Woods (Aces MC Series Book 5) (17 page)

"Woods, do you still want
these?" I turned to see Buster hold up a carrier bag in front of me.
I snatched it from his hand and smiled, "Thank you Buster right on
time."
"Sorry Woods I got them as quick as I could. I didn't know where to go to
be honest so I had to ask around." I sniggered thinking of this young kid
asking for such things.
I glanced into the carrier bag, "Oh you did good Buster, well done."
I glanced over at the young lads who were still slowly stripping.
"Do you even know why you're here?"
"No man I don't, it must be a mistaken identity or something because we
haven't ever done anything to the club." Aiden snivelled like a fucking
baby, god it was pathetic.
"Now let me tell you a little secret. I'm Lauren Davies' big brother and
I'm also a member of the Ace's." They both froze and I could see the panic
and I was loving the power. "Now I've seen the video of the three of you
violating my sister. She pleaded with you to stop multiple times but you
ignored her and continued regardless. I also saw how you two got excited as
Reece gave you instructions on how to 'satisfy' my sister," I air quoted
letting them know that I'd seen the video. Both guys swallowed hard knowing
their fate wasn't looking good.
"Yes that's right have you only just realised why you're here." I
sniggered and caught some of the club members expressions still confused as to
what I was going to do.
"We're going to play a game of our own tonight though and my friend Recon
is in charge." Recon stepped forward smiling up for the challenge that
faced him.
"Oh I love a game," he clapped excitedly.
"That's why I've made you in charge," I patted him on the back.
I rummaged in the bag, pulled out a big thick black dildo and threw it to
Nick
. He caught it and his eyes widened with alarm as it
registered what I was about to ask him to do.
"Right Recon, I want you to shout out instructions because these two get
off on that and they are going to happily oblige and give you a floor
show."
Recon shook his head in disbelief but had the biggest grin on his face,
"You're a fucked up individual." He stated clearly amused.
"And I want the rest of you to get your phones out and record everything.
Once they've finished I will make sure that it goes up on every single form of
social media so everyone can see the rapists get violated."
"What happens if they don't want to play?" Buster asked before I
walked out the door to deal with Reece.
"Make them or just fucking shoot them, I really don't give a shit." I
pushed the door open to hear Recon give his first instruction and smiled to
myself knowing that the sick bastard would enjoy every minute of it.

As I entered the room Diesel, Duke,
Justice and Lyric glanced in my direction. As Diesel moved, I saw Reece kneeling
on the floor. He'd been gagged and his hands were tied behind his back but he
tried his best to whimper a response through the tight cloth.
I casually walked beside Reece and dug the muzzle of my glock at the side of
his head. The fear oozed from his body giving me a small sense of satisfaction
at how frightened he was.
"Move!" I ordered pushing the glock further into his skin. Reece
shakily got to his feet, breathing heavily in the process. I noticed his tears
and shook my head, this pitiful bully had resulted to tears before I had even
laid a finger on him it was fucking priceless. "You're not so care free
and confident now are you pussy boy?"
I pointed to a wooden chair in the corner of the room and indicated for it to
be brought over. Lyric eagerly got the chair and dragged it to the centre of
the room behind Reece placing it into the fire pit surrounded by bricks.
"Sit!" I instructed treating him like a dog. He continued to whimper
and breathe heavily but backed up to sit on the chair. His eyes flickered back
and forth between me and the weapon not sure if I were going to pull the
trigger or not but that would be far too easy. That would be too quick of a
death, he deserved slow and painful for what he did to Lauren.

I removed my rucksack from my back
and opened the zipper. Every sound was intensified as the room was so quiet,
everyone including my brothers were intrigued as to what I was going to do. I
rested the bag on the floor and kneeled in front of it to retrieve a long
length of rope. I pulled it through my fingers making sure there were no knots.
"Anything you want me to do Woods?" Duke asked. He wasn't usually one
to get his hands dirty, he'd done he's fair share of shit over the years
working his way up through the ranks but he was with me on this, he understood
the need for revenge and wanted to offer his support.
"I will do in a minute mate," I glanced in his direction to see him
nod and he stepped back giving me the stage as he knew this was my show.
I removed my blade from its sheath around my waist and stepped closer to Reece.
He closed his eyes as I brought the blade up to his face thinking the worse but
I simply cut away the fabric.
Reece moved his jaw around trying to gain the sensation back but his flicker of
hope was short lived when I threw the rope over the beam directly above him.
"Nah man, look I'm sorry for what I did. I was high on coke, I know that's
no excuse for what I did but I'm sorry." He continued to plead for his
life but I didn't respond, I calmly went about making a noose.
"Please guys have a word with him, he's not seeing sense." He
continued to plead and turned his attention to the guys who ignored him and
focussed their attentions on me beavering away putting everything in place for
the perfect murder.

