over my shoulder.

It all seems clear. I go inside and look for Zeva and Jason.

Jason is just getting out of the shower.

"Hey, how is everyone at the Honeypot?" he asks.

"I'm not gonna lie to you,” I say with a sigh. “It doesn't look good. Too many fucking people got wounded and the place is absolutely fucking destroyed.”

He’s silent and I continue. “I fucking hate that this shit has come to our town. We need to do something, Jason.”

He remains silent.

“We need to do something quick,” I finish. I’ve said my piece.

"Yeah, I heard even Tammi was wounded,” is his only reply.

"She was,” I answer, going along with him. “But you didn't tell Zeva did you?"

"No. I couldn't bear to tell her that piece of bad fucking news on top of everything else,” he replies.

I'm thinking he may have distracted her with a lot of sex and part of me is jealous that I wasn't there to experience it.

"So," I ask. "Did you guys have a good night?"

He smiles mysteriously. Great, I guess I'm left to imagine all the fun they had without me. Maybe I can go to Zeva now and fuck her and make her come a couple times you know just to make sure she doesn't forget about me.

"Where is she?” I ask. “Is she sleeping?"

"I don't know,” he says shaking his head. “I actually didn't see her in bed just now. I thought maybe she was down here, getting coffee or something."

I'm partially worried as I realize she's not down here and Jason doesn't seem to know where she went.

"Fuck Jason. You don't know where she is?" I say, my heartbeat racing.

"She's somewhere. I just saw her before I went into the shower. Just chill out. She's probably on the back patio or something,” he replies with calm.

"She shouldn't even be outside man,” I tell him wondering why I’m even having to. “They're looking for her."

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