Chapter 41 (Zero)


    “Nah, man I heard Bull snickered shot her four times.” Knight rys the story to Storm and I as we sit


    by the bar.


    Chadley, Whisp, Jade and Venus are all currently behind the bar serving the crowds drinks.


    The room all of a sudden erupts and my fucking heart almost caves in, fuck my luck.


    I down the rest of my brandy, and turn to the vision and reason of everyone here, and she is more


    fucking beautiful than when she left me.


    Her body is encased with ck leather pants, a thick belt that has three hunting knives in the grooves,


    and legs that go on for fucking ever are covered with a thick pair of riding boots that are an easy four


    grand.


    I take in her leather jacket, it''s a dark gray and the hood is material.


    My frownes when I get to her neck as she unzips her jacket, and it gets more prominent when she


    looks at the guy carrying who I guess is an unconscious Harley on his shoulder.


    My gaze is imprable matching my changing mood, that is tumbling south, fast when Beggar throws


    her head back andughs.


    Not only does it make my dick hard, but it has the room quietening as many of the men are looking at


    the ck haired beauty. That is exactly what she is, a fucking beauty.


    Her mouth moves and I wish I could be there beside her to hear that raspy voice of hers talk.


    She is the reason Harley is caught. She doesn''t know that Bull called the club after they took Harley


    down with the darts.


    Beggar went behind Killer''s orders the night before they went to Walmart, and handed him the darts,


    with clear instructions to take her the first chance he got. Which was what led him to the top of the


    Walmart and his first aim was that.


    If he didn''t she was going to blow up the entire Walmart.


    “Fuck bro, you got it bad, are you going to tell her?” Spade asks as he sips his beer.


    “Yeah, just let them get settled, they are bust.” I say not taking my eyes off of her. Fuck what was I


    thinking letting her go.


    “So this is it?” Knight ask as he pats my back, looking to Beauty and Killer who are standing by the


    lounge area talking to a shit load of guys from out of town.


    She is different, more animated.


    I finish off my drink and move closer to them, when Beggar looks at me she actually smiles and I take


    that as a good fucking sign.


    “Hey, I heard you guys were on a fuckin'' tailspin tryna get Harley''s ass caught.” I say to Killer who


    shakes his head.


    “She had us on a whirl wind.”


    “You were the only one who was getting pissy, bitching all of the time,” Beggar says and I don''t hide the


    smile that breaks my mouth wide open. She is giving me those eyes and when I don''t break it, she


    holds what I see is a fucking diamond cor around her neck and walks off.


    Killer rolls his eyes and gives me a sharp nod, like I fucking need his permission. I don''t. My feet pull


    me to her, already knowing where she is going as I pass all the brothers, giving them pats here and


    there on my way out.


    She is half way to the top of the hill, and this time I run to meet her there.


    “Beauty wait.” She stops and her leather covered arms wrap around her torso.


    “It''s Beggar, you had no problem calling me that thest time, what do you want Zero.”


    I take a few steps closer to her, she is four steps down the Hill and I close the gap and put my hands


    behind my back.


    There is no stars tonight to set the mood, no romantic ces or words to say to make it all perfect. It is


    just the sounds of bikes, people, and the thick smell of cigarettes, weed and the earth. None of it says


    the time is right, but I can say in all truth to this night that if everyone could catch a glimpse into my


    feelings for this woman who is standing next to me, then everyone would know that there is no perfect


    time than the first opportunity I got, which is now.


    “I want you, Amariya, Beggar, Beauty, whatever the fuck you want to call yourself. I just want you.”


    “No you don''t, you have Quinn, I''m your brother''s killer remember, besides who said I want you.”


    I grab her by the back of her jacket and engulf her from the back and put my bare arms over hers. She


    struggles and I hold her tighter. My lips nip at her ear until she tenses then I breathe my words to her.


    “Since I had you in my arms that night when I took those guns out of your hands it has been you,


    Beauty. Though I had another woman in my bed, you were the one with the keys to my soul.”


    “Please, just stop.” Her wordse as a plea as her knees get weak, still I hold her in my arms.


