My heart is now beating erratically. Fearful, I close my eyes for a second to ground me, opening my senses to guide me to my woman. Then I start rushing out of the compound to go and get her. What the fuck is she doing outside! I can feel Wulf right behind me, we are both running but stop as we hear a shot ring out.
“Motherfuckers!” I scream. I can hear Wulf swearing as well. I know I’m losing control, but all I can think is that my Baby Girl is in danger. I can feel the ground tremble but now there is no way that I can calm myself. Just as we reach the edge of the trees, looking into the open field, my heart nearly stops. I see Gabriela and Jasmine lying on the ground, and our brother Eric from our Cape Town chapter is also on the ground. All I can think about is getting to my woman and protecting her. Just then she turns her head towards me and screams to stop or I’m going to get shot. Does she really think I care? I need to just get to her and get her away from this danger. Just then I am thrown to the ground, but I manage to throw whoever tried to stop me off, and am moving forward again, I need to reach Gabriela. Suddenly Burkhart is standing in front of me and I see Cassius on my left side just before he takes hold of my arm, I’m about to punch him with my right when Ceric takes hold of it.
“Get off me!” How can they be stopping me from getting to my woman? Burkhart has his hands now on my chest holding me back, but even with the three of them holding me, I am still ploughing my way forward. I hear Gabriela say something but with my brothers trying to hold me back, I can’t make out what she is saying and then a shot rings out and a bullet comes flying past us and lodges in the tree a few metres from where we are standing.
“Damn Bjarni! Stop! You are not going to help her if you get killed.” Bion is now also standing in front of me, next to Burkhart; his hand on my shoulder, trying to calm me down. Fuck! I know he’s right but I must get her to safety. “We going to get them out of there Brother, without anyone getting killed. You need to keep a level head.” After a few minutes, I nod to let him know that I have heard.
Slowly they start to let me go, I lean down taking in deep breaths to calm the rage coursing through my body. My eyes are on Gabriela. I hear her call out to Bion about Eric being shot. Bion is trying to guide her on how to help him. I hate that she must go through this. When I get my hands on the guys shooting at her, I’m going to rip them apart.
“What the hell is she doing?” I whisper to myself, as I see her up on her knees leaning over Eric. Then I hear another bang and the dust lifts, right in front of her face.
“Motherfucker!” I scream, trying to make my way towards Gabriela again. I need to get her out of there. My brothers are holding me down again, but I need to do something. I can’t just stand here watching my woman get shot at. “Stay down!” I yell at her, but the damn stubborn woman is still trying to get herself killed. I know she is trying to save Eric, but she needs to think of herself first.
I look around as I start to feel the wind picking up, Celmund and Caelius are air benders. Draco, even though mainly a fire bender, can bend air too. The three of them are rotating their arms anti clock wise in a circular motion. They are building a tornado, they have spotted the shooter and must be sending it his way. Realising that we are doing something to get my Baby Girl to safety, calms me somewhat.
I hear Gabriela screaming to Bion, something about Eric’s breathing being very shallow. Fuck! We need to hurry up. I see the tornado appear near the mountain to the east, one of my brothers must have seen the shot coming from there. It must be Bard shooting as he’s a pretty good sniper. Now we know why they were trying to get us out of the compound.
“The tornado should be obscuring the field, let’s move!” Brandr calls. I’m already running towards the women and Eric before he spoke. Reaching Gabriela, I pick her up from her knees in one move, holding her close against my heart, I can feel myself shaking.
“Bjarni,” my name came out in a sob. I turn and start running back the way I came with my woman held safe in my arms. “He tried to save us,” she whispers, I hear her say. She must be talking about Eric. I can feel her shaking and her tears are already wetting my T-shirt.
“Bion will help him Baby Girl.” I kiss the top of her head, trying to calm myself. I am still shaking with the force of my fear. I never want to be in a situation like this again, where my woman is so close to danger and I am unable to help her.
“Bjarni. How is she?” Draco asks. I see the strain around his eyes from air bending. As it isn’t his main power, it drains more of his energy then if he was fire bending. Looking around, I see that they are ready to go and find who’s been shooting at our women. Wulf has left with Jasmine, I imagine he has taken her back to the compound. I’m sure this type of stress can’t be good for her and the baby.
“I’m fine,” Gabriela answers, before I can say anything.
“We need you to track this fucker down, Brother.” I knew Draco was going to say that. On the one hand I want to go and kill this guy for trying to hurt Gabriela, but on the other, my woman has just gone through something that she shouldn’t have, and I should stay with her to make sure that she is fine.
I feel her hand stroking my cheek, looking away from my brothers to her, I see her eyes trained on me. “Go and find whoever was shooting at us; make sure he pays!” She says.
“Will you be okay?” At her nod, I grunt, I feel guilty for leaving her, but I also know that they need me to catch this guy. I am the tracker among my brothers. In these circumstances I am always the one to find who we are looking for. Caelius is standing next to us, waiting to escort Gabriela back to the compound. Lowering my lips to her trembling ones, I kiss her tenderly.
