“He said ‘2’,” Mav whispered and Shadow swore under his breath. “What?”
“There is another one, tell him our measurements, so he knows who we have covered,” Shadow said grimly and looked back in his scope.
Mav looked into the range finder and then copied the measurements and sent them. A few seconds later she had the other measurements and told them to Shadow.
“Tell him in five again,” Shadow whispered, and Mav did what he asked. “Give me the measurements.”
Mav did as he asked and then looked in the finder again and repeated what it said. Then she said, “Gypsy and Loki took one, Treat and Z took another.”
Shadow took a deep breath, they were not getting away. He was counting in his head, and he saw the other sniper adjusting shit, he would get there first. Shadow grinned and then Mav swore loudly.
“What?” Shadow said tensely.
“Tiny said there is three, and the third one has a bead on Trey and Jas, they are too far from the door to get in, they are between the stack of two by fours,” Mav said and then followed it up by the measurements.
Shadow took a deep breath, shit, the stack was high, but there was also a ton of flammable shit there. Someone had to get them out. “I am going to shoot, and you are going to wait to make sure I make the shot. Do not move,” he warned, and Mav shook her head.
“No.”
“You will,” he said in a steely tone, and she looked back through the finder when she saw him tighten his finger. Damn that fucking man.
She felt him leave and Mav wanted to move with him, but she couldn’t. Her phone vibrated, but she couldn’t look down, she waited and then she saw the sniper drop. Quickly she turned to move to the corner of the building where she knew Shadow had already moved around. Before she reached the edge of the building she heard the shots, there were five of them, one she knew was Maxi, and one she knew was Shadow because she could hear it clearly. The other three came maybe a second after the first two, and she moved faster. They got a shot off, she thought.
When she rounded the corner, she heard even more shots, and she dropped, but not before she saw Shadow go down and he was covering Jas who was laying on the ground bleeding from what looked like her leg. Trey was screaming.
Doc and Fish had been forced to remain far enough away they couldn’t get to the clubhouse. Instead, they had gone house to house, telling members and their women to get their asses undercover. This shit was totally pissing off Doc, these assholes were going to die, she thought as they made it to the last house and then had to stop and wait.
She could see Shadow and Mav, she could also see Jas and Trey, when they tried to get back into the clubhouse, they couldn’t. Fish yelled loudly to the young couple.
“Get your asses between the wood piles.”
Trey turned and saw Fish, then nodded and grabbed Jas and pulled her behind him. “Shit, it is not the best place to hide,” Doc said, and Fish cursed and nodded.
“Best we got right now.”
They heard the first shot and then it was like the fucking world stopped when Fish spotted the damn gas tanks. “Stay here,” he yelled and then ran for the wood.
She saw Jas fall and then saw Shadow running and drop on the young girl, covering her. She saw the blood on his back, and she stood as she heard Trey screaming, “JAS!”
Doc began to move as she saw Fish and Trey grab the two and pull them between the piles of two by fours. Fish turned and glared at her, but she ignored them as she quickly ripped Shadow’s shirt and snapped, “Pull your belt out and get it around Jas’s upper thigh, cinch it tight.”
Fish moved, and she focused on Shadow who was unconscious and having a hard time breathing, fuck, the bullet had hit a lung, she thought and snapped her fingers to Trey who ripped off his shirt and tore it as well and handed her pieces of it.
Mav dropped beside her and said, “Ambulance on their way.”
“LET ME GO!” Doc heard Shady roar, and she looked up and saw the leader of the Lady Riders lose it when she saw her daughter. Cajun was holding her as Slider knelt next to Jas and put a hand on her head as Jas moaned in pain.
“THAT BITCH IS GONNA DIE!” Shady yelled, and Doc heard the sirens in the background and held her breath. Shadow was not going to fucking die on her watch, and Shady was right, people were going to die.
Doc and the Sisters were going to go hunting.
Epilogue
Mav heard him before she saw him. Dammit, they just didn’t know how to deal with the man. All they had to do was be literal and detailed so his mind could process every angle of a problem or situation. She had noticed it years ago when she first met him. They were taking a chance here, but since the Ops pulled some strings as did the General, they had a floor of their own. Jas was right next door, and the others were all along the corridor. Seriously, it had been a turkey shoot practically. The fucker had come out of nowhere. As soon as they found out who that bastard was, he was dead, if not by her hand, by Shady’s. The woman had become unhinged, so had the rest of the Lady Riders. It was a sight to see that was for sure.
