by Ambere Sabo
Rodeo shreds the fabric down the center and it begins. We spend the next 20 minutes doing everything we can to save the man I love. Knowing as soon as he’s in the ambulance that Gunner is figthing with everything he has and my life is forever changed.
Chapter 30
Gunner
Rev tells me God was watching down on me that day. All I know is I was a lucky son of a bitch. One inch to the left and I wouldn’t have ever taken another breath. Somehow that bullet managed to miss my lungs and heart leaving only a wicked scar in its place.
Prez told me Emily lost her shit when she found out I was going to make it. Ripped out her hair and punched the wall until she broke most of the bones in her hand. They choose not to kill her wanting to understand why she did what she did. I don’t know what the fuck I could’ve ever done to this bitch to make her hate me so much. Hell, I don’t think I've ever spoken more than a few sentences to her. I don’t give a damn to know but she refuses to speak to anyone besides me so it is what it is.
“You ready,” Lilly asks walking up beside me.
Looking into the bathroom mirror, I take in her gorgeous face as she rests her chin on my shoulder. “I love you, I tell her, looking her reflection in the eye.
He cheeks tint with a shade of pink, before she replies, “I love you too.”
“Let's get this over with so I can show you how much later,” I tell her. “Doc cleared me for heavy lifting today.” Watching the heat pool in her eyes. She has no idea what I have planned. I’ve enjoyed the hell out of the sexy nurse routine we’ve gotten into lately but today its time for ribbons and lace. Just thinking about it has me hard but right now its business first. I have a date with a crazy lady.
Taking her hand in mine we work our way through the house to the holding cells in the basement of the clubhouse. The lights are dimmed in Emilys cell so that I can only make out her silhouette as she sits on the bed in the corner.
“Finally come to put me out of my misery?” Emily rasps. She sounds like shes smoked a carton of cigarettes a day all her life which throws me off.
Lilly walks to the end of the hall and turns the lights on to her cell. The woman staring back at me looks nothing like the one who shot me only six weeks ago. Her right hand is bandaged from the damage she did. Shes missing chunks of her long blonde hair and it looks as if she hasn’t eaten in days. Venom wouldn’t even recognize his first love in the shell that sits on the other side of the bars.
“The only misery you’re in is of your own choosing,” Lilly snaps at her.
Walking up the bars she looks at Lilly. “Did you know when Caine first saw me, he sent pictures to Enterrador thinking I would please him?” When Lilly shakes her head no Emily continues, “I would’ve done anything that man wanted but I didn’t look enough like his precious Alex, but you? You reminded him so much of her he damn near started a war to get your ungrateful ass.”
“Ungrateful,” Lilly growls, lunging for Emily through the bars. Emily laughs out as she takes a step back out of reach.
Pulling Lilly to my side, “What did you want to tell me, Emily,” I ask impatiently.
“Don’t you want to know why I tried to kill you Gunner?” she coos, twisting what's left of her locks around her finger.
Grinding my teeth, I nod in reply.
“You killed the only man to ever protect me. Caine was coming back for me,” she hisses at me. “For once in my life, I was going to be treated like the queen I am. My son was going to be raised like a king.”
“Venom treated you like a queen, Emily, and you fucked another man. For drugs, if I remember how that all went down.”
“Venom could never offer me the life I deserve,” she says with a snort.
“Caine left you in that compound in Juarez. You would have been nothing more than you were here, Tempest, a whore. He didn’t love you,” Lilly tells her.
“Silly little girl. Love is nothing more than a bullshit four letter word. But your right Caine didn’t love me, he protected me. A job he was given by the devil himself. Enterrador may not have wanted me, but Diablo did. He will find our son and when he does my son will have more power than any of you could ever dream of. You think love will save you then?” she asks as a wicked grin spreads across her face.
“His other children are not worthy of what they were given, but my boy will rule them all,” she finishes as she walks backward toward her bed. The grin never leaving her face.
“We have to let G know,” Lilly whispers. “Maybe they can find the boy before he does.”