“I will be back as soon as I can.” I promise. “Let me know if she needs me!” I call to Caelius before they leave.
After Caelius leaves with my woman, I take a deep breath. Leaning down, I place my hands on the ground opening my senses. I feel every movement, every presence. After a few minutes, I find what I’m looking for, a disturbance. Standing up, I start running towards where I feel the disturbance. While I run I connect with the animals in the area, feeling if there is anything I can sense from them.
I can hear my brothers behind me; we are drawing closer to the disturbance. I start slowing down, not wanting to let him know that we are close. I make a movement with my hand to let my brothers know that they need to spread out. I see Draco and Cassius move to my left, Burkhart and Brandr move to my right and Ceric is next to me.
We move stealthily towards where we all hear the movement. Just ahead I see someone moving through the trees. As we are about to attack I feel another disturbance further up; signing to the men to stop, I call to my eagle. Soon I can hear the cry of the eagle above us, and in a few minutes, I have a full picture of Bard, hiding further up the ridge waiting for us to attack the human. Motherfuckers! This is an ambush, he’s trying to take us out. Calling the guys, we move a few metres back. After explaining to them what is happening, we decide that Ceric, Burkhart and Cassius will wait for our signal before attacking the human. The rest of us will climb up the ridge and attack Bard.
Bard must have sensed our presence. When we’re a few meters away he starts shooting, missing Brandr only by a few inches. I hear him swear as he throws himself on the ground, while Bard concentrates on where Brandr is, Draco shoots him right through the heart. Bard instantly disintegrates before our eyes; so much for questioning him, but I’m glad he’s dead. I would have liked to have made it more painful for him for what he had made Gabriela go through.
Making our way down the ridge, we find Cassius holding onto the human that had been sitting as bait, waiting for us. “Who are you?” Draco asks. When the man just glares at him Draco punches him in the stomach. “Let’s try this again or you are going to be in a world of pain. Who are you?”
“Fuck you!” The guy screams. Draco doesn’t even blink he pulls up his gun and shoots him in the thigh. Screaming in pain, the guy tries to bend over in pain, but Cassius doesn’t let him.
Making our way back to the Compound, we find the brothers waiting for us. After discussing all the information we have acquired and agreeing to comb our compound to try and find out how they are getting information, we agree to go and finish Craig off; as the Keres know about him and will use him if we let him go.
Walking towards the cells Caelius confirms that Gabriela is fine and is in our room sleeping. Bion had given her a light sedative. I want to get this over with as soon as possible, so I can go and be with my Baby Girl. Approaching, I see Craig lying on the bed, on the far side of the cell. When he hears us he sits up, glaring.
“What do you think you’re doing, locking me up? I insist that you let me go right now!” He really is unbelievable.
“What makes you think that you are going anywhere? You threatened my woman and my club!” I see him pale at my statement.
“You can’t keep me here!” he insists.
“Who said anything about keeping you here!” At my words, he rushes towards me swinging his arm. Does he really think he has a chance with me? I hold his fist with one hand before he can connect with my face, and squeeze until I hear the bones in his hand break. He squeals in pain like the rat that he is.
“I command you to let me go! People will be looking for me!” He screams.
“You threatened my club, you harassed and frightened my woman, and you dared to touch what is mine. For that you will die!” I snarl.
Turning him around, I place my arm around his neck and with the other hand I twist, breaking it. As he takes his last breath, I let go of the fury that was still coursing through my body at everything he had made Gabriela go through. My woman can now relax. He will never bother her again. I feel Caelius place his hand on my shoulder, as I let him fall to the floor.
“It’s over Brother. Go take care of your woman. I will dispose of the body.” Nodding in thanks, I leave, making my way to our bedroom and to the most important part of my life.
Chapter 21
It has been a week since the shooting and I must be honest, I still shake when I think of what we went through. Eric was doing better, for a moment there, we all thought he wasn’t going to make it as he had lost too much blood, but Bion managed to save him.
I have stopped having nightmares. The first night I had a nightmare Bjarni was so upset he punched a hole in our headboard. My man really didn’t like it when I was in distress. He had been with me every minute of every day for the last week, and today I insisted that he go on the run that the others were going on.
He had already phoned me twice making sure that I was fine. I told him that if he didn’t stop worrying I was going to be the one responsible for him getting a heart attack. He laughed at that, saying that if he didn’t get one when I was being shot at, he doubted anything else would do it.
Hearing a noise behind me, I turn to find Brandr’s mate standing at the door to the kitchen. This is the first time I have seen her since the day she was brought to the compound. It has been nearly a month. Jasmine and I have asked to see her, but apparently, she wasn’t ready to see anyone. Looking closely, I see her looking at me with a haunted look in her eyes. I don’t move, worried that any sudden movement might make her run back to her room.
“Hi, you must be Aria. I’ve been looking forward to meeting you.” I say, with a big smile on my face. I notice her shoulders relax a little at my greeting. “Why don’t you come sit over here and keep me company, while I finish this chocolate cake I’m making.” I point to the chair that’s closer to me.
