The older woman looks up at me and her face changes almost instantly. “Miss Sierra, ma’am.” She stammers.
“Old woman, you will tell me what happened to this man.” I order.
“I don’t know ma’am.” She says as she looks down at the floor. “Malik has those answers for ya.”
“Very well,” I look at the younger woman who finally looks up at me.
“You don’t have to be such a heartless bitch!” The younger woman yells. I cock my head to the side trying to figure out who she’s talking to.
“I understand you’re distraught. Don’t forget you speak to an Alpha.” I sternly tell her.
“You’re not my Alpha. I’m no lycan.” She rushes up on me. The older woman stands in front of her to cut her off. “You’re gonna protect her?” She asks.
“She may not be anything to you, but she’s my Alpha, I still answer to her.” The older woman tries to reason with her, failing horribly.
“What of the pups?” I ask.
“Their fucking kids, not pups. Fuck!” The young woman screams. “And they are none of your concern.”
“Actually, they are. Those kids, as you call them, are my responsibility as well as the clubs.” I turn to walk out of the room. I stop once my hand is on the doorknob. “You are my responsibility, as well. Be sure you don’t do anything stupid. Those little ones need their mother.” I hear a growl come from the woman. I open the door to walk out.
I see the men staring at me with eyes that say they know what happened. I walk closer to them with Lucias and Marie coming on either side of me. “Explain.” Is all I say.
An all too familiar voice speaks from the back of the crowd. “Romero’s dead.”
“Malik,” I say making my way through the cluster. “I can see that a man’s dead.” I grab his throat. “What I want to know, is how the fuck this happened?” I can hear him begging for air. I don’t want to do this to the man I love but I have to keep my composure as Alpha or these guys will think I’m too soft. I release him allowing him to breathe again.
“He was shot, ma’am” He says in between breaths. “We have the suspects here.”
“Locked up, I assume.” He nods still clutching his throat. “Take me to them.” He agrees as several men plus mine follow him.
The complex is like a maze of hallways. Nothing like my estate where I know exactly where I hold my prisoners. As a metal door comes into view, I can hear the growling from different men. “Silence. Control yourselves or I’ll make sure you do.” Silence consumes the hallway. The metal door opens when Malik puts the code into the keypad. Two men stand chained to a wall. Obviously, some took turns on these guys.
I enter the room. I can feel the intake of breaths from the men. “Well, well, well. What do we have here?” I scrape my nails across the wall causing it to make a high pitch sound. “Two little strays? Tell me, have these men been accommodating to your needs?” They shake their heads. “Well, that’s just too bad. I’ll have to have a talk with them about how we treat guests.”
I finish making my circle around the room, stopping right in front of them. “Ma’am, please let us explain...” One of the men chained to the wall starts to say.
“Explain what? I come here to find out that one of my dogs is dead and you want to explain?” A small laugh escapes me. “Of course, if this was an accident then I’m willing to listen.” I get closer to the one who just spoke. “But I’m going to assume it wasn’t an accident since all my dogs look as if they want to rip out your throat.” I can hear him gulp as he looks over my shoulder. “You see, I should let them kill you but I’m kinder than they are. I’ll allow you to live if you can give me a valid reason to.” Blank stares consume both men.
I step back. LeRoy steps up beside me and hands me my silver blade. “You’re going to talk, this I promise you.” I twist the point of my knife against my middle finger.
“He wasn’t supposed to die.” The other man says, breaking his silence. “We were only supposed to gather the techy and leave.” A scowl comes across my face. I’m on him in a blink of an eye, pressing the blade to his cheek. A howl escapes his mouth.
“What do you mean the techy? You kidnapped one of my men?”
“We were ordered to. He knew too much.” The man starts to panic.
“Who sent you?” I hear Malik from behind me.
“The same ones who sent Mr. Senqua to your estate.” He doesn’t break eye contact with me.
“You will give me a name. As your Alpha, you will tell me this. NOW!” I order.