Grabbing her hand I walk her down the hallway. Emily's laughter begins as we make it to the stairs, following us out of the basement. This bitch is outright crazy. But if what she says is true, killing her could have us jumping right back into the fire we just dragged ourselves out of. Fuck me.
Epilogue
Lilly
Its been three months since Enterrador walked out of our lives, Mythic right along with him. At first, I thought it was all a dream. He had his chance to take me and he was actually leaving. Then when Emily shot Gunner it turned into a walking nightmare.
No one expected the bomb she dropped on Gunner and me about her son. The task force had no clue Diablo had ever even met Emily. They haven’t had any luck finding the baby boy but I suspect that man will stop at nothing to keep him hidden.
I miss Mythic every damned day. Snoopy hasn’t been the same since we found out her truth. He’s angry. None of us really know the extent of their relationship after I brought her to the clubhouse, he won't talk about her at all. And believe me, I’ve tried.
It usually ends up with me getting dragged out of his lair by Gunner when we end up in a screaming match. I just want to know she’s okay. That she’s still breathing. I don’t think its too much to ask for him to find out but for now, I’ll have to live each day not knowing.
Tomorrow I start the next chapter in my life. I decided to stay close to home, going to work with Doc in our towns small clinic. I could’ve gone back to Austin, lived my dream of working at Dell Children's, away from club life. I knew the minute Gunner was shot I couldn’t live a life without him so instead, I'll make my life here with him.
We're celebrating today, not just my new job but life getting back to normal. Well as much normal as club life allows anyway. It's just like my graduation BBQ, the Silent Sons and Reapers co-mingling with nothing but family love surrounding us all.
Sitting down at a table next to Gunner, Dash grumbles, “I really don’t see why I couldn’t decorate again.”
Venom reaches over and messes up his shaggy locks, “Because I don’t want to hear Reine bitch about the clean up again.”
Gunner stands from the spot beside me, clearing his throat. Dash, Venom, and Havoc start drumming on the table getting everyone's attention. “I want to make a toast,” Gunner hollers, looking around the room.
It takes a minute for everyone to get quiet but when they do, Gunner looks down at me, “Today we celebrate new beginnings. In the spirit of that Lilly Anna Anderson I have a question for you.” Kneeling before me he takes my hands in his, “Baby Girl will you make me the happiest man alive, and do me the honor of becoming my wife?”
The brothers of both clubs hoot and holler as I stare into the eyes of the man I love. Tears flow steadily down my face as I whisper, “Yes,” with a nod of my head.
Pulling a ring box from his cut the ring I see when he opens the lid takes my breath away. The center stone is a diamond but its encircled amethyst, ruby, sapphire, emerald, and opal. The birthstones of all who mean the most to me. As soon as he slides the ring on my left hand his lips are on mine. Standing from the ground he pulls me with him as he swings me around. The cheers of our friends and family make this moment complete.
We spend the evening in celebration. Aside from the ring on my hand Gunner gives me my first cut. I can't even count how many times my fingers have traced the lettering on my chest. Gunners Ol’ Lady. My heart is full.
A y
ear ago if someone had told me this was were Id be today, I would have laughed in their face. Life has a funny way of doing that to you though, doesn’t it?
And just when we thought everything would get back to normal and we’d go on with our lives, God sends a curve ball to mix it all up again. This curveball comes in the form of a car racing towards Blue Bells just as the party is winding down.
Everyone stops dancing and chatting waiting to see whose coming. The brothers all finding their pieces ready for anything. When the car slams to a stop their headlights making it hard to see whose coming. When they're finally in view I can't help but take a step back. Enterrador is running carrying something in his arms. And that something is Mythics limp body.
“Help her please,” he begs as he dives to his knees with tears streaming down his face.
Curveballs are a fucking bitch.
The End
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Acknowledgments
Two years. I can’t believe it’s been two whole years since I started this crazy journey. I’ve met some of the best people in this little indie world, and I wouldn’t be here without them. More importantly, to the readers and bloggers who have been with me since the beginning, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your love and support. The emails you send, the reviews you post mean to the world to every other you send them to. Keep that shit up!
As always to my munchkins, I do this all for you. I hope you always follow your dreams because you never know where they may take you.
Love Always
Ambere