Blade's Awakening (Wild Kings MC Book 5)

by Erin Osborne

  All the men turn and look at the car since the windows are all tinted and no one can tell. Slim’s already on his phone talking to one of the guys riding on his bike. They’re changing plans and the way that we’re leaving. Apparently, there’s more than one entrance and no one but Slim and a select few know about them. Just as we’re pulling off, I see about ten bikes go out through the gate and surround the car. I’d be worried it was Jason, but I know he’s not dumb enough to sit outside the clubhouse. No, he’s got someone else watching and waiting to see what our movements are.

  “Good eye Melody,” Playboy tells me. “I was scannin’ the area and didn’t even catch it.”

  Pride warms my body as I realize that he’s not lying to make me feel better. These men are trained to catch that kind of stuff and he didn’t. No one did except for me. It kind of helps ease the guilt I feel a little bit, but nothing will ever take it completely away.

  The rest of the ride is uneventful. Even when the bikers that surrounded the car join us, it’s done seamlessly. Kenyon and Cory sleep the short ride and I know they’re going to stir as soon as we come to a stop. Any change for them these days wakes them up. Hopefully being able to see their mom today will help calm them down though. These poor babies have been through hell since she’s been gone. We all have.

  Glock and Slim help get the carseats out before we all make our way up to Keira’s room. I don’t try to take either one of the babies back. It’s time that I let someone else help me. I don’t know what made me realize that, but it’s a fact I have to deal with. More than likely they’ll be staying here with their mom and dad anyway.

  Slim leads us all up to a private room that’s larger than most. Blade and a few guys are currently sitting with Keira. I’m the first one in the room and seeing her banged up; battered and covered in casts and other medical equipment has my breath freezing in my lungs. Glock almost runs into the back of me because I can’t make my feet move me any closer to her.

  “Bitch, you better get the fuck over here and give me some lovin’,” Keira’s voice says over everyone else talking.

  My focus is solely on her as I make my way closer. I’m moving at a snail’s pace and I can see her becoming impatient with me. I don’t care though, this is what she must have thought when she first saw me and I was mainly healed by then. There’s no words to describe the pain I feel for my best friend right now.

  “It’s about fucking time,” she murmurs in my ear as I hug her gently. “This is not on you. I know where your head’s at and I’m telling you to stop it now.”

  Tears shimmer in my eyes as I hold her and nod my head in response. “I love you sister from another mister.”

  “Love you too. Now, where did you hide Kenyon and Cory. I’m not done with you, but I need eyes on my babies.”

  Glock and Slim step forward and Blade takes Cory. He lifts his daughter out of the carseat and hands her over to her mother. Cory instantly cuddles down into Keira as much as she can and I know everything is going to be alright. As Glock hands Kenyon over to her, he does the same thing as his sister. The twins know they have their mama back and aren’t going to want to move anytime soon.

  “I know that in a minute or two all you men are going to be leaving and it’s just going to be us girls. So, leave now and go do your manly protective things,” Keira says, trying to lighten everyone’s mood.

  Blade saunters back over to her and whispers in her ear. I can see her eyes grow round and I know he’s telling her what’s about to happen. None of us are dumb, we all know they’re going to dish out punishment to someone. They just want to spare us the details and make it so none of us know anything that happened in case the cops get involved.

  “We’ll be back as soon as we can, kitten,” Blade tells her, kissing her like it’s going to be the last time.

  “I know you will be. Now, leave a man or two and get out of here. I need some time with females without you men around. And Blade, take a shower before you come back here please.”

  Even with everyone around her laughing, Keira doesn’t hear a single thing. Her sole focus is the two babies snuggled on her chest and side. There’s going to be a long period where she doesn’t let them out of her sight. I know because I was the same way with Anthony when I first came home.

