Total pages in book: 54
Estimated words: 50619 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 253(@200wpm)___ 202(@250wpm)___ 169(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 50619 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 253(@200wpm)___ 202(@250wpm)___ 169(@300wpm)
“To deal with the Ravagers, I need to know what they’re thinking.”
“They’re fucking animals,” Vex swore. Angel nodded in perfect agreement.
Lucien didn’t react, keeping his focus on Angel. She tried hard not to squirm. A powerful aura surrounded the MC president. She was used to men who ruled multimillion-dollar companies with iron fists. Lucien surpassed all of them in his ability to intimidate without even trying. He simply sat on his motorcycle, studying her.
“Why did the Ravagers kidnap you?”
“You don’t have to do this now, if you’re not ready.” Vex cut in.
Angel had no doubts that he would whisk her from someone obviously important in his life without hesitating. A sense of calm settled over her. Vex had her back no matter what. “I’m okay, Vex. The Ravagers need to be stopped.” Vex held out his hand for hers, silently backing her up.
After meshing her fingers with his, Angel took a deep breath and answered the question. As long as she had Vex’s support, she could be brave. “My father is building a large factory in what he thought was a dead area of town. Turns out that location didn’t attract visitors for a good reason.”
“He’s bought into their territory. And let me guess, your father refused to pay them for protection.” Lucien grasped the problem quickly. He wrapped up what had taken Angel days of listening to scraps of information to piece together.
“That’s what I gained from eavesdropping and talking to Viper,” she said.
“How long ago did they grab you?” Lucien asked.
“I don’t know. The Ravagers play games with light and darkness. I lost track of how many days I was there. Over two weeks, I would guess. I haven’t even asked what the date is.”
Vex supplied that for her quickly.
Angel calculated. “Almost three weeks.”
Vex let out a stream of obscenities that made her stare at him in concern. “Your father and ex-fiancé left you in their clutches for three weeks?”
“Almost.”
“Ex-fiancé?” Lucien asked with a raised eyebrow.
“I need to talk to Trevor,” Angel told them. She could never marry a man who hadn’t moved heaven and earth to rescue her. Trevor didn’t love her. Not really. Getting captured by the Ravagers was a drastic way to test his love, but she couldn’t ignore how he’d responded.
If she’d needed proof of how little Trevor cared about her, the kidnapping had revealed how unimportant she was to him. The more she thought about it, Angel realized how many different ways Trevor could have reacted—lobbying her father to pay the ransom, hiring people to break her out, hell, he could have gone to the police or the FBI. He’d done nothing. There was no way he loved her. Not truly.
Vex pulled his phone out of his pocket. “Call that worthless jackass now.”
“I want to see Trevor in person.” Angel turned to Lucien. “Is there any other information you need from me? My impression is that Viper holds the Ravagers together by intimidation and force. Everyone is afraid of him. I got the feeling they’d boot him in a moment, but he holds the power.”
“You’re observant. I’m sorry you experienced this. But you escaped, and they lost face. That’s important to people who intimidate others. Let Vex keep you safe,” Lucien said.
“I will. Somehow, we fit together.”
“Daddies find their Little girls in the best and worst situations,” Lucien said, holding Vex’s gaze meaningfully.
“My life for hers,” Vex snarled.
“That’s the way you should feel, brother.” Lucien pulled his helmet on and eased his motorcycle forward without another word.
“Does everyone know I’m Little?” Angel asked, exasperated.
“Only the Devil Daddies. No one else is observant enough to figure it out.”
“Could you take me to Trevor?”
“Not going to happen. He can’t come here either.”
“I think Honey mentioned that she and Razor met at Inferno. Is that location safe there from the Ravagers?”
“They would die the moment they hit the parking lot,” Vex told her.
“That sounds like a good meeting spot then. You’ll know I’m safe, and I can meet Trevor in person.”
Vex fumed and stared off into the distance. Angel suspected he was battling the desire to forbid her from seeing Trevor. She turned in his arms to press her cheek against his powerful chest and squeezed him tight. Standing there quietly, she gave him time to think.
After several long minutes, he said, “Fine.”
“I have one more request.”
“You’re pushing it, Baby girl,” Vex told her gruffly but gently stroked his hands over her back to cup her bottom.
His obvious attraction to her reassured Angel she was doing the right thing. “Make love to me, Vex.” Angel’s voice trembled a bit from nervousness, but she was proud of herself. Being kidnapped had erased her ability to make choices. What she needed was to feel alive. With Vex. With the man who had claimed her as his Little girl.
He leaned away to study her face. Whatever he saw there convinced him she wasn’t messing with him. His mouth crashed down on hers, demanding her response. Their previous kisses paled compared to this scorching kiss.