“A pack in Texas. Los Hombres Lobo. They sent us. They sent Senqua.” The other man speaks as I dig the knife into his friend’s face. I look over at him and he jumps. “They wanted the techy for what he knows.”
“And what does this techy know?” I drag the knife down to his friend’s throat giving a small amount of pressure.
“Everything.”
“Where is he being held?”
“Somewhere in the city. You won’t be able to find him.”
Without removing my blade from the throat, I turn to Marie. “Marie, take Trigger and Trip into the city. I want that man found. Today!” Marie nods as well as Trip and Trigger. I hear them leave as I turn back to the prisoners. A clean sweep across the one’s neck as blood starts pouring out. The man next to him starts shouting.
“You said we would live.” He begs.
“No, I said you would live but I never told you I would let you walk out of here alive.” I smile as I wipe the blood off my blade. “Now you can enjoy the silence for a bit.” I turn around to walk out of the room. Once we’re out of the room, I feel a hand grab my arm. I turn to see Malik’s beautiful face.
“What was that?” He hissed. I put my hand up to my guards keeping them from killing Malik with their bare hands.
“That was me doing my job,” I say not breaking eye contact with him. “Everyone give us a minute. I need to speak with Malik in private.” Everyone, including my guards, leaves. I force my arm out of Malik’s grip. “You will contain yourself. Do I make myself clear?” He nods. I see the worry in his blue eyes. I wrap my arms around his neck, holding him tight. He lifts his head from my shoulder as he grabs my face with both hands. He softly brushes his lips against mine. I let out a quiet moan, inviting him to kiss me harder. He sweeps along my lips demanding entry to my mouth. “We can’t do this here.” I say in between kisses.
“Come see.” He grabs my hand as he pulls me down the hallway. He takes me into a room that doesn’t look like anyone stays in, closes the door, and locks it.
“Now you’re mine.” He growls.
15
Malik
I can’t control myself around her. I need her now. At this point, I don’t care if everyone knows. She’s mine. I’m staking my claim. I push her against the wall, kissing everywhere I can. She grabs onto my sides to pull me closer to her. She takes her leg and wraps it around my hips, locking me into her. I kiss down her soft neck, nipping in just the right spots to make her moan.
“Malik,” She moans. “I want you. I want you now.”
I take her cue as I start stripping her out of her tight outfit. Fuck! This thing makes her ass look so fucking sexy. Once she’s fucking naked, I gaze hungrily at my woman! Her soft breasts look amazing in the dim morning light. You can see the glistening wetness coming from her bare mound. My cock can’t take too much more. I need her release.
I kiss my way down her soft tan body, paying special attention to her nipples. I flick them with my tongue making her moan louder. I take one hand and start pulling slightly on her nipple while the other one is in my mouth. With the other hand, I begin playing with her little nub, slipping a finger inside her. Her moans are becoming louder as I pump my finger. I know she’s close, but I don’t want her to go yet. I can smell her sweet aroma coming off her body.
My cock seems to be too tight for my jeans as it throbs, wanting to be inside her. I kneel down in front of her, taking her in as I sweep m
y tongue along her inner thighs.
“Please, Malik.” She moans trying to guide my head to her pussy. “Please!”
“I like it when you beg.” I say with a grin on my face. I gently sweep my tongue along her clit. A small gasp comes from her, begging for more. I remove my finger from inside her as I drag my tongue further down, wanting to taste her better. It doesn’t take long before I hear her breathing quicken. “Cum for me, baby.” Almost as soon as I said that, her orgasm came, holding her hips still as I lap up all the juices her delicious body has just given me.
I stand, unbuckling my jeans at the same time. I barely get them off when she pulls me in for a kiss. She moans again at the taste of her on my lips. She backs me up to the bed, straddling me as I lay down. He soft tan skin glistens with sweat as my cock begs to be inside her. She bends down to kiss me.
“You want to be inside me, don’t you babe?” She says as she looks into my eyes.
“Yes,” I hiss as I nip at her neck.
