Mykel (King's Descendants MC #3) - Bella Jewel Page 0,62

can distract him just long enough for the cops to arrive, I might very well be able to fix this.

“No,” I say, my voice strong, unwavering. “If I’m going down, you are too.”

He laughs. “I will shoot you, Waverly.”

“Do it then.”

I’m testing everything right now—praying that I’ve been right, praying that he’s actually felt something for me.

He holds the gun to my forehead and presses the cold end against my skin. “Get out.”

My lips tremble, but I hold his eyes. “No.”

“I’ll fuckin’ kill you, Waverly,” he roars.

“Then do it!” I scream. “Shoot me, Dax. I’m not getting out.”

He stares at me, and I see a flash, just a flash, of uncertainty in his eyes. He pants and his hand shakes just a little. If I could guess right now, I’d say everything inside of him is telling him to shoot me, but his heart is stopping him.

“Do it,” I whisper into the darkness. “Kill me.”

With an angry growl, he lowers the gun. He lowers it and he shoves me so hard I fall backwards out of the car. I haven’t worn a seatbelt since we got back in, and I’m starting to regret that decision as I hit the dirt on the ground with a thud that knocks the wind out of me. I lie there, dazed and confused. The car moves. Dax reverses it so hard I have to roll quickly to ensure I’m not run over.

Then, just like that, he’s gone.

He could have killed me then. He could have taken my life and any information I had about him, and been done with it. It wouldn’t have mattered.

But he didn’t.

He didn’t shoot me.

I was right. All along, I was right.

Dax cared about me.

I push to my knees as the sirens get closer, and it’s so dark I can’t see if anyone is still at the house. Dax didn’t drive all the way in—just enough that he knows I won’t be able to get back out before coming up against the cops. I lift to my feet, and the burn of broken flesh on my knees and my hands makes me wince in pain, even my back aches, but I don’t care.

I stand and I run.

I run with all my might towards the house.

I get there just as Alarick, Mykel, Cohen and Bohdi are getting into the truck. They see me and they all stop, their faces scrunching slightly in horror.

“Waverly?” Alarick asks, his voice rough. “Is that you?”

“Waverly?” Mykel whispers, his voice horrified. He steps forward, reaching out for me but I’m too frantic. I’m too desperate for them to get the hell out of here.

“Why are you still here?” I cry. “The cops are coming. You need to leave. Alarick, why are you still here?”

He looks to me, and there is so much fear in his eyes. “We don’t have Kendric and Samson. They’re out there digging up fuckin’ Bennett’s body. They’re goin’ to get caught. We couldn’t fuckin’ leave them. We don’t leave a brother behind.”

Oh god.

No.

No.

This isn’t happening.

Please god, this isn’t happening.

THE SIRENS NEAR, AND I know the guys aren’t going to get out of here if they don’t go soon. I know where the body is; I’m the only one who does. Which means I need to be the one to find Kendric and Samson, and get them out of here before they get caught. Alarick doesn’t need to stay—none of them need to.

“I’ll find them,” I say. “Go, now.”

Alarick’s eyes narrow, and he shakes his head. “No.”

“Alarick,” I yell, my voice frantic. “You cannot stay here. Stop thinking about me; think about your club. He’s set this up. You will all go down. You need to leave, and you need to do it now.”

Alarick hesitates, but Cohen steps forward and grabs his arm. “She’s right. We gotta go Pres. If we stay, we’re all goin’ down.”

“You’ll get caught,” Alarick growls. “You’ll get fuckin’ put away.”

“I’ll get out,” I whisper hiss. “I’ll get out, I swear it. I know where that body is. You don’t. It makes sense for me to be the one to go. Now please, I’m begging you, leave.”

“I’m stayin’ with her,” Mykel says, his voice hard. “I’ll make sure she gets out.”

Alarick looks to him, and then to me, and then barks a curse. “You two get out of this, do you hear me? You make sure you come out.”

I nod. “Go. Please.”

Nodding, he gets in the truck with the others and within seconds, it speeds off down the driveway.