Page 70 of Echoes From Within
Looking at a nervous Gideon, I say, “Your son, the guard. I saw the way you were looking at my woman when she was defenseless inside those cages. You were full of balls when you were the one in power. When there were bars separating you from her. You from me. However, the second you don’t hold the power you can see how big of pussy you really are. Look at you, on the verge of fainting, simply because I’m standing here talking.”
“You’re being awfully cocky for someone about to become my father's bitch,” Gideon says with false bravado.
“Is it really cocky when you’re just that confident that things will work in your favor?” I ask.
“Why is your club still out there?” Malachi asks. “They have the women. They need to leave.”
“You see, that’s where you made a mistake,” I say, straightening my body and making a play by cracking my neck. “You messed with an Obsidian. My family doesn’t take too kindly to our family being in danger. But, the worst part is, you had to threaten some of the most protected of us. Some of our most precious. You see, there are currently six of them. And today alone, you’ve threatened three of the six. You almost killed one and then took another. Had it been me or one of my brothers, you may have died a quick death. But you took my woman and degraded her, harmed her, and then you almost killed our baby.”
“What do you mean, almost?” Malachi says.
I take a deliberate step toward him, ignoring Gideon completely.
“We had that baby safe and secure before I ever sent you that message,” I admit.
“I’m getting bored, brother,” Steel says causing Malachi to turn around.
Steel has Gideon over his shoulder and is waiting for the next order.
“What did you do to my son?” Malachi screams. He turns back to me, his face red, and I can tell he’s about to run.
Using every ounce of strength I have I take two steps forward and punch Malachi on the nose causing him to pass out before his body hits the floor.
“I don’t think it’s fair that you can move that tank of a body around and not make a noise,” I say, grabbing Malachi’s hand and pulling to the door.
“You can do the same,” he reminds me.
“I also don’t think it’s fair that this went as easily as it did,” I continue. “I have a lot of fucking anger still in my body.”
“Once King gets them prepared I’m sure he will let you play,” Steel says. “Let’s go. This fucker is heavy.”
As soon as I’m out the door, I drop Malachi’s arm in order to catch the speeding bullet coming my way.
Sophia jumps into my arms, wrapping her arms and legs tightly around my body.
“I’ve got you, baby,” I whisper against her temple. “You’re safe. Our daughters are safe.”
“Thank you, Travis,” she cries.
“You don’t have to thank me for saving you,” I tell her.
“No,” she says. “I mean, yeah, you’re my hero. You always have been and you always will be. But that’s not what I meant. Thank you for coming back to me.”
Fuck.
“Always, baby.”
“Sophia, are you alright to ride on the back of Venom’s bike?” Viper asks. “I’m going to tie these bastards up and put them in the trunk of the car but I don’t think Venom wants you near them.”
“I’ll be fine on the bike,” she tells my brother.
“Alright,” I call out. “Let’s go.”
“Blaze, you take these two to the chamber and put them in separate cages,” Ghost orders. “The rest of us need to head back to UNITY. Sophia told me that Malachi had someone place a camera in her office. I want that whole building searched.”
“Wait,” Sophia says. “I have sensitive guests there. It wouldn’t go well having all of you very intimidating pissed-off men barging into the building and going through their rooms.”
“Let’s hit the security team first,” I suggest. “They have cameras up all over the place. I’m sure we’ll be able to figure out who snuck in and did Malachi’s dirty work.”