“Take me.” That was all she needed to say. I line my cock along her entrance and with one thrust I take her. “Harder, baby.” With each thrust, I can feel her tighten against me.
“I’m not gonna last, baby.” I breathe out.
“Cum with me.” She digs her nails into her back. She’s even tighter than before as she let’s herself go causing me to go with her.
We lay there for a few minutes, lax in each other’s arms. For the first time in a long time, I know where I belong. This time was different. More passion, more ecstasy. “I love you.” I whisper.
“I love you too,” She whispers back. I sit up on the edge of the bed, gathering up my clothes. “Where are you going?” Sierra asks.
“We have things to do babe.” I pull my pants up over my waist and button them. “We have to find Nico.” I lean down and give her a kiss on the forehead. Sierra gets up as I gather up her clothes and heads into the bathroom. About ten minutes later, she comes out looking more beautiful than ever. I give her one more kiss on her plump lips before we go out into the hallway. Once in the common room, I see Seg at the bar and make my way towards him. “Any luck?” I ask grabbing a beer.
“Nothing yet.” He answers. He glances behind him to see Sierra. “How was your ‘talk’?” He winks at me.
I shake my head. “Not now, brother. Just leave it be.”
“You know you’re gonna have to come clean about being with her.” I turn to him, giving him a suspicious look. “It’s no secret here, brother. We just want to see you happy. But the council, they won’t be too kind if they learn what’s been going on.” I know he’s right. And I’ll take whatever punishment the council gives me. I’m not giving her up that easily. Fucking politics. I think to myself.
Just as Seg and I are finishing our beers, Marie burst through the doors. “We found him.” She trying to catch her breath. Trigger and Trip hurry in behind her.
“Where?” I demand.
“Malik,” Trip holds his hands out to stop me from walking out the fucking door. “He’s too heavily guarded.”
“Bullshit,” I try to push Trip out of my way but he grabs me, pushing me backwards.
“Malik, listen.” He yells, making sure everyone hears him. “It’s too dangerous. We go in their half-cocked, we could be burying more than just Romero.” He walks up pulling my head to his, “Pull yourself together, brother.”
“Enough!” Sierra yells from across the room. Everybody goes quiet, making room for Sierra to walk across to Trip and me. Trip let’s me go out of his grip. “Trip is correct. We need a plan.” She grabs my hand, squeezing it tightly. This is the first time she has ever showed any affection in front of anyone else. “I’m not burying anymore of my men.” She tells the crowd. “Gather everyone into Church.” She looks at me with her deep brown eyes as she touches my face. “We’ll get him back.”
Lucias is standing in front of us, breaking our moment too early. “Ma’am, we’re ready.”
“Perfect.” She smiles, giving Lucias a nod.
Sierra and I walk into church hand in hand. No one seems to be surprised, even Trigger is giving me an it’s about time look. Jimmy is first to break the silence.
“So how do we get Nico back?” He asks.
“Look,” I sit down at the head of the table. “I’m just as anxious to get Nico back as you are. But Trip and Miss Thibodeaux are right. If we’re going to get him back, then it’s with a plan.” I see all the brothers with questions written all over their faces. “I don’t want any more blood no my hands. Plus they are going to keep him alive long enough for us to get there. That’s their end game. To take us all out, get us into one room.”
“So, a trap?” Someone from the back questions.
“Pretty much.” Leaning back in the chair, I start to think of ways we can get everyone, including Nico, out of this alive.
“We have our best men here ready to fight.” LeRoy speaks up. I nod. “Great, so let’s get busy. I know this was supposed to be a training thing with Miss Thibodeaux and her men. But there’s no time for that now. Marie,” Looking up at her, “Do you remember the layout of the building?”
“I do, sir. I can draw it if you’d like.”
“That’d be great. Bridget has some art stuff for the kids, just ask her for some paper and pencil.” Marie leaves the room to track down Trigger’s sister.
“Now, while we wait for Marie, Trip give me some details about who’s guarding what.” He stands straighter walking to the table.
