she’d had no part in what happened to Phoebe, but I could tell the bitch was lying. She’d known. Might not have planned it, but the preacher here hadn’t kept her in the dark.
“Titan wants this one to pay,” I said, pointing at the preacher. “Can you handle the bitch?”
“You got it. Any requests?” Dragon asked.
“Don’t care as long as she’s not breathing.”
Dragon grabbed the now hysterical woman, gripped her head in both hands, and snapped her neck. She slumped to the floor, her lifeless eyes staring at the wall. The preacher pissed himself again and bawled like a fucking baby. Not even over his wife. No, the bastard only thought about himself.
“I’ll give you anything you want. Don’t kill me. You can have all the money in our accounts. My daughter! You can have Meredith.”
“Didn’t learn the first time, I see. Don’t worry. Meredith is safe and will soon be far from you.” I used a length of rope to tie his hands behind his back, knocked him flat and tied his ankles too. “How’s your tolerance for pain, preacher? Because you’re in for a world of it. Better start talking. Why did you try to get Phoebe back?”
He babbled and cried as I cut his shirt from his body.
“I just wanted…” He gaze darted around the room.
“What? More money?”
He nodded. “One club paid for her. I thought maybe another one would too.”
Sick fucking bastard! I used the material to gag him, shoving a wad into his mouth, then tying a strip around his head to hold it in place I slid my blade along his tender skin. Shallow cuts along his back. I didn’t stop until every inch was covered in blood. Slicing his pants off, I carved Traitor down the length of one leg. I nicked a vein and the blood started to pool under him, which meant I was running out of time.
Rolling him over, I removed the gag from his mouth. “There’s one thing you’re going to do before you die. If you don’t, I’ll make you suffer more.”
“Anything.”
I saw his phone on the bedside table and brought it over. Damn fool didn’t even have it locked. I pulled up the number for the church and showed it to him.
“Anyone there right now?” He frantically shook his head. “Then you’re going to leave a voicemail and admit to what you’ve done. You’ll tell them you sold Phoebe to men who raped and abused her. Tell them where the money for the roof came from. And only then will I think of ending your pathetic life.”
“I’ll do it,” he said.
I pressed the button to call and put it on speaker. The church voicemail picked up and when it beeped, he started rambling about what he’d done. When I was satisfied, I ended the call and tossed the phone aside.
I heard Dragon murmuring on his phone, and the words clean up. While he made sure we wouldn’t get caught or leave any evidence behind, I made good on my promise to Titan. I carved up the preacher like he was a damn Christmas goose, and watched as he bled out. When I was finished, Dragon clapped his hand on my shoulder.
“Come on. There’s a crew coming by to make sure there’s no trace we were here. They’ll handle the bodies too. Make it look like the preacher and his wife skipped town.”
I eyed the blood covering the floor. “Don’t think you can hide that so easily.”
“They’ll do whatever is necessary. Even burn this bitch to the ground.” Dragon looked me over. “Better wash some of that off before you hit the road. Thankfully, you’re wearing dark colors, but you still might want to clean up and change.”
I nodded and followed him from the house. Outside, Iron was waiting, but I noticed Grizzly was already gone. I was glad. They needed to be far the fuck away from this place. I hoped like hell the girl could handle what she’d learn about those parents of hers, assuming they even were her parents. If they hadn’t given birth to Phoebe, there was a good chance the sister wasn’t related either.
I texted Titan one word. Done.
He sent another selfie of him and Phoebe cuddled on my couch. My woman looked pale but happy. Maybe finding out she hadn’t been related to these fucks had lifted some of the weight from her shoulders.
I had a feeling Thanksgiving and Christmas at the club were about to get interesting. Not only would this