Page 43 of Drax (Iron Thunder MC 3)
I couldn’t help but smile at that. I was so glad she’d come to talk to me.
“So, you’re not suspicious of me?” I asked.
“I can’t lie. I was suspicious of you. Everyone was. You were broken up with Drax for a year. You came here accusing us of starting the war. But it doesn’t mean you have to risk your neck to prove yourself to us. Drax trusts you and that is all the reassurance the Club needs. Because we all trust him.”
It was heartwarming to hear her speak this way. I clutched her hand and we smiled at each other.
“Thank you for this, Sophie.”
She shrugged.
“You should tell the rest of them, Sophie knows best. Sophie knows it all!”
“I definitely will.”
“Now get up and join me at the bar. The place is practically deserted.”
“Do you know when they’ll be back? Have you heard anything about the raid?” I asked and she shook her head.
“I have no idea what’s going on. The guys have been keeping their plan pretty hush-hush. We just need to go plough ourselves with drinks and try to keep the anxiety at bay,” she suggested, and I had to agree.
At least now I had company.* * *I tried Drax’s number again. There was no answer. Sophie poured me another drink and I took a big sip of it.
I’d been trying Drax’s phone for the past hour and none of us at the Clubhouse had heard anything from them. Sophie could tell I was getting anxious.
“We would have heard something if things went wrong. No news is good news, you’ve always gotta remember that,” she said.
“I don’t think I’ll ever get used to the feeling,” Cassie added, and Allegra shook her head. They were new to this too. Sophie was the only veteran.
“I never got used to it,” I replied, and the others sighed.
“Well, hon, I wouldn’t want to be in your place,” Sophie said. “If Drax walks in here victorious, it could only mean one thing…”
“That I can stop worrying about Drax and start worrying about Crash.”
The girls exchanged looks and I decided to speak up about it.
“I just want to clear the air with you guys. I am a hundred percent committed to Drax. To this MC. I wouldn’t blink an eye if I had to choose between Drax and Crash. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a part of me that’s concerned about my brother too. No matter how monstrous he’s turned out to be.”
Sophie was nodding her head.
“I get it. You’re human. My brother did something pretty terrible too. Though I haven’t forgiven him, I still want him to be well,” Cassie said. I remembered then what Drax had told me about her brother. He was the one who started this whole thing. Crash bribed him to sell Iron Thunder’s shipment to them.
Allegra turned to me with a soft smile too.
“You don’t have to keep explaining yourself to us, Mary-Beth. I know what it’s like to live with guilt, run away from your past, try to make a happy life through all that.”
I didn’t know much about Allegra’s history yet, but I had a feeling she got it.
“Thank you, guys. I feel a lot better now knowing I don’t have to prove myself to everyone here every step of the way.”
Cassie affectionately thumped my chest and I drank some more. I was feeling lighter now. More like myself. Now if only Drax texted me or called me back. I just wanted to know if he was doing fine and then everything would be okay.
I turned to look at the door, anxious and fretful. And that’s when we heard the sound of the bikes outside. They were roaring into the driveway. They were back. The men were back.
I turned to Sophie with my eyes wide and she jumped over the bar counter. Together we ran toward the door. I just needed to know if Drax was safe. What had happened to my brother? My heart was thudding wildly in my chest. I didn’t know why but I had a bad feeling about this.17DraxWe stormed into the Clubhouse together. This time, it wasn’t just the MC returning to Fifth Gear, but there were the strippers too. We had brought the women back with us.
Ghost had already called for doctors and they were supposed to be arriving soon.
While I was in the back office dealing with Crash and his situation, the rest of my MC were taking care of the raid. We’d won. We managed to drive the Silver Knights out of their own strip club. We’d managed to pull all the strippers out and send their customers packing.
The purpose of this raid was to prove to them and the rest of the community that we weren’t just sitting ducks, that we were ready for this war. We were going to do whatever it took to keep our power.
