Page 10 of Drax (Iron Thunder MC 3)
He shook his head slowly. “You still don’t believe me.”
“I don’t know what to believe, okay? I need some time to think about all this.”
“What the fuck is there to think about, MB? You saw the guy with your own eyes. Why would anyone other than Crash order an attack like that on one of our guys?”
I gulped. My brain was whizzing. I was trying to come up with excuses. I wanted to defend my brother, but I was running out of excuses for him.
“I don’t know the whole picture. I haven’t heard Crash’s side of the story.”
“So, you’re suggesting that I branded one of his guys? And he did this in retaliation?” Drax raged. His eyes were bloodshot and wild.
“I haven’t suggested anything. I just said I need to get the full picture.”
He stepped up to me. Grabbed my arm. I could feel his strong fingers digging into my flesh and I tried to pull my arm away from him.
“Tell me the truth, MB. Do you really truly believe I would order a branding like that on somebody for no reason? Do you think I would do something like that?” He searched my eyes as he spoke. I gulped.
The simple answer was no, I didn’t believe Drax was capable of that. But it’s not like I actually knew him anymore. One year could make a huge difference in a person’s life. Maybe he was a completely different man now?
He narrowed his eyes. It was like he could read my mind. I felt like he knew exactly what I was thinking. He let go of my arm with a jerk.
“Then maybe you should talk to Flash. Ask him what your brother was about to do to his girl.”
Flash had a girl? That was just as surprising as what Drax was insinuating about my brother. My brows furrowed and Drax clenched his jaws.
“They were about to brand her too. Just to send a message to us. If Flash hadn’t got there in time, she would be branded and seriously injured and who knows what else.”
I didn’t want to believe any of this. This was crazy.
“In fact, if you want to go around talking to the guys, you should speak to Bolt too. The Silver Knights flipped Bolt’s girl’s brother, Chip. He used to be one of our prospects. They lured him in, bribed him, threatened him and got him to sell one of our shipments to them. Then your brother got pissed off when we took it back.”
My nostrils flared. I was standing there listening to everything Drax had to say about my brother, soaking in all the information. None of it seemed right. Crash wouldn’t do any of that. Sure, he always kept me out of his ‘work life’, but he wasn’t that kinda guy, was he? He couldn’t be the villain in this story.
“You still don’t believe me, do you?” Drax continued.
I rubbed my temples with my fingers. Running them around in circles on the sides of my head. I could feel a headache coming on.
“I need to speak to Crash, I guess.”
“You think he’s just going to tell you the truth? You think he’s going to fess up his lies?” Drax growled.
“I think he will.”
“I think he won’t. But what you should do is ask him if we branded any of his guys. If we did anything to his Club members without provocation. If he says we did, then he’s making up shit.”
“I have to at least give him a chance to explain himself.”
Drax rubbed a hand over his face.
“Why did you come here if you weren’t willing to listen to my side of the story? Why are you here if you don’t care about what I have to say? You said you wanted proof, right? Of what your brother has done. Well, I’ve shown you the proof. You’ve seen what he did to that guy.”
All I could do was remain silent and watch him speak. Maybe he knew my trust in my brother was on shaky grounds now. Maybe he could see my loyalty was wavering.
“In fact, if you get on my bike right now, I can take you somewhere else I have evidence.”
I glared at him. Did he seriously expect me to get on a bike with him after all this?
“MB you know I can throw you over my shoulder and put you on that bike if I have to. It’s your choice.”
I tried to hide the way my hands were shaking right now. How nervous I was about everything. Especially riding on a bike with him. Just the two of us. That would be too close to experiencing what it was like when we were together. I didn’t know if I could even do it.
“Okay, let’s go,” I squeaked after giving it a moment’s thought.
The truth was, I couldn’t wait to be sitting behind Drax on his roaring bike. I’d spent the past year fantasizing about it.