“You have three guys guarding the front, four in the back. Cameras covering every angle of that building. This is where we would need Nico to overlap the feed so we can get in there.” Trip explains.
“I know but right now we don’t have Nico. So we need a better plan.” I say defeatedly.
“I can do it.” The same voice comes from the back. Miguel. I should have known. Nico mentioned months ago that he was going to train someone, just in case. He walks closers to the table. “Nico showed me some things. I can override the feed, giving you guys a way in.”
“Great,” I say a silent ‘thank you’ to Nico. “LeRoy, can your men get in if he cuts the feed?”
“We can not only get in, sir.” A sense of sarcasm coming from his voice. “But we can also kill without being seen or heard.”
“Perfect,” I say with a sense of hope that we may all get out of this alive. “Then we’ll follow LeRoy’s lead.”
“When does all this go down?” Trigger’s sitting next to me. It’s the first time he’s talked since Church began. The last time him and Sierra were in the same room, it didn’t end very well.
“3:00 in the morning.”
“The witching hour, crafty.” Trigger chuckles. I shake my head at his antics. He does know how to lighten the mood. He’s right, though. It’s the witching hour for a lot of devil worshippers and Lord knows, New Orleans is full of them.
“Just be on your guard.” I shake my head.
“Wait, we’re going to follow them? When did we start taking orders from the higher ups?” Jimmy sounds annoyed.
“Since this morning, when I planted my feet on this complex.” Sierra jumps in, slamming her hand on the table. “You’ll do as your told mutt, or you’ll end up like our friend in the other room.”
“Get you’re fuckin’ pussy under control, bruh!” Jimmy stands up to walk out when Lucias cuts him off. “Get the fuck outta my way!”
I calmly stand, walking over to Jimmy and Lucias. “Lucias, let me.” Lucias backs up giving me room to pick Jimmy up by the throat and body slam him onto the table. The brothers stand up but do nothing, knowing it’s my time to defend Sierra. I could hear the air leave his lungs. “You ever so much as talk about my ol’ lady like that again and Lucias will be the least of your worries!” I growl. “Understood?” When he doesn’t answer, I tighten my grip around him. “Do. You. Understand. Me?”
“Yes, yes! I’m sorry!” Jimmy pleads as he gasps for air.
“You’re gonna be!�
�� I release him, leaving him on the table to cough the air back into his lungs. I look around the room. “Anyone else have an issue with Sierra and her team?” The murmurs of ‘no’ come through the room. “Good.” I storm out, leaving everyone baffled. I’m fucking done with the secrets. I’m fucking done hiding a relationship because of the fucking council.
16
Sierra
To see Malik defending me kind of turned me on. I won’t deny that at all. To see him stake his claim, well that’s a completely different story. While I’m sure the council will get wind of what just happened here, we need to focus on the task at hand. I can’t inform Malik of what Sandja told me, hell even what Senqua told me. It’s not the right time. Sandja is one that I trust with my life and with his ability to see into the future, I question whether his premonition is correct. I make note to myself to tell Malik after we retrieve Nico. Alive or dead, he’s still our top priority. The prisoner downstairs was right about one thing, Nico knows a lot. That’s his job. I just hope for Malik’s sake we only have to bury one friend and not two.
I hang back when Church ends. Trigger is still sitting in his chair, the look of a man who’s thinking too hard about something crosses his face. “Trigger,” I take a seat as I place my hand on his. “What’s on your mind?”
“Why do you fucking care?” He snaps.
“Because regardless of how much of a bitch I am, I’m still here to console my people when they need me.” I say softly not breaking eye contact. “Now, tell me.”
He leans back in his chair. “I was just thinking, about Eve and how she could help us.”
“Trigger, she cannot come with you.” I try to reason. “I understand your need to keep her close but she’s dangerous.”
“That’s just it.” He quickly stands from his chair and starts pacing. “She’s dangerous. She’s blood thirsty. We can use her as our way in.”
“You cannot be asking me to put your ol’ lady’s life at risk, Trigger. Her blood would be on my hands.” I shake my head wondering where this is coming from.
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