Taking a breath, he closes his eyes for a brief moment. “I should have paid more attention to how your stepmother treated you. For this I will regret because in the end I’d given her what she’d wanted and not you. If I had, you’d never have been kidnapped.”
“Does she know you all are here?” I ask.
“No,” Granger sneers. “She left a few months ago.”
“What?” I rasp.
“Uh, I hate to interrupt . . .” Nerd mutters from where he’s standing at the end of the table.
“What’s up, brother?” Stoney asks.
“Well, if the woman you’re speaking of is Mareena Devore, she’s checked into a hotel in the town over and she was also the one responsible for putting the order out for Luna’s kidnapping. You should also know she is Delano Delancy’s sister.”
“Fuck,” Shadow mutters from next to me and I’m immediately lifted out of my seat. “Be back.” I hear him but everything becomes a haze as everything around me becomes distant. I feel myself slipping back to that place as I start to count.
One. Two. Three. Four . . .
Chapter Ten
Shadow
I fucked up. Big time. I should have fuckin’ pulled Nerd to the side to hear what he had to say first. I didn’t expect him to find shit was this bad.
I regretted that move the instant Nerd relayed this information. I felt it before I saw it in her eyes and immediately lifted her out of her seat and carried her to my room.
Without putting Luna down, I reached in my pocket, pulled out my key and unlocked the door. Throwing the door open, I push through and use my foot to kick the damn thing shut behind me.
Placing Luna on her feet. I stand directly in front of her. “Look at me, Kitten,” I command.
Her eyes lift to mine but they’re blank, just as they’d been for almost two years.
“Luna, I won’t tell you again. Look at me.”
“I am,” she murmurs.
“You are not. You’re stuck in your head and right now you need to focus on me,” I snap, forcefully.
Luna shakes her head and her body starts to tremble. “Good girl, come back to me. Remember I told you nothing touches you. Never again. Cruella fuckin’ de Vil will not get her hands on you again. She will never get close to you. I won’t let her.”
“She’s the one who’s been watching me.” Luna surprises me by this announcement.
“Come again?”
“I’ve felt someone watching me. When you’re not around that is. I don’t know how to explain it. I guess it feels as if my stomach were being twisted into a thousand knots.”
“That’s your gut speaking to you, Kitten. Why didn’t you tell me this before now?”
“I didn’t think it was that big of a deal and I didn’t want you to think I was crazy. It’s bad enough you put up with my other quirks, I don’t need you to think I’m insane.” Tears well in her eyes and I know she can’t handle much more.
Nodding, I pull her against my chest. “Alright, Luna. This is what we’re going to do. We’re staying here tonight. I’m going to go out to the main room. I’m sure the food is here by now. I’ll send Rachel and Victoria in here. You all eat, talk, do whatever. I’ll be back in a bit. Gotta get some shit straight with everyone else out there. When I get back you best be prepared for me. Got it?”
Rather than answer she nods her head.
“Want the words, Kitten,” I mutter.
“Yes, Sir,” she whispers, breathlessly.
“Good girl.” Leaning down, I reward her with a gentle caress of my lips against hers causing her to sigh. “Love you, Luna,” my mouth brushes hers with each word.
“Love you too, David. I’m sorry, I’m a freak.” A tear slides down her cheek and I reach out to swipe it away.
“Talk about yourself like that again, Kitten, and I will make sure when I get back in here the spanks you were going to get for this morning are double to the amount. You won’t be able to sit for the remainder of the weekend,” I growl, squeezing her to me.
“Yes, Sir,” she says, her eyes shimmer with need.
Fuck, I need to get this over with and get back in here.
Releasing my hold on her, I step back and grin. “Be good, Kitten.”
Turning on my heel I head out of the room making sure to close the door behind me.
I’m bombarded by questions the moment I return to the main room where everyone was waiting for us.
“Where’s Luna?”
“Is she okay?”
“Does she need anything?”
“Why didn’t you bring her back in here with you?”
Holding my hands up to halt further questions, I scan through the group of people. Landing on Rachel and Victoria, I ask them if they’ll go hang out with Luna.
At their nods they dash off in the direction carrying a bag of food. I’d been right. The prospect Rachel sent to get the food for everyone, had brought the food back.
Everyone stays silent as those two leave the room, my gaze darts over to Momma B, Tinsley, and Raven. “Could you give us a few minutes to discuss things?” I ask.
Momma B and Tinsley nod immediately, though I’m sure they both wanted to stay. Raven on the other hand crossed her arms over her chest in refusal.
“Raven,” Blaze mutters her name in warning.
“I know. I know. I know. No women for this part. I get it but I want to say something first,” she snaps, unfolding her arms. Resting one hand on her stomach the other she brushes through her hair. “With this knowledge of Luna being a member of the family, you should know and this is something that I’m finding somewhat alarming, Mareena is in the next town over. She’s also Delano’s cousin. Delano is a fuckin’ dick, Vicky doesn’t know about his involvement with her parents’ death. Only reason I do is because I spent more time around the clubhouse. My concern; however, isn’t for that tidbit. It’s for the reasons she could be here. See those crazy bitches you spoke of, they’re in the same place I sent Dixie.”
“Fuck,” Blaze mutters.
“You think she knows this?” Tracker asks, clenching his teeth.
“I don’t know. That would be a question for Ryder. He’s the one who put them there,” Raven mutters.
“This is bullshit. Mareena is a selfish fuckin’ bitch who is nothing but a gold-digging whore,” Gentry sneers.
“She’s not my fuckin’ mother that’s for sure,” Granger snaps.
“Dad, don’t think we won’t kill her. She may have pushed us at each other but she’s heartless. I’m surprised at just how much she was able to fool us all up until recently,” Grant states.
“Don’t worry, son, I’ll pull the trigger myself,” Devore snarls.
“You won’t get the chance to,” Gabriel seethes.
“Exactly,” Granger grunts.
“Enough,” Stoney roars, gaining everyone’s attention on him. “Doesn’t matter who pulls the trigger or not. My suggestion is, we do our recon, find out exactly what this cunt is after, and go from there.”