SandraI couldn't understand what I was seeing at first. I looked into the room and she was sitting there, on his bed, with his hand on her lap. She was talking to him sweetly, telling him she wanted to feel his fingers on her. She was trying to get him to touch her. He wasn't even concious. I screamed at her. When she heard me, she jumped up mumbling something about checking his pulse. His eyes flew open and he jerked his hand away. "What's going on in here?" I heard Jay behind me, but my focus was fine-tuned on her face. I walked closer to her, backing her against the wall. "What the fuck were you trying to do?" I said darkly. I started to reach up and grab her throat and someone grabbed my waist. "Sunshine, what happened? Stop! Listen to me." Zeus yelled. I was struggling against him, screaming at her, and trying to grab her. "She was touching him, and trying to put his hand between her legs. I heard her tell him he wanted to touch her." I said with rage ripping through my vocal cor
JosephI talked to Santino with everyone surrounding me, including Sandra. I didnt want her to worry anymore, I had put her through enough. I held back my reactions and temper the best I could. He called to tell me that most of his men are good with a sit down, except, his brother Tommasso. He was close to Luca. The way Santino explained him was old school, angry, and just as crazy as the man who shot me. "We fight for a long time Smoke. He's testardo or eh, You call it willfull. He is an older sibling, and he wont listen to me." I could hear the fear and worry in his poor grammer. He had a slight shakiness to his voice. It wasnt angst. He sounded completely unstable. Yelling for a time before trying to talk calmly to me again. I could tell he wasnt sure which side he wanted to be on. We decided to meet a few days later. "I am fine with that Santino. I need some time to heal, atleast a few days. I will not be in the city for a while. Please respect the time. I dont want to have war." I
SandraHe was looking at me like he was nervous to say something. Was this the first time something he was going to say made him feel uneasy? He asked me to lock the office door and turn off my comm. Now I was getting Nervous to hear what he had to say. "Is something wrong Jo?" I asked softly almost not able to get the words to leave my mouth. He smiled at me shaking his head no. "Some things I have been thinking about since Luca shot me, that's all." He said reaching for me to come to him. I walked over to him and he grabbed my hand. He tried to pull me down onto his lap. "No boss. I will hurt you." I said pouting. He growled and told me to sit, so I did. I made sure not to put pressure on his torso because I was still afraid to hurt him. "I haven't been very responsible with you Sandra. I hurt you when I got shot. I lied to you and made you sit there alone with a guard you don't know. I know you hated me for that. I hated myself. I am so sorry I did that to you." He reached his hand
JosephI watched as Sandra stomped off towards Tanya. I could tell soon after we went to investigate the commotion that she believed the girl may have had more to do with this mess with Five than she was acting like she did. I am sure she has trauma, and maybe she doesn't realize what she is playing with here, but I know Sandra will handle it. I walked towards the office with Jay when I heard something that sounded close to "what the fuck.." and some more mumbles come out of my girl as she dragged Tanya away. I noticed she wasn't on the crutches anymore, but she still was limping behind her. Zeus looked almost lost standing there alone in the foyer. Jay called for him snapping him out of his trance-like state and he joined us in the office before Jay locked the door. He pointed to his ear and we all turned off comms, not to keep Sandra out, but in case anyone else could catch the frequency. "I know Santino promised to wait boss, but some of the guards in the North house messaged me and
HenryThough it was nice to be in the country again, the reason was not. It was late. I walked in the front door and the guards even looked at me with pity. I just met this girl and somehow she has already turned my world upside down. I felt the need to save her more than anything I had felt. I had a hard time going to sleep, and I didn't sleep wrong. I woke up and got some coffee before I walked slowly through the foyer, heading for the room I set her up in. I was going to put her in my room, but considering how she had been treated by the Peak Crew I figured she could use her own space. I put her in a room down the hall from mine. I walked slowly towards the door, crossing my fingers, praying she was feeling better than when I left. I knocked lightly on the door. I heard a whisper, and then the psych opened the door slowly. "Hello, Henry. Come on in." She was chipper which gave me some hope. When I walked in I saw Takara standing by a window. She turned around and gave me the biggest
SandraWhen I woke up I was alone. I looked around the room, but Joseph wasn't in there with me. I went to look for my comm and it wasn't there. What the hell did he do with it? I rolled my eyes and headed to the shower. The water was refreshing and warm waking me up some to prepare me for my day. I walked out onto a towel and towel-dried my hair. It definitely should be hair dryed but I wasn't in the mood to do that. I braided it and threw it over my shoulder. I put in a tank and some shorts and started towards the kitchen area. There was coffee hot in the pot, so at least he did leave me some of that. I grabbed a mug hanging on the rack. I added some coffee, sugar, creamer, and an ice cube. I pulled out my phone as I enjoyed the hot beverage. I had a message from Tanya apologizing again, telling me Zeus never came to their room last night. I didn't respond. I wasn't ready to speak to her yet. Henry messaged me telling me Takara was doing better, and he sent me her number. I added the