Damn, Maverick sucked in a breath, had it really been that long? She had actually loved a person for most of her adult life and never told him. How fucking pathetic was that, but seeing him lying in bed, with medical equipment attached to almost every part of his body, made up her mind. When Shadow was better, he was claiming her ass, or she was moving the fuck on. No more playing around.
Mav heard a noise, and she turned. Doc and Fish were standing behind her, with their arms wrapped around each other. Motherfucker that was what she wanted, and Shadow was so going to suck it up. She didn’t give a shit about his issues, they would deal with them together.
“How is he doing?” Doc asked softly, and Mav shrugged. Doc walked to the end of the bed and picked up the clipboard.
“Well if all the bells and whistles are working, I believe he is improving. That one over there hasn’t gone off in like five hours. It is the oxygen one, so he is breathing a lot better. Jas?”
Doc nodded. “Holding her own, her leg is messed up. His numbers are all improving. I think he is on the mend. Hopefully, he will be released back home soon.”
Mav looked at her leader and then said, “He is coming home with me.”
Doc looked at her and then sighed and said, “Do you know what you are getting into?”
“I knew they day I saw him,” she whispered, and Doc nodded.
“Well, it is about time someone took the reins with him,” Doc smirked finally, and Mav smiled.
“Yeah, like I can make him toe the line all the time.” Mav snorted. “He is not a pussy like some people think.”
Doc laughed loudly. “Who the fuck would ever think that?”
“Some of the Ops were calling him a hippie-geek.” Mav shrugged. “He agreed.”
“Of course, he did because he hates it when people realize who he is. It makes him uncomfortable,” Doc said, and Fish frowned.
“Who is he?” Fish asked.
Doc put her arm around him and whispered, “I will tell you later, let’s just say, Shadow is not what he seems in many different ways.”
“You know, there is a sick person trying to sleep, right?” They heard a mutter from the bed and then a loud groan. “Bastard is gonna pay.”
Maverick stood and moved to the bed and looked down at him and touched his hair gently moving it out of his face. Shadow smiled softly and closed his eyes, loving her touch, even if she didn’t know what it did to him. But when he felt the sharp pull on his hair, he yelled loudly, “WHAT?”
Mav was glaring at him and leaned down. “WHAT IN THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING JUMPING IN FRONT OF A DAMN BULLET!”
Books by Harley McRide
Ops Warriors MC
Sharing Freedom
Bringing Harmony
Shady
Hell Froze Over
Tasered
Property Of...
Welcome to Hell
Lady
Riders
Rain Falls
Treats Aren’t Always Sweet
Broken Wings
Baby Bear
Furies
Inferno
Shattered
Scorched
Backfire
Satan’s Sisters
Doc
Costa Nostra
Capo Ricco
Underboss Raphael
KO Ink
Co-authored w/Carson Mackenzie
Vengeance
Pierced & Inked
Brawn & Brazen
Cuffed & Briefed
Tatted and Tamed
Dazzled and Dazed – Coming Soon
Pampered and Pinned – Coming
Justice – Coming
The Titans of South Side
Co-authored w/Carson Mackenzie
Smoked and Smitten
Breaking and Entering – Coming Soon
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Harley grew up in Iowa, moving from place to place with her single mother until she was twelve. She now calls the Mountain West her home. The small town she resides in, with the population just over 10,000, makes it perfect for her and her husband to hit the open road when the mood arises.
Now that her kids are grown and in college, she and her husband have the time to enjoy the great outdoors, traveling, and riding to places they’ve never been.
Writing has been the last piece of her life to complete the circle. Harley enjoys bringing two of her passions together, writing and motorcycles, sharing with readers in the hope they will enjoy the stories as much as she enjoys writing them.
When her life feels as though it is becoming overwhelming, she can always count on her mother, Mama McRide, to bring it back to balance by keeping her on her toes and focusing on what is important – living life to its fullest.
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