sure.
I approached his house, gun still gripped and ready. A quick glance at my place, showed the door was still shut. I didn’t hear Archimedes barking, or any screams. I hoped that meant MaryAnne was still watching her movie. Using the toe of my boot, I nudged the door open. Even through the darkness, I could see the shadow of a body on the floor. The leather cut had me moving closer. Shit! I knelt next to the body, feeling for a pulse. It was there, and strong.
“Philly.” I gave him a nudge. Something shiny caught my attention and I realized he was bleeding. It looked like someone had bashed the side of his head. I pulled my phone out and sent a text to Titan.
Someone knocked out Philly.
There wasn’t a lot I could do for him at the moment. I checked his house, making sure no one else was there, then went outside to scan the area. Had the footprints outside my place happened before or after Philly had been attacked? On the other side of Philly was Brick’s home. On the off chance he wasn’t out partying, I checked his home. He was out cold too, but he hadn’t even made it into his house. Whoever had taken him out had caught him getting off his bike, or getting on it. Either way, he was knocked out in the carport. Had they started here, then moved to Philly’s place, then mine?
MaryAnne! I took off for my house, not bothering to stay quiet. I rushed through the door and froze when I saw Blaire pointing a knife at MaryAnne. Her eyes were wild and bloodshot, and it looked like she hadn’t combed her hair in a few days.
“What the fuck are you doing?” I asked.
“It was supposed to be me!” Blaire yelled.
“What was?”
“Why couldn’t one of you have picked me? I needed you! Do you know what it’s like being married to Walter? He doesn’t love me. The only thing he loves is money and power. He uses me.” She sniffled, but I wasn’t sure if she was about to cry or if she’d been doing coke. “He made me a whore.”
I saw the pity and understanding that crossed MaryAnne’s face. Yeah, my girl knew something about that. If Blaire had come to one of us, been honest, we might have been able to help her. She’d gone about everything the wrong way, and now she’d taken out two of my brothers and held a knife on my woman? Bitch was going down.
“So you thought breaking into my house, threatening my wife, and knocking out my brothers was going to help your cause?” I asked.
“Wife!” She shrieked and jabbed the knife at MaryAnne. “You bitch!”
MaryAnne tried to scramble away, but she wasn’t fast enough. The knife sank into her thigh. I saw her face pale as she bit her lips. My beautiful, strong girl refused to cry or scream.
Before I could make my move, Archimedes growled from the corner of the room. He slunk along the wall, then darted toward Blaire. He bit down on her ankle, making her squeal like a fucking pig. Rascal decided to protect his family too and puffed up, hissing and spitting at Blaire before he sank his claws into her other leg. She flailed, screamed, and cussed as she toppled to the floor.
Hatter came out of nowhere. He flapped his wings as he dug his little claws into her scalp and pulled on her hair. “Bitch! Bitch! Kill her!”
MaryAnne’s jaw dropped and her eyes went wide. I hadn’t taught Hatter that one, so it made me wonder just what my sweet MaryAnne had been saying when she’d been alone with Hatter. “Something you want to share, Little Bit?”
“Get them off me!” Blaire yelled.
I nudged Rascal and Archimedes aside and waved off Hatter. Grabbing Blaire by the arms, I flipped her over and gripped her wrists at the small of her back. “Little Bit, get the cuffs out of the bedside table drawer.”
“Out of… where?” MaryAnne’s eyebrows rose to her hairline. “Something you want to share?”
“Stop being a smartass and get the cuffs, woman. Unless you want me letting this she-devil go?”
MaryAnne scurried off the couch, or tried to. She cried out and collapsed. I saw the bleeding seeping through her pants leg and cursed. I couldn’t release the bitch on the ground to check on her. Riley ran into the house with two more brothers on his heels. I sent him upstairs for