Page 29 of Bolt (Iron Thunder MC 1)
“Yup. That’s all she wanted from the start,” I murmured to myself.I was in the Black room with Cassie and Chip.
Cassie begged to not have too many people in the same room as them. Besides me, it was only Flash in the room with us.
She ran to her brother when she first saw him. Chip was sitting on the chair, the only piece of furniture in the dark room, one bright light hanging overhead. His hands were still tied but I noticed Flash had removed the ties from his ankles. Maybe to give him some sense of dignity for the sake of his sister.
“Chip, oh my God! Are you okay?” She hugged him tightly.
“Why did you come here, Cassie? Why the fuck did you follow me here?” His voice was shrill and broken. He was covered in sweat. Fortunately, there weren’t many visible bruises. Just one long gash across his cheek.
“What have they done to you, Chip?” She was hysterical, barely listening to what her brother had to say. She kept desperately searching his body for marks and bruises.
“I’m fine. Don’t fuss, Cassie. Leave me alone.”
“But I heard you howling in pain. Where did that mark come from? Did they hurt you?” She peered at the bruise on his face.
Flash cleared his throat and Chip looked at him.
“Where have you been? Did they hurt you?” he asked her.
Cassie shook her head.
“I’m okay. Nobody touched me. I even went to the cafe today and got my work done,” she replied, offering him a weak smile.
“Now that you’ve seen her, you need to give us what you promised.” Flash was laying down the rules. He didn’t have the time or patience for an emotional reunion.
“What did you promise them?” Cassie asked. She looked at Chip and then turned to me with a horrified look on her face. “You said I could see my brother; you never told me there was a condition attached to it!”
“He’s going to help us raid the Silver Knights. Take back the shipment he sold to them,” I said.
Cassie turned to her brother again.
“Tell them everything you know, Chip. Tell them the truth. This will all be over soon, right?”
I knew it wasn’t going to be that easy. There was no way in Hell the MC would forgive him just because he gave us some bits of info. But Flash and I remained silent.
Chip gulped and turned to Flash.
“This is all I know…they’ve transported the shipment to the eighth quarter. That’s the only space they had for such a huge order. At least six people are on constant duty guarding the merchandise. Molloy is the group leader for this.”
Flash glanced at me.
“What else can you tell us?” I prodded him.
Chip met my eyes. Did he know I was the one his sister was spending time with? Did he know I kissed her? That I wanted to fuck her? I clenched my jaws tightly, trying my best to not look at Cassie, standing protectively over him.
“They are on guard. They’re sure there will be an attack from us…you. This MC. They’re expecting you’ll want your shipment back.”
“Tell the others. We need some guys to go check out the eighth quarter,” I said to Flash.
“There’s a code for the back entrance. I saw them punch it in when they were hauling in the shipment,” Chip said just as Flash was about to leave.
“What is it?” I asked.
“I’ll tell you guys, but you have to give me your word, Bolt. Whatever you want to do to me, you can go right ahead and do it. Just leave Cassie out of this.” He held my gaze.
“Chip, no! You have to let us both go, Bolt!” Cassie shrieked. I didn’t look at her. Instead, I nodded at her brother.
Chip knew I didn’t make shady deals. I was a man of my word. If I promised him I’d keep his sister safe, that was exactly how it would go down.
“Four-Eight-Zero-Seven,” Chip said.
I looked at Flash who nodded and left the room.
“Chip, why? Why did you tell him the code now? You could have used it later? To get your own freedom!” Cassie was screaming at him.
“You need to stay out of this, sis,” Chip said.
“Why have you done this? Chip, why? I don’t understand. Why have you put your life in danger? Why did you get yourself involved in all this?” she asked.
Chip remained stoically silent.
“You need to give me a reason. I will never forgive you unless you tell me exactly what’s going on!” Cassie continued to hound him.
By now, I knew her enough to know she wasn’t the kind of person who would just let this go. Now that she had her brother, even if it was just for a few minutes, she was going to get some answers.
Flash returned to the room.