  As the last guy leaves and closes the door behind him. Keira starts to bombard us with questions about her children. She feels like she’s missed so much time with them instead of a week and a half. We all answer her questions and try to keep the conversation steered away from anything too serious or about what happened to her. We all know that she’ll tell us if, and when, she’s ready to. Not a single person in this room will push her, but we’ll all let her know that we’re here when she needs us.

  After an hour or so I can tell the pain is getting to Keira and I motion to Bailey to clue her in as well. She takes one look at her and understands what I’m saying. “Ladies, let’s let mama have some time with her babies. We can go get the kids fed and hang out for a while before we come back. Slim left enough men here that we’ll all still be protected.”

  Everyone but me leaves the room. I’m not going to be letting her out of my sight for a while. I sit next to her bed where Blade was sitting and watch her. She pushes a button and a nurse comes over an intercom asking her what she needs. Once she relays that she needs some pain medicine, the nurse tells her someone will be here in just a second.

  “Mel, can you take the twins and put them in their seats please?”

  “Of course,” I respond getting up and doing as she asked.

  “We’re goin’ to talk about the guilt you’re feeling. It’s not going to be today, but we will be discussing it. I’m going to be seeing Karen and I think one or two appointments should include you. Mel, I don’t blame you for what happened. If it didn’t happen that day, it would’ve been the next time I left the clubhouse. I’m just thankful that I didn’t have Kenyon and Cory with me. I knew they’d be taken care of by all of you. So, please stop. My little niece or nephew can’t handle it.”

  “I’ll never forgive myself. Now, I’m going to drop it so that we can have a good rest of the day,” I tell her, sitting back so that we can all talk and try to forget everything that happened.

  Blade

  I really didn’t want to leave the hospital. But, these cocksuckers need to be dealt with and I’m going to have a hand in dealing out their punishment. We left three prospects right by Keira’s door and there’s more guys throughout the hospital. No one should be able to get to her or the rest of the old ladies.

  “You here with us?” Tank asks me. He always knows when I go in my head.

  “Yeah. Tryin’ to forget that I left my girl and kids by themselves.”

  “They’re not alone,” Grim pipes up. “We’ve got guys on them and he’s not goin’ to get them.”

  “I know. I really need to be here. I need to have a hand in takin’ these guys out.”

  “Slim’s guys have already been questionin’ them. They’ve gotten some good intel, but it’s not enough.”

  Grim quickly tells us what they’ve learned so far. Jason was the one behind kidnapping my girl. They were just hired hands. He’s also got a bigger backing than what we originally thought he did, though we’re still not sure exactly who Jason is working with. If I had to guess, I couldn’t even begin to tell you any groups. He’s just so unknown and we’re having a hard time finding any information on him. Fox has been at his computers almost nonstop and he still can’t hardly find out any information on the motherfucker.

  Pulling into the clubhouse parking lot, Grim pulls the SUV we’re all riding in around the back. Since a few of us didn’t bring our bikes, we figured this was easier than any of us having to ride bitch or splitting up. Keira is someone they’re definitely after, but we don’t know if they’re going to try to take any of us out in their quest to get my wife.

  “You ready Blade?” Grim asks, pulling to a stop in front of one of the out building
s.

  “Yeah. Did someone get my toys ready for me?”

  “Trojan did. Killer may have used one or two, but he’s almost as pissed off as you are. Wood and him have gotten close to your girl.”

  “I know they have and I appreciate them for protectin’ her as much as they could.”

  The five of us make our way into the building and see the two men hanging from one of the rafters. They’re beaten and bloody and I don’t know if there’s going to be much for me to do. Both men look like they’re about ready to just give up and let themselves die. Not before I get a go at them though. The rage flowing through me needs an outlet and I need to do something to them.

  “So, these are the men that put their hands on my wife?” I ask menacingly.

  “They are. I’m not sure what part they did, but they did touch her,” Killer tells me, taking a position against the wall so he can watch.