She makes her way towards the chair. She reminds me of a gazelle, with one wrong move she will run away. She’s a beautiful woman with long straight black hair and piercing blue eyes that are constantly looking, as if expecting someone to attack her.
“Would you like some coffee?” I ask, pointing towards the coffee machine on the counter behind me. She looks at the coffee machine then back at me, nodding. Only now do I realise that I have been the only one speaking, she hasn’t said a word since she walked in. I turn pulling, down a mug I fill it with coffee, bringing the jug of milk and the sugar bowl I place everything in front of her. I remember that I still have some biscuits I made yesterday in the cookie jar. Going back, I put some on a plate and bring it to her.
Just then Jasmine walks in; her hands at her lower back, massaging. She has been complaining about back pain for the last two days. When she sees who’s sitting at the table, her face breaks into a huge smile. “Yay! I finally meet you!” she says, walking towards Aria.
“Aria this is Jasmine she’s with Wulf and I’m Gabriela. I’m with Bjarni.” She looks at both of us with a sad smile. She picks up her coffee, taking a sip and sighs. I see Jasmine looking at me with a confused look on her face, and I shrug, trying to tell her I also don’t know why she isn’t answering.
Jasmine and I continue talking, sometimes Aria will nod at others she will shake her head but she hasn’t uttered one word since she has entered the kitchen. After a while Jasmine gets up. She can’t sit on these chairs for long as her back aches. “How about we move to the entertainment area? Those couches are more comfortable for me now than these horrible chairs. My baby was kicking me the whole night, until her daddy started to talk to her.”
Before we reach the kitchen door I see Aria take hold of Jasmine’s hand, at the touch Jasmine stops, looking around at Aria. “It’s a boy.” Aria’s voice comes out in a raspy whisper, as if it hurts for her to talk.
I see Jasmine’s eyes fill with tears; a big smile on her face, her hand stroking her belly. “So, Wulf is right he’s getting his son.” Looking at Aria she brings her hand to her stomach. “Thank you,” she says. Aria looks at me and smiles. This time it reaches her eyes and that haunted look isn’t there anymore. I wonder how she knows that the baby is going to be a boy. It’s funny how Jasmine and I just believe instantly that what she says is true.
A few hours later the three of us are still sitting in the entertainment room watching a movie. Jasmine and I would comment and the three of us would laugh. Aria hasn’t spoken again since telling Jasmine that she was having a boy, but she is expressing herself more with her hands.
“Aria?” All three of us jump at Brandr’s voice right behind us. Looking around, I see the worried look on his face.
“I’m fine,” her raspy answer comes out in a whisper. She stands up, walking towards him, she places her hand on his chest. I see him staring at her as if he’s making sure.
Just then Bjarni walks in behind them. Aria tenses, looking frightened. I know my man can be frightening with his height and width, but why would she react like that when Brandr is around. I walk towards my man, smiling at him for her to see that he is harmless.
“Aria this is Bjarni, he might look scary but he’s a big teddy bear.” Bjarni takes me in his arms, kissing me lightly. When he finally looks at her, she is pressed against Brandr’s side, her eyes down on the ground.
“We will see you later!” Brandr calls out in a gruff voice as he guides her out of the room. It was strange how Aria had changed when Bjarni came in. She seemed scared. I have a feeling it’s not because it’s Bjarni, but because he’s a man.
Bjarni looks at me with a raised eyebrow, I shrug to let him know that I didn’t know what it was about. He’s about to kiss me again when I hear Wulf behind us. “Move, you’re in my way,” he grumbles. At that, Bjarni rolls his eyes, making me laugh.
Suddenly I’m lifted off my feet and am thrown over Bjarni’s shoulder. “What are you doing?” I ask laughing, while I stretch out my h
and and squeeze his ass. I laugh even more when I hear him groan as he slaps my ass in retaliation. Lifting my head, I see we’re making our way towards our room. Smiling, I run my hands up his back, noticing him speed up his pace.
After we are in the room and the door is closed Bjarni slides me down his body letting me feel his hardness sliding against me. “I love you Baby Girl,” he says, putting his hand on my face, as he strokes his fingers over my lips.
“I love you too Bjarni. You have made me question things, changed my reality, revolutionized my world in a second and made me believe in a forever,” I answer. Turning my face, I kiss his palm.
Leaning down, he places his hands on my ass. As he lifts me up until my legs are around his waist and my pussy is rubbing against his hardness: my arms go around his neck as I bite his bottom lip lightly. “Baby Girl, my soul was in darkness until I found you. You have brought me light, given me happiness and a new meaning to my life. You are my very existence.” With that, he takes my lips in a breath-taking kiss, penetrating my soul with his essence, with his love with his very existence.
I know that there will still be problems brewing with the Keres MC and things might get worse before they get better, but with Bjarni and my new family next to me, I will be fine.
THE END
A MESSAGE FROM ALEXI FERREIRA
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