JosephI stood as tall and strong as I could with the holes still healing in my body. When the man walked in, I noticed he was a bit older than me. Silver was like confetti in his hair and beard. He smiled without teeth as he shook my hand which told me the smile was severely forced. "Hello, Smoke, I am Tommasso. I have come to speak with you about your clan here killing my cousin." He squeezed a little harder than with a normal handshake, the word "clan" coming out with disgust. I didn't smile. "Well, you and I could go into my office. I will allow your guards to look for weapons if you allow me the same courtesy." Again with the smile. "Of course. I come in peace." I heard Sandra almost giggling in my ear. I assume it was the famous alien quote he just spat out. I try hard not to react, making eye contact with the others to ensure that they follow suit. As his guards search me, I watch as Jay glares at all of them making me discreetly nod at him to let him know it was okay. The other
SandraIt was difficult to sit and listen to all of this chaos from the room without coming out and giving my opinion. As soon as I knew Tommasso was gone I walked towards the office. Henry smiled at me as I walked by. "Hello Sunshine, it's nice to see your bright light today." He walked over and wrapped me up tightly in his arms. "I missed you too Chef. I am going to need a crepe soon, or some alfredo." I said winking up at him after he left me. He nodded at me as Joseph walked up and stole the attention in the foyer. He was not smiling. "This is getting out of hand. We are going to lose men if we don't nip it in the bud. I am over all of it. So what if we killed that fucking monster. He took my little brother and almost killed me. He tortured that poor girl we went to save, and worst of all, he wanted my queen." I watched as he paced back and forth. He wasn't talking to me, or Henry. He was talking to the groups of members scattered throughout the area. When he spoke to them everyone
JosephI cried like a baby feeling her warmth and breathing in my arms. The anger I felt subsided for a moment, and I just wanted to feel her close to me. “What did he do to you?” I asked in her ear, my voice rough from the tears. “I’m okay boss.” She said being stronger than she had to be as usual. I sat up and looked directly in her eyes, “don’t lie to me darlin.” I looked at her for a few moments and she spilled what happened. The monster stuck his hand down her pants, he was going to force her. He was going to rape my queen. He is going to suffer. I stand from the bed and storm away from the room. Grabbing a comm, with the electric back on, I tell the guys to keep him alive. No one responds. It’s eerily quiet in the house. “Where is everyone?” I walk back to the room and reach Sandra a comm as well. She tells me she needs a shower, and I nod, waiting for the response. Jay finally responds, “It’s Jackson, Smoke. We don’t think he is going to make it.” My stomach flopped and I instan
JosephI cried like a baby feeling her warmth and breathing in my arms. The anger I felt subsided for a moment, and I just wanted to feel her close to me. “What did he do to you?” I asked in her ear, my voice rough from the tears. “I’m okay boss.” She said being stronger than she had to be as usual. I sat up and looked directly in her eyes, “don’t lie to me darlin.” I looked at her for a few moments and she spilled what happened. The monster stuck his hand down her pants, he was going to force her. He was going to rape my queen. He is going to suffer. I stand from the bed and storm away from the room. Grabbing a comm, with the electric back on, I tell the guys to keep him alive. No one responds. It’s eerily quiet in the house. “Where is everyone?” I walk back to the room and reach Sandra a comm as well. She tells me she needs a shower, and I nod, waiting for the response. Jay finally responds, “It’s Jackson, Smoke. We don’t think he is going to make it.” My stomach flopped and I instan
SandraI can hear the window slide open in the room. I immediately felt stupid that I didn’t make sure they were locked. The room is dark, other than slight lighting coming from the natural outside lights. I hear someone step inside and intuitively know it is Tommasso. I don’t move, holding my breath, listening closely. I hear something sliding across the floor but with all the commotion outside the room, I know they won’t hear it. This man is smart, and he is making the least amount of noise possible. After a few moments, I hear him whispering. “Ladies, where are you? C’mon queen sunshine, don’t let me find another little whore in here? Takara? Are you here? I wouldn’t mind feeling it again.” I hear a whimper and know that he will find her. I step out of the shower. I don’t know where Ms. Jones is but I can’t imagine allowing her or any of the others to get hurt. Not to protect me. “Are you looking for me?” I say softly, so no one else will hear me. “Ciao Bella” His words send a chil
