Page 56 of Brooks (Dirty Misfits MC 1)
“The broken window,” I mouthed as I pointed to his grenade.
He gave me a thumbs up before I heard a door crash open. In came the heavy footfalls before Sid ranted and cursed up a storm. I grinned at the idea that I’d actually catch this son of a bitch off guard. And while I didn’t feel totally confident that Raven would come out unscathed, I knew she’d come out alive.
It’ll have to do.
I kept mouthing to my men until we had a plan in play: they’d wait for my grenade to be tossed in, and then they’d scurry to their positions. Once Cole heard men charging down the back hallway toward the door, he was to open it up and toss his grenade in before slamming the door closed. And Tanner? Well, he was to wait until Cole’s grenade went off before tossing his through the window.
And I hoped to heaven on high Raven was protected from these blasts.
“One, two, three, go,” I whispered.
I unpinned my grenade and tossed it into the broken window before making a run for Cole. Already, I heard men cursing and yelling to get it out before the grenade went off. The massive explosion rang my ears as Cole and I wrapped around the front of the warehouse. And as Tanner made his way to the back, Cole ripped the door open.
Before I pulled the pin on his grenade.
We both shoved the door closed until it went off, then we drew our weapons and opened it once more. The screaming of men pierced through the ring and the hazy fog of smoke as we stepped around their bleeding bodies. Legs and limbs had gone flying. A couple of men laid there with their eyes wide open as their arms catapulted themselves down the hallway. And pretty soon, there was a third explosion.
Which took Cole and I to the ground.
“Raven!” I roared.
The ringing in my ears was so loud and so dense that I had to close my eyes. I had to rely on the vibrations of the air around me in order to know whether or not something was heading my way. I felt a rumbling beneath my feet and focused my eyes down the hallway. I lifted my gun toward the shadow barreling forth until I saw a pair of hands go up.
“It’s me! Brooks! It’s Tanner!”
I felt a hand on my shoulder and it ripped me from my startled trance. The ringing faded to almost nothing and the smell of ripping skin filled my nostrils. With Cole behind me and Tanner in front of me, we cased every room. We threw open doors and checked all of the dark, dank closets in this fucking warehouse while sirens sounded in the distance.
“You stupid bitch,” I heard Sid sputter.
I dipped into the kitchen and saw the pathetic pile of shit mangled while lying on the floor. His leg had been blown off and shrapnel distorted his face. Yet somehow, he was still alive.
“You rang?” I asked, pointing the gun at his head.
He smiled through the blood in his mouth. “You don’t have the guts.”
And without another word, I popped two right between his miserable eyes.
“I found her!” Tanner exclaimed.
Cole pulled me out of the kitchen, and we went crashing down the hallway. I followed the sound of Tanner’s panicked voice before I swore I could have heard Sid’s again. But that wasn’t possible. I had just killed him.
However, when I turned the corner and found Raven focused on her wrist watch, I realized that the sound I heard came from that thing against her skin.
And the more I listened, the more infuriated I became.
“Holy shit,” Tanner breathed.
Cole dipped down to look at Raven’s face. “She needs a doctor.”
That statement ripped me from my trance. “Come here. I gotcha. You’re safe now.”
But she stood with all of the strength and determination her body had to offer. So, I showed her respect by not grilling her on who the hell cut her and gave her those bruises.
“I have it all right here,” she said breathlessly.
She replayed the snippet of the conversation I had apparently missed and I felt sick to my stomach with frustration.
“I have proof that Chops set up you to land in jail. He set all of you up to land in jail. And this entire club? They’re happy Gage and Hyde are dead,” Raven whispered.
I cupped her cheeks. “You did so good, beautiful.”
I kissed her passionately before I scooped her into my arms. “You did so fucking good.”
Cole tapped my shoulder. “Hate to break it to you, but the cops are coming.”
Tanner slipped out of the room. “I’ll get to the bikes.”
Cole followed quickly behind. “I’ll pick up the shell casings.”
Raven looked up at me. “I mean he didn’t say Chops’ name, but it’s him, right? Chops is the one behind all of this?”
