OWNED & UNTAMED (Back Down Devil MC #11) - London Casey Page 0,84
man had shot Leto in the shoulder, sending him flying back into the wall. Trev turned and went after Leto, stripping him of his gun.
At that exact same moment, Duke took advantage of Carlo, who had turned his head to see the newcomer.
Duke clotheslined Carlo up on the desk and grabbed his arm, slamming it down on the desk, forcing Carlo to drop his gun. Duke then took hold of Carlo and lifted him up like he was a bag of potatoes and threw him across the office, against the wall.
Carlo hit with a thud and looked as surprised as me.
In a matter of a few seconds, the tables were officially turned.
Duke and Trev were holding weapons. Carlo and Leto were the ones being held hostage. Leto was curled up in the corner of the office, holding his shoulder, crying.
“You,” Jim said. “I know you.”
“Yes, you know,” the man who shot Leto said.
“This is Ivan,” Duke said as he dropped down to one knee next to me. “Our Russian friend.”
I looked at Duke and then dove off the chair into his arms.
He’d done it. He’d saved me.
Duke squeezed me tight. “Fuck, sweetie, I’m so sorry that happened. I should have never…”
“Duke,” Trev said. “We have to bolt out of here sooner than later.”
“Right,” Duke said. He stood up and nodded down at me. “Go to the door, Belle.”
“This is all you need to see,” Trev said to Ivan. “These are the ones.”
“Right,” Ivan said. “A pain in my ass. Stealing money. Fucking everything up.”
I slowly walked toward the door. There was a lingering sense of death in the air and I didn’t like it at all. When I got too close to Trev, he swung his right hand and gently nudged me right against the door. I twisted the lock to unlock the door and I waited.
“So this is all settled,” Duke said.
“Fuck you!” Carlo said. “You’re not getting away with this shit. You fucks are going to pay.”
“Actually,” Duke said, “I think he’s right about that.”
“Very true,” Trev said.
Duke grabbed the bag of money off the floor. “This, Ivan, is the winnings from the fight. This is your owed money. When the land deal fails completely, the MC will then take up the fifty grand with the Hell Five personally. Does that sound fair?”
“Yes,” Ivan said. “Very fair to me.”
“Now, Belle and Jim are free to go,” Duke said.
“Not my hostages,” Ivan said.
That’s when Jim broke away from the wall and ran toward me. Trev took a second and cut the rope from Jim. My brother hugged me as we were both shaking.
“Holy fuck, Belle,” Jim said. “I’m so sorry…”
“It’s okay,” I said. “It’s going to be okay.”
Jim stood next to me as the meeting with Back Down Devil MC, the Hell Five, and the Russian man continued.
Duke put the bag on the table. “This is yours, Ivan. You can do what you want with these guys.”
“No, no,” Ivan said. “This is not my problem. This is yours. Your club’s problem.”
“I’m going to get you for this,” Carlo said. “I’m going find that fine pussy of hers and rip it apart.” Carlo looked at me. “I will get you. I have contacts. I have ways…”
“Shut up!” Duke yelled.
“That’s right,” Carlo said. “Be afraid.”
I had to admit. The guy was scaring the hell out of me. He was goading Duke into doing something.
“You touch me and you die,” Carlo said.
“Duke, let’s ride,” Trev said.
“Wait a sec, Prez,” Duke said. He then looked at Ivan. “You still want that blood money, Ivan?”
“Yes,” Ivan said.
“Good,” Duke said.
He grabbed the bag of money and held it up. A second later he threw the bag right at Carlo. Carlo’s natural instinct was to catch the bag. As he put his hands out to do so, Duke lifted his gun and shot.
I let out a scream and watched Carlo bounce against the wall and fall over to the floor. He was dead. There was money on the floor. Some of it had blood on it. I guess that was considered to be blood money.
“Now we’re done here,” Duke said.
He wiped the gun down and tossed it to the floor. He set his attention to me and scooped me up. It maybe wasn’t the right time or place to kiss but we both couldn’t wait any longer. It was such an intense moment between us. How close we had come to actually losing each other for good.