JosephJackson fell through the door, bleeding from his chest. Jay jumped up, unsteady, and fell in front of him. “Jackson? Where is he? Are you okay? Brother look at me.” He was pleading, I know feeling the guilt of his brother laying there bleeding. “He is coming.” Jackson said, spitting out blood as he spoke. I yelled for a medic, who came running with a bag. The guards in front of the women shut the doors, quieting the yells of Sandra. I knew she would be mad, but I had to keep them from seeing her. Jackson squealed as the medic pulled the shirt from his bloody skin. The bullet had torn through his shoulder and collar bone, and he was bleeding badly. The medic looked up at me and shook his head. This meant he didn’t know if he could save him or not. I know if he did, the man would enter the family fully. He risked himself to keep that man away from this house. He risked his life for my Sandra. I know why he did it. I know who he did it for. “Take him to my room. Keep him fucking br
JacksonThis Italian prick has a gun trained on my head. I must keep walking. I must figure out how to take the gun, how I can keep him from killing anyone else. How did he get the gun? Who was stupid enough to allow him to get it? It couldn’t have been Jay. Why would he be so slow? He is the most well-trained man in the brotherhood. It is literally his job to keep this shit from happening. I wouldn’t let him kill Jay, someone from the inner circle, I would have never outlived that. I had to let him take me. Little does this man know, I am the least important person to Smoke out here. I was a ride along. I am not part of this circle, the family they have formed for the home sweet home door mat out here. I want to be. I want to be invited in. Sunshine was my way in. She would have a soft spot for me. I could tell. I would become a brother if nothing more. She is a peace in the chaos I haven’t seen in this crew before. The closest being Hector’s wife. She was more of a mother hen. Tommas
JosephI didn’t want her walking around with that crazy woman hiding somewhere. She was confident though, and I couldn’t question her, not when I had asked her to be my wife. I had to trust her, and that meant trusting her to know how to handle herself. I had brought her into this world, kept her in it. I could have made her leave that day we let her out of the caged room. I did that, not for her, not at first. When the guys saw the bruises on her I knew she was living with a monster. I knew Ryan was a bigger problem than I had originally thought. If she could handle them, surely, she could handle a weak crazy girl. “She is just scared.” Henry said walking around the corner. I looked at him, feeling bad, because I knew he was afraid of what would happen to the girl. I wouldn’t hurt her. Tanya and Mrs. Jones were caring for Zeus in another room. “I know that, Henry. I wouldn’t hurt her.” He nodded and shook my hand. “I know boss.” I heard the girl use a name that always made my skin bre
Sandra I wanted him, despite what he told me. I wanted to feel his hands on me. Here, in this greenhouse, where he made me feel alive before. He grabbed me tightly, gently placing me on the ground. “You sure you don't want me to carry you inside, where it's a bit more comfortable.” I pulled him closer to me, showing him I didnt want to wait a moment more. He ripped at my pants, and I at his. When he entered me, I instantly felt my body involuntarily arch. It was like someone shocked me from the inside, my body was electrified. The shivers in my body become intensely worse with each stroke. He leaned to my kissing me when I was already having trouble keeping my breath. “You are amazing Sandra, So very amazing.” He said huskily into my ear. I moaned out loudly, unable to make real words. He looked me in the eyes and smiled, proud of what he was doing to me. To my body, to my mind. He knew I was completely his. I looked into his eyes as well, feeling as though I had control, and he was
Joseph Once everyone was in the pit, we made it in the middle of the field we had just fought in, Jay doused it with gasoline and lit it on fire. I watched as the smoke roared into the sky. The Italians will know, as will any other guild that attempts to do what Tommasso did. I didnt like letting this darkness out, I didnt plan it this way. When Sandra walked out of that car, the gun was pointed at her. When that man looked at me like he knew the best way to hurt me. When he saw me protect her, he saw my weakness. They all did. That information couldn't leave this field. I wouldn't allow anyone to use her against me. I wouldn't put her in that kind of danger. It had been a long time since I had to do something on this scale. Something to remind these men who Smoke is, and where he came from. That is a darkness I hadn't called on in such a long time. Sure, we had burnt places to cover things up, like the house on the peak. That was mostly to cover our tracks. This was a clear stateme
Sandra I didn’t know what else to do. I pulled up to the meeting spot and saw a gun trained on Joseph. I couldn't let that psycho kill him. I couldn't let him be shot again. I had to intervene. I had to stop him. I slammed on the horn. I didnt think, all I could see was his lips turning blue. Hearing that he had stopped breathing. I couldn't face that again. I couldn't live without him now. Not since he saved me. Not after everything. We were going to make it back to the house in the country together. I jumped out of the car, unprotected, stupidly, running towards the danger. I screamed at the Italian men standing around my family. “Stop, fucking stop!” I ran in front of Joseph, like a human shield. All the men stared at me like they didnt know what to say. All the men on both sides. “Sunshine what are you doing here?” I heard Henry, but I didnt turn, I kept my eyes on the one with the gun. Tommasso looked at me. I was sure he was unsure of what to say to me. He didnt know what to do.