SandraIt was weird to be in a normal car after being in those SUVs. Henry was so excited to get back to the country house, he was going over all the recipes we would make together for what felt like an hour. I was happy too, it seems everything was peaceful at the country house until we left it. I started to recognize the roads we were on. I knew we were heading through the maze to cover our trail to the house, my excitement got greater. I was dazing out the window thinking of the flowers. "When the boss says every 30 mins he surely means it." Henry chuckled bringing me out of my head. "He is sure a punctual man." I smiled. I knew Joseph had told Henry to update him every 30 minutes. Everyone was worried about me since Ark helped Ryan escape. I was terrified at first but remembered promising myself I wouldn't feel that way anymore. When I saw the fear and guilt in Joseph, I knew I had to be strong and brave. There must be a balance between a queen and her king. "Well, I am just excite
ARK"Shut the fuck up, Ryan." I was getting sick of listening to him whining. I gave him pain meds, the ones left behind by the doctor, the ones that stupid girl didn't take. No one even noticed that I took them. They were too far up Princess Peaches' ass to even see what I was doing in front of them. Damn, Rapunzel bitch made me wanna vomit. She took the leader of the brotherhood turning him into a lost puppy. The spot between her legs must be powerful. That's the only thing that makes any sense to me. "We have to find a way to get into the city to get what money we have and leave for a while." Ryan still looked pretty bad, to be honest, they had done a number on him. He was getting sick I am sure from the cold hose. That must have been torture. It was already freezing outside when they sprayed him. I don't know how the hose wasn't frozen. "I won't leave without my wife, she belongs to me, and I won't allow that piece of trash Smoke to have her." Ryan's conviction was tough but quite
JosephWe laid there for a while before getting dried off, and dressed. I had Mrs. J bring us towels and dry clothes before I even turned the sprinklers on. She was surprised to see the dry clothes asking again if Mrs. J was the psychic instead of us, feeding us intel on everything she had foreseen. I laughed out loud at her. "No darling, I planned to take you in this way when I promised to show you the gardens out here." She tilted her head smiling at me. "So very presumptuous aren't we?" She giggled walking past me towards the door. I grabbed the comm and two phones from the waterproof box before following behind her. I ran up behind her picking her up to carry her to the door. When I sat her down she was laughing so hard she could hardly catch her breath. I grabbed her chin pulling her face up towards mine and kissed her softly. "Let's go see what the chef has been preparing in there." She nodded walking through the front door. The two guards stationed at that door looked me in the
Henry I was happy to be back in the country house. Satisfied with being in the kitchen again cleaning up after watching everyone enjoy their meal. Sandra and Jo had gone into his office and Zeus sat staring at his tablet. Always researching, hungry for information. "Hey Z did you find anything?" I dried my hands with a towel and sat back down at the table. "Looks like to me the cop was taking trips to the north more often than we knew. I never even thought to check with the amount of time he spent in the South." He looked down at the table. I could tell he was taking on the blame for what had happened. "Bro, listen, you wouldn't have thought to check for a connection between Ark and that monster. Ark was a leader, trusted. He was supposed to be loyal." He looked up at me. I watched as the guilt turned to rage in front of my eyes. "I get it, bro, I am mad as hell. If I see that fuck I'll put a bullet in his dome myself." I felt the anger rising inside of me as well. We will find them,
SandyIt was strange to be in a room with all these powerful men listening to my opinion. They did. I said I wouldn't trust Luca either, and they decided to wait to deal with that part of it. It felt good, to have my feelings about something considered. "Sandra, I am not saying you are wrong, but Luca usually knows all that happens in the peak. I mean within minutes. He has spies all over that place. Why shouldn't we ask him if he has seen the assholes at least?" Henry was the one to suggest Luca, so it's only natural he question why I feel the way I did. It didn't upset me. As nice as it was that they listened to my opinion, it was equally nice that they don't just say and do what I want because I am a woman, or because Joseph keeps calling me his queen. Every time I hear it my heart beats faster. It's exciting, but it's also scary. I love him, I always had. It was almost instant, the feelings I had for him. I have never thought past that. Past the constant war, he is fighting, or pos
JosephWhen she finally sat down we all surrounded her. When we watched her before we noticed this Tanya woman was the only one she had treated like a friend. She never really paid much attention to the other women she would go out with on her movie night. I didn't know at the time that this was the only time that psycho let her go out. We got a call from a city member. Ark had drained his bank account completely. We were checking about Ryan's money as well, it was also gone. The city member, Fry, called to tell us about Ark, but also to ask about a house that was robbed in the city. The neighbor who was visiting them was shot on entry. The husband wasn't home. He had picked up an extra shift. He was a detective that worked with Ryan. Usually, the brotherhood keeps an eye on the crimes in the city. Especially the ones with this kind of violence. This guy was a cop, and his wife Tanya, was in intensive care. They didn't kill her. They beat her up, assaulted her, and left her alive. Why
SandraWe took the new car to the hospital because Joseph didn't want to draw attention to us. I tried to get him to stay at the house away from the public eye, but he insisted that he come with us. I wore a big black hoodie with some joggers. I pulled the hood up over my head as we pulled up to the hospital. I wasn't scared of them, I made a vow to myself that I wouldn't be, but I didn't want to cause any more problems for Tanya. I didn't want to cause a scene with my brotherhood guys either. We walked in through the emergency room entrance and down toward the intensive care unit. I felt the stares from people. I was a petite woman hiding my face surrounded by large dangerous-looking men. Especially, Jay, he was downright intimidating. I looked back at him smiling, he smiled back not knowing why, just simply because I smiled at him. When we got through the intensive care doors I saw Brian standing by the nurse's station. Suddenly being discreet completely left my mind. I stormed over
ZeusI sat there staring at this beautiful woman who lay broken in the bed. Who would hurt something so precious? What the hell is wrong with people Sand told us that Brian and Ryan were cut from the same cloth. When we walked into the intensive care where his wife lays in a bed, hurt, and he is standing there trying to fuck the nurse, He is a waste of life to me. Sickening. I will find him and show him what a real monster looks like. Ryan has threatened another one of Sand's friends unless she calls some number and talks to him. This doesn't make sense for Ark, he doesn't care about what Ryan wants. What's in this for him? Maybe they just bring out the most evil in each other. I have had a friend like that before, almost got me killed. Tanya was sleeping by the time the others finally left. I sat there in silence as the guards sat outside the door. I watched as her chest rose and fell hypnotized by the rhythm. I was instantly drawn to this woman. I don't get drawn to women, never rea
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.