Patriot (Savaged Souls MC #4) - K.J. Dahlen Page 0,34

depressed the plunger.

With tears in his eyes, the medicine took over and her struggles lessened. She looked at him with tears washing her eyes. “I trusted you and you betrayed me,” she whispered before her eyes closed and her struggles ended.

Patriot felt his heart breaking.

Annie came to an abrupt halt just at the doorway and she watched with horror in her eyes as she caught her sister’s words. “What the hell are you doing to her?”

Gunner and Cobra eased Becky onto the bed and turned to Annie who was now joined by Harry and half the MC.

“We had to sedate her,” Gunner explained almost breathless. “When we told her about what Silvers was going to do with her blood she went crazy.”

Annie and Harry walked into the room and looked down at her. “Will she be all right?”

“If I have anything to say about it she will be,” vowed Patriot. Shaking his head he told them, “She told me the first few weeks Blacky had her he would come into her cell and ask her about her father, her real father. She thinks he knew Silvers was her real father all along.”

“But how could he?” Annie wanted to know.

Patriot sighed heavily. “I don’t know, but she went crazy when we told her she shared Levi’s rare blood type and that he would use her for her blood. Blacky would tell her that her blood was worth a lot of money. She didn’t know how but she now thinks we’re going to drain her blood for some nefarious reason.” He nodded his head at her. “I had to sedate her.”

Annie moved closer to her sister and began brushing her hair away from her face. She knelt beside the bed and took her sister’s hand whispering, “Oh baby girl, what the hell did he do to you?”

Patriot handed Annie a cool cloth. “I’m not sure we’ll even know the answer to that question. She’s convinced she’s broken beyond repair.”

Annie snapped her head up to glare at him. “She may be a lot of things but she is not broken.”

Patriot smiled sadly. “I know that and deep down, I think she does too. But it’s when thoughts of Blacky creep into her mind and she remembers everything she went through that she believes she is. She doesn’t see how strong she was fighting back, most women would have given into the pain long before she did. He tried to break her but he never could and all she can remember is the pain he put her through. But she’s safe here.” He looked down at the woman on the bed. “But you’re right she isn’t broken, she’s the strongest woman I know.”

“Please understand her then?” Annie begged. “She’s going to have flashbacks, she’s going to cry and carry on sometimes, and she’s going to live with this insane fear for a long time. All you can do is be patient with her and be there for her.”

”I’m not going anywhere,” Patriot assured her. “And she isn’t either.”

Annie looked over at her sister and whispered, “Will she ever forget what he did to her?”

“Probably not anytime soon,” he told her sadly. “Especially, since there’s someone after her.”

“More than one someone remember?” Annie reminded him. “One wants to take her back to her real father and the other just wants her dead.”

“As I said, she isn’t going anywhere if she doesn’t want to.” Patriot growled.

Gunner and Cobra and half the men standing close by voiced their agreement to stand with Patriot.

Annie watched as the men lined up in the doorway in order to show trust and honor of brotherhood for their man. She knew then they would protect her sister, forming an impenetrable wall between her and anyone out there, willing to bring her harm. She looked at her sister and was grateful that she had gained these allies in her life. She knew these men wouldn’t allow her to be ripped away from them.

In upstate New York, three men were holding a meeting in a rather unconventional area. The walls were lined with computer monitors and maps. The maps were full of colored pins and labels while the large table they were sitting at had more maps and files on it.

“What do you have here, James?” Bastian asked.

“There has been a lot of activity near Jasper, Texas.”

“And what’s in Jasper, Texas?” the oldest member in the room asked.

“An MC called Savaged Souls. They run a bounty hunting business primarily but my scouts tell me