  “Do you know what I do when someone hurts someone that belongs to me?” I ask them, picking up one of my favorite knives. “No? Let me tell you. I make sure that all the pain my girl felt at your hands is felt by you. You will know the suffering she felt. But, you’ll feel it worse.”

  I walk up to the guy closest to me and rip what remains of his shirt away from his body. My girl has cuts all along her body and I’m guessing part of them are just from the rings these fuckers are wearing. The patterns fit. Taking the blade of my knife, I run it across the guy’s lower stomach. I push in hard enough that a trail of blood starts dripping down his exposed flesh. It’s not enough to kill him by a long shot, but he’s definitely feeling the sting.

  Asshole number two is hanging there watching me. It’s not going to make it any easier when I get to him. If he wants to watch and see what’s about to happen to him, I’m not going to stop him.

  “How many men in total touched my girl?”

  “There were ten of us,” the second asshole tells me. There’s no way they’re not going to talk after the rest of the guys have already had their fun.

  “What was Jason’s plan?” I ask, moving on to the side of the guy I’ve been carving up.

  “He was going to get her to sign the annulment papers so you wouldn’t come looking for her. She gave him hell and told him that wouldn’t stop you and that you’d just get married again.”

  The guys from the club still didn’t know that we got married. They probably figured it was going to happen and that’s why I was already calling her my wife. Killer steps forward and asks if he’s telling the truth. I tell him we did get married the day she came home from the hospital and that only a few people knew about it.

  “Who was he goin’ to sell her to?”

  “I don’t know. We were just brought in for this job. We don’t know the guy other than when he hired us to help him with her.”

  “Did you see anyone else he was talking to?”

  “No. We heard him on the phone a few times, but he always went in another room when he got a call. Or made one.”

  The guy that I’ve been carving up finally passes out and I know it’s just a matter of time before he dies. So, I move on to the next guy. Now, he’s starting to squirm knowing that he’s going to be carved up. Only, he’s going to get it a hundred time worse because I didn’t get to do too much to the first guy.

  “You know, I just got thinkin’,” I start. “You got a family? A wife and kids maybe? I know my wife just had twins. Did anyone look in his wallet?”

  I look at the guys that have been here and they all shake their heads no. We wouldn’t dream of touching a woman or child, but this asshat doesn’t need to know that. Reaching around, I find the guy’s wallet and pull it out of his torn pocket. I make a show of flipping it open to see the pictures that he carries with him.

  “Would you look at that? You got a pretty little wife and what, four kids at home. I wonder what your wife will look like when she’s all carved to shreds. You want us to go get her now so she knows this is all because of you?”

  “No!” the guy screams. “Please don’t hurt her. She doesn’t know anything about this. I’ll do anything.”

  “You’ve already done enough. You touched my wife. Were you all supposed to rape her too? Because I know that’s about the only thing that didn’t happen to her.”

  “No. We were just supposed to teach her a lesson and get her to sign the papers so that Jason could sell her. The guy didn’t want someone that was married.”

  “Did Jason try to rape her?”

  “No. He just hit her.”

  The guy says this like hitting a woman is no big deal. Fuck that! He’s going to learn that hitting women is a big deal. One that we don’t accept and that we stop from having happen whenever we see it. That’s why we are turning the house into one for victims of domestic violence. Not only are the women behind helping these victims, we all are too. Even Slim’s club is going to be looking into starting to buy houses for this use.

  Taking a different blade, I carve the words ‘Woman Beater’ in his lower stomach. Killing this one is going to be too easy. I think we need to let him live and let other people know that he thinks it’s not only okay, but funny, to beat women.

  “Hey guys, this one thinks it’s okay to beat women. Let’s let him live and a few of our buddies know that he thinks it’s okay. Killin’ him wouldn’t serve any purpose except tryin’ to fulfill our rage. This way he gets the proper treatment more than just at our hands.”

  The men in the room take a minute to think this over and one by one all start nodding their heads. This doesn’t mean that I’m still not going to have my fun with him. It just means that I’m going to make sure that he lives and can get to the hospital to get patched up.

