Total pages in book: 40
Estimated words: 38381 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 192(@200wpm)___ 154(@250wpm)___ 128(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 38381 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 192(@200wpm)___ 154(@250wpm)___ 128(@300wpm)
“And he was,” Brick muttered.
I nod but keep going. “She was dealing with Bones and the others to help them ship stolen artifacts filled with drugs. She’d feed them info on where the deliveries would go and when they needed to acquire them. The Levkins allowed some fake artifacts to be taken, so they could see exactly what Bones was doing. They wanted that information before Lennox took him out.”
“Okay, keep going,” Shadow prompts.
“I’m not sure how, but Bones apparently discovered she was a plant. He wanted to make her pay for setting him up and interfering with his plans. The bastard researched her and gleaned every bit of information he could on her. It worked because he discovered she had a half-brother who was younger than her. A half-brother that she doted on. He located the kid and sent men in to kill him.”
“How old was the kid?”
“Just turned fourteen. He suffered from down syndrome. Likely thought the men were friends of his sister’s. Bones had him shot and apparently filmed the entire thing it so he could play it for Lennox before he killed her.”
“How did she get Bones to let her live?” Iron asks.
“He didn’t. He beat the fuck out of her and shot her, leaving her to die in a back alley behind an art gallery.”
“Holy fuck,” Rage responds.
“I don’t know how my woman survived. Ivan emailed me her hospital records. She spent over a month in the ICU. Then another three months in a long-term care facility,” I explain.
It’s hard for me to talk about this shit. I wish Lennox had opened up with me about all this, but I can’t be mad. I know why she held it in. My woman has to hate this club. There’s no way she will want to stay here permanently. How she even agreed to stay as long as she has is a mystery to me. I won’t force it on her anymore, though. I’m going to turn my cut in and take my woman away from here. I have no idea how to confess everything I’ve done behind her back. I don’t want her to hate me. That possibility is very real when you consider her history.
“I don’t understand. If Bones is dead and all his assclowns are gone, how is this an issue?” Iron asks.
“Lennox is holding something in. I don’t know what it is. Maybe she resents the club—”
“Maybe she wants to make us pay for the sins of the past,” Iron responds. I snarl at him. “Don’t shoot the messenger, Ghost,” he tries to placate me. “I’m just saying it’s a real possibility. Should we worry about having a lit keg of dynamite in our midst?”
“No. Lennox is not like that. I’m worried there’s someone out there. Someone associated with Bones that we aren’t aware of. Someone she’s been looking for and if she’s been looking for him…”
“Maybe he’s been looking for her,” Iron supplies and I nod, the thought having bile settle into my stomach and begin to churn.
“It’s possible. Bones had a lot of men working for him that weren’t part of the club,” Shadow mutters. “This could be a clusterfuck.”
“Which is why I need you guys to help me watch her back. Until she’s ready to talk about it, I’m flying blind. I need you to help me protect her. I don’t want her going places alone. I need her as protected as we can make her.”
“Sounds doable. She’s bound to notice, though.”
“If she does, she’ll come at me, and I’ll explain. I want to give her a little space to work through everything she’s going through before I confront her, however. Ivan is out of town, but after he talks with Lennox he’s going to call me. I want to see the video and any other information that he might have. Maybe that will give me an idea of what’s going on.”
“I want to be at the meeting,” Shadow responds.
“I already have it cleared. It will be you, me, and E-Z. Brick will watch over my woman and the club.”
Everyone nods in agreement. I breathe a sigh of relief. That went easier than I imagined it would. Now, if I can just get my woman to trust me before I admit I dissected her life behind her back.
Fuck …
Chapter 19
Lennox
“My little, Lennox,” Ivan croons and I roll my eyes.
“Just stop,” I laugh. “You always say that like I’m a delicate doll or something. We both know that Dimitri never allowed that.
“Dimitri was a horse’s ass that deserves to die.”
“It’s on my list.”
“Too late, poppet,” Viktor answers.
“What?” I answer, shock running through me.
“We put a contract on Dimitri as soon as we discovered you were here. We even stopped by to watch them dispose of his body before coming home.”
“It was my right to kill the bastard,” I growl, furious that I was robbed once more. I didn’t get to kill Bones or any of his posse and now I don’t even get to make sure my father drew his last breath.