    “You once asked me those same words, and I told you I can''t dammit, before you left all over again you


    had a shit load to say. I have held back these weeks, even though every part of me wanted to get on


    my bike and hunt your ass down, but Beauty I fucked up, I imed Quinn. When you left that day it was


    me on the floor, falling all over again for you. Fuck do you know how many nights I sat on this very hill


    screaming for you, even knowing you were the one that did that to Thorn. You said if only you met me


    sooner, but life doesn''t always give us what we want, we have to take it, that bit of goodness.”


    “I have nothing to give you Zero besides misery, I have no goodness, please just let me go.”


    “I can''t let you go, I love you Amariya, and my heart isn''t made to love again.” Beauty stills in my arms,


    and I brush her neck with my scruff.


    “Love, my mother told me love made you do crazy things, just like money, she said many people would


    do just about anything for a buck. The day I met Thorn I found out the extent of that anything. The day I


    met you I learned the extent of love. I never knew you were his brother Zero.”


    “I know.”


    Chaos reins around us as bullets start going through the air and my brothers all start screaming, some


    duck down and others start pulling out their own.


    I throw Beauty down and my body covers hers as the mass of noise booms. It is fucking loud, and I


    need to get there.


    Shouts and screams can be heard not too far from us.


    “No, no, no, get off me.”


    Beauty starts pushing at my chest, screaming as a mass of destruction happens right by our front


    stoop, but I don''t budge straight away.


    I lock my hands on her waist, I know she is freaking out and I need her to focus. So I don''t hold back


    the pressure I apply on her hips to get her to quieten.


    “You good?” I ask her.


    “Yeah, yeah I''m good.”


    “You need to roll down this hill and sneak into the barn, there is a blue tool box. Use a hammer to


    smash the lock, there is guns in there, and an army type of phone, I want you to signal that phone,


    press the green button, grab the guns and get your ass inside the house and get the women out, you


    with me? I am going to go down there and help the guys.”


    I peep just over the hill and cringe as I see a big truck hammering at the clubhouse gate. I can spot a


    few cop cars but either than that the brothers and After are firing back.


    “Go now.” I tell Beauty and she does.


    I wait until I see her reach the barn then I roll the opposite way down, straight into the small war zone.


    Our bikes are fucked as AK47 and Sniper rifflespete for violence.


    A bullet misses me by centimeters and I rush to the side of the farm house.


    Knight spots me and rushes over to me, shooting at the truck that is still trying to breach our defense.


    “Mercy got hit bad, if we don''t get her to a hospital soon she isn''t gonna make it, we got seven down,


    not sure how many injured.” Knight shouts as we both squat down to the side of the building.


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    He slips a gun from behind his back and then he is off, running to the front.


    I make sure the safety is off and join him.


    I spot Killer and After closing in on the gate and I start shooting at the men who have jumped over the


    gate.


    A man rushes toward Spade and another brother and I clip him in the back of his head. The sheriffs are


    shooting from that side and we are shooting from this.


    Time is all we got and I aim to kill, not stopping to take in the damage all around us.


    Killer manages to get close enough to the truck that has fucked our gate and starts shooting.


    He must get the driver ''cause the truck goes off and some of the men start running but I and some of


    the others just take them down like rats.


    No longer than it takes thest enemy to hit the ground do I take to rush into the house. Beauty and


    Venus are holding a bloodied cloth on Mercy''s torso, while the other women around us help all the


    other injured.


    “Let''s move, we need to get her to the hospital.” Venus screams and I rush to them and lift Mercy up as


    she screams.


    “Keep pressure on that wound, don''t let up you hear.” Venus tells Beauty as she pulls her hand free.


    True to word Beauty doesn''t let her hand up and the two of us begin to move together with Mercy in my


    arms and through the front door.


    A vanes right there by thest porch step and the door swings open as I see Killer and Spade


    already inside. I go in with Beauty first, and still her hand presses in Mercy''s stomach.


    By the time we get to the hospital, the staff are waiting by the door and kick into action as we stop in


    the middle of it all.


    The doctors push Beauty aside as they pull Mercy from my arms. Beauty stands there watching them


    rush with Mercy, and I grab at her bloody hand. That seems to get her out of what stupor she is and


    she surprises me as she hugs me.


    I wrap my arms around my woman, and even though we were just gunned down, and we lost so many


    of our people, I feel fuckingplete. It is a selfish feeling considering, but I can''t help it. She is in my


    arms, right there, holding me. HOW THE FUCK CAN I NOT FEEL COMPLETE.