Page 45 of Flash (Iron Thunder MC 2)
I didn’t know whether to believe what I’d heard but what other choice did I have? I had no other leads on where Allegra could possibly be, so I had to go check this place out.I arrived at the edge of the park and got off my bike, turning off the headlights. If Allegra and the Silver Knights were here, I needed to be as discreet as possible.
Twigs and leaves crunched under the sole of my shoes as I crept along the dark forest. I wasn’t sure of the exact spot the caller was talking about but I knew it was somewhere around here.
Then I saw an orange glow emanating from deep in the forest and hurried my steps. Raised voices. The voice of a woman. Allegra. I could hear her distinctly before I saw her. I didn’t know what she was saying but there was panic in her voice. She was trying to plead.
I stopped in my tracks. Before I proceeded any further, I needed to call the MC. I needed backup.
If there were more than two Silver Knights, I wouldn’t be able to rescue Allegra alone.
“Ya?” Bolt answered the call quickly.
“Mossy Woods. Get here. Get backup. Now,” I hissed in a hoarse whisper.
“Flash?”
“You heard me, right? Get here now. The Silver fuckin’ Knights have her.”
“Have who?”
“Allegra. They’re going to hurt her. We need to get her out of here.”
“On it,” Bolt said and ended the call quickly. I knew I could rely on him. I knew I could rely on my whole MC. No questions asked.
Up ahead in the distance, I could still hear Allegra’s panicked voice. The closer I got to it, the more scared she sounded. Why did I leave her alone today? This was my fault. I was the one who let this happen.
Then I saw the bikes. Six of them. They belonged to the Silver Knights; I could easily tell by the logos stuck all over them. I snuck up to the bikes and now was close enough to see the gathering.
They were standing in a clearing, two men with their hands on Allegra, while there was one holding a brand high.
So, they were going to brand her just like they’d branded Shards. They were going to hurt her and I couldn’t let that happen.
I could see I was outnumbered but something had to be done. I couldn’t just stand by, waiting for backup while Allegra was branded and in pain.
So I took out my gun.
I did the only possible thing I could do. Any moment now, that motherfucker was going to bring the brand down on her skin, and mark her body—and she was going to cry out in pain.
So I shot one of the tires of the parked bikes. It rang like a loud chiming bell all around the woods, and I knew that caught their attention.
So I fired at another one.
That was enough to distract them from hurting Allegra.I got a few more bikes, though my aim was to get all six, before the Knights came running out of the clearing to check out who was shooting in the dark.
They saw me now. Behind them, in the clearing, one of the guys still had a grip on Allegra. She saw me and I winked at her. I needed her to trust me, and was going to keep her safe.
They charged toward me and I shot at them. I got one of them in the leg before I dove behind a tree to dodge the bullets firing in the air around me.
“Get the fuck out here!” one of the men growled with rage. “How the fuck did you find us?”
They were coming at me, guns blazing—and the only saving grace was the fact that it was dark. I was trying to be as silent as possible while I ran from one tree’s cover to the next. I shot at them every chance I got but I was running a one man show over here. I wasn’t going to get very far.
But I didn’t need to wait long.
Behind me I could hear the sound of more bikes coming to a halt. It had to be the rest of the Iron Thunder. Bolt did good.
He brought backup and enough to outnumber the Silver Knights. Guns were fired all around me while my brothers pushed the Silver Knights back into a tight circle in the clearing again.
The man holding Allegra had already thrown her to the ground, trying to save himself from the onslaught of bullets. She was still on the ground, hugging it and trying to stay down so she didn’t get shot too.
The rest of my MC had the Silver Knights surrounded.
Now that I walked into the clearing, holding my gun pointed out at the assholes, I could feel a searing pain on my left arm. A bullet had grazed my skin and I was bleeding through my shirt, through my jacket. But it didn’t matter.
