Page 54 of Brooks (Dirty Misfits MC 1)
I shook my head. “No time to waste. I need to fill you guys in on what’s going on.”
Cole nodded. “Yeah, that would be great.”
Tanner snickered. “Everything about this smells like a setup.”
I nodded. “Because it is.”
Cole slapped Tanner’s chest. “You owe me twenty.”
Tanner rolled his eyes. “Whatever, dude.”
I snapped my fingers and pointed to my eyes. “Focus. We don’t have much time. We only beat Sid here by about ten minutes.”
Cole blinked. “Who the hell is Sid?”
I spoke as quickly as I could and gave them the bullet point. I told them that Porter and myself were convinced that Chops was working with the Black Flags to take the club down. I told them they had captured Raven and they were holding her somewhere. Probably here, at this wharf. I told them who Sid was and the fact that he’d had his hands on Raven, and that was enough for anger to flash behind both of their eyes.
But when I told them that I had a feeling that Raven was being watched by them, Tanner almost exploded.
“Please tell me we can kill them on sight,” he glowered.
I shrugged. “Far as I’m concerned, you can do whatever the fuck you want, so long as Raven isn’t harmed.”
Cole scooted closer. “I got three guns on me right now. Tanner’s got four. You need anything?”
I nodded. “Another gun, ammo for a small pistol, and help.”
We started exchanging everything and Cole even slipped me a grenade. It felt like victory in my hands and I slipped it into my pocket just in case I needed an “oh shit” button to press. I knew I was putting these men directly in the line of fire. Risking their lives for a woman that wasn’t theirs to have. But watching their loyalty as we divvied everything out and seeing them trust me without a shred of evidence other than my own damn word gave me hope.
It gave me hope that this club would survive Chops.
“All right, do you have any idea where she is around here?” Tanner asked.
A bike engine revved way off in the distance and my back tingled with anticipation.
“My only assumption is that—hold on.”
My phone vibrated against my thigh and pulled it out. I figured it was a text from Chops, trying to deter me. Or distract me. Or possibly Porter, updating me on his status while him and Archer cleaned up Raven’s place. However, that wasn’t the number that flashed up on my screen.
And I couldn’t get the damn message open quickly enough.
“Who is it?” Tanner hissed.
Cole peeked over my shoulder. “Oh, shit. Come here.”
He pulled Tanner over my other shoulder as my eyes darted across the text Raven somehow got out to me. From her own fucking number.
Raven: I smell water. They have me tied up. I hear waves, too. The wall is cold, possibly metal? That’s where I am.
My jaw clenched. “She’s here.”
Cole pointed. “You got your Bluetooth on?”
I peeked over at him. “Yeah. Why?”
Tanner chuckled. “You know how to use that to find someone?”
I blinked. “Huh?”
Cole took my phone out of my hands. “Give me ten seconds. This number, is it Raven’s?”
I nodded slowly. “Yeah, but I don't know how you’ll—”
Cole exclaimed “yes” triumphantly before peeking above the dumpster. “She’s in that warehouse right there. The one with the busted window facing the ocean.”
Tanner peeked his head up as well. “That might be why she can hear the waves.”
I ripped my phone out of his hands. “Give me that. What the—”
I stared at my phone screen that had a small white map in the shape of the wharf. I saw a dot blinking right on the map where Cole and Tanner were looking, and I poked around for a bit on the screen to figure out what the hell he had done. Then, I saw it. Cole had opened up a “Find Friends” feature and entered Raven’s number into the search bar as the number to locate.
And damn it, she was right there. Less than sixty feet away.
“Holy shit, thank you,” I whispered.
Cole ducked back down. “Anytime.”
Tanner fell to the ground as well. “Being old is rough, huh?”
I glared at him. “Call me ‘old’ one more time.”
Tanner rolled his eyes. “So sensitive.”
Cole elbowed him. “You would be, too, if your girl was in there.”
I paused. “You got a girl?”
Tanner snickered. “Not anymore. She dumped me a couple of weeks back.”
Cole furrowed his brow. “Wait, why? I thought you two were good?”
Tanner shrugged. “Eh, we were drifting apart.”
I blinked. “You were only together for a little bit.”
Tanner nodded. “Yeah, and we drifted apart!”
Cole grinned. “You fucked another girl, didn’t you?”
Tanner scoffed. “I was drunk, it doesn’t count.”
I swallowed down my chuckle. “All right, let’s focus. So, we know where Raven is, and they don’t know we know that. That’s a good sign.”