  I take a knife and start making small little cuts all over his upper body. This one is trying not to squeal and scream like a little bitch, but it’s not working. He’s screaming and yelling to stop and knock it off. I’m not going to though. I can just imagine that Keira screamed and tried to hold in her pain but these fuckers didn’t care. They just kept right on torturing my wife.

  After having some fun for a half hour or so, I put my blade down and step away. He’s had enough and he’s ready to pass out. I don’t want that to happen before he can get to the hospital. So, I nod to the one prospect, Boy Scout, that was allowed in the room and he gets moving to let the guy down. He’ll place him in one of Slim’s vans for the club and drop him off outside the hospital.

  Someone will eventually find him and make sure he gets the help that he needs. When he gets out of the hospital, there are some people that will make sure he’s reminded of the fact that women do not deserve any man to put their hands on them. These men won’t kill him or put him in so much pain that he dies, but they will make sure he feels the aftereffects for a long time to come. Until they’ve decided that he’s had enough and won’t put his hands on another female again.

  ~~**~~

  I’ve cleaned up and we’re all making our way back to the hospital. I need to get back and make sure that my girl and kids are okay. Yeah, I’ve talked to the prospects that are right outside her door, but it’s not the same as keeping my eyes on her.

  Walking in the room, I see all the old ladies surrounding my girl on her bed. They’re laughing and talking about things we probably don’t want to know about. Especially considering they all immediately stop and try to look innocent when they realize we’re in the room. I really don’t want to know what’s going on now.

  “Girls, I need time with my wife. You can all come back later,” I tell them, moving closer to the bed and giving her a kiss.

  “Wait a minute,” Skylar starts. “What do you mean that you need time with your ‘wife’?”

  “We got married the day I came home from the hospital with the twins,” Keira tells them. “We just wanted something quiet and simple.”

  The women all stare openmouthed. Well, all of them except for Melody since she was there. I can see the expressions on their faces and know that not only are we goi
ng to get hell from them for getting married without telling anyone, but that at least two of them are already planning the party to celebrate.

  “How could you not tell any of us?” Bailey asks. “We would’ve helped you plan it and get you ready. Wait, that’s why we took the twins for a while that night.”

  “It is,” I answer, putting my arm above Keira’s head.

  “Now, this is bullshit that you didn’t tell us,” Maddie says. “Why couldn’t you at least tell us?”

  “I didn’t want a lot of fanfare,” Keira answers. “We just wanted simple and small. We were planning on telling you all soon. Then all this shit happened. And no, Melody, I don’t blame you for any of it.”

  “Hold up,” Ma says. “Why aren’t you surprised by this news, Melody?”

  “I may have been there,” She says, looking away.

  The girls stop talking amongst themselves and instead they stare at her and can’t believe that she kept the secret from them. Melody finally looks up at everyone and goes to say something before stopping.

  “Listen, they wanted it kept a secret and I had to keep my word. If she said I could tell anyone, I would’ve told you.”

  “Okay. Well, moving on, we’re going to be planning a party for you guys then. We didn’t even get to have a house warming party. You two really don’t like to draw attention to yourselves. Do you?” Skylar asks us.

  Instead of answering, we both just shake our heads. For various reasons, I don’t like calling attention to myself. With Keira I know it has to do with wanting to stay under Jason’s radar and the fact that she’s never had anyone care about her enough to do this kind of stuff. For her, it’s about trying to make friends with these women and not about what they can do for her, or us.

  Finally, all the old ladies and men leave the room and it’s just the four of us. I sit here and look at Keira, Kenyon, and Cory for a few minutes without saying a word. Not only did Keira manage to break through any walls I had put up against falling in love but, Kenyon and Cory also have me wrapped around their little fingers already. I couldn’t imagine my world without any of them. Now, we just need to get Keira home so that our family can get back on track and living our life.