"See Lyric, this here is a
perfect case of denial. He knew what he was doing that night and so did those
boys next door but he'll do and say anything now in order to be released."
Diesel stepped closer and kneeled before Reece, "You'll go to hell for
what you did to Lauren but you know that your death will be slow and painful so
it'll give you a long time to think about your actions." Diesel stood
behind Reece and grabbed him tightly in a bear hug. Reece fought trying to get
free as he struggled but there was no way that he was a match for Diesel.
I placed the noose over his head and wiggled it down to his neck before pulling
the rope tight to secure it firmly. I nodded seeing my handy work and held the
rope tightly pulling him to his feet. "Get on the chair."
He struggled again and in his plight he kicked the chair over, Duke surged
forward and punched him square in the face he stopped struggling and his eyes rolled
into the back of his head from the shock. Duke stood the chair up and with the
help of Diesel lifted Reece into a standing position. Justice had quickly run
around to the other side and pulled the slack on the rope, I joined him and we
hoisted Reece until his feet were on tiptoes.
He came to and tried to struggle but had no option than to go with the direction
of the rope.
"You're taking this too far now man, I've learnt my lesson. Pleasssse stop
this!"
The guy was delusional, he honestly thought that I was going to forgive him and
set him free. I tightened the rope to the hook on the side of the wall once I
was happy with the tension and turned to face Reece. He blubbered like a baby
and was saying things that were inaudible, I briefly thought what may go
through a person's mind when they knew death was staring them in the face.
"Speak up man I can't fucking hear you," I stood by his side and
kicked the chair making it wobble. He nearly lost his footing and frantically
tried to stay on his tiptoes. "I will do anything man, absolutely
anything," he screamed.
"Absolutely anything!" I tapped my chin thoughtfully pondering a
response and crouched to retrieve a tin of lighter fuel and a pack of matches
from my rucksack. "Absolutely anything you say," I calmly squirted
the fuel around the wooden chair. Reece screamed at the top of his lungs
pleading for his life but it was meaningless, his life was meaningless.
I opened the matchbox, took one out and held it up to show Reece. "This
little thing here holds so much meaning, this has the ability to change your
destiny forever. You could've done so much, you could've been anything you
wanted to be if you just set your mind to it but your actions have brought you
here." I kept calm speaking to him in a monotone voice as he screamed and
howled fighting for his life. I struck the match and flicked it towards the
chair, it bounced on the ground before it settled in the fuel. The flames
quickly took hold licking around the chair legs before it crept further up the
wood towards the seat. Reece pulled on his cuffed wrists trying to release
himself, he looked down at the flames as they made their way further up the
chair. I stepped back pleased with my efforts, "I think that will do
it."
I crouched to pack the rest of my contents into my rucksack and stood as I
swung it over my shoulder.
The screams were intense as Reece knew his fate but I didn't care. I wasn't in
a habit of taking people's lives but I couldn't let his actions go unpunished
and if he did this so easily to Lauren, there was nothing to say he wouldn't
strike again if he hadn't already.
"Let him burn until the flames get to his waist and then put them out with
this." I handed Justice a fire extinguisher. "Then just let him hang
in pain until the cunt dies." Justice nodded understanding what I'd asked
him to do. "Are you ok to sort out the aftermath?" I shouted over the
screams so I could be heard.
"Yeah sure, where you off to?" Duke asked stepping away from the heat
of the quickly growing fire.
"I need a drink," Duke patted me on the shoulder before I turned and strolled
from the room using the back doors of the property. I'd done what I needed to,
I'd inflicted the pain for the retribution I wanted but I wasn't a cold blooded
murderer, this didn't sit right but it was something I needed to do.

I got into the van and sat in the
driver's seat closing the door behind me. I heard my phone bleep indicating
that I'd received a message and quickly took my phone from my pocket to read
it. There were several messages, I pressed on Lauren's name to read that she
was back home safely. I let out a loud sigh and sat back in my chair, this is
what it all came down to. I just wanted her safe and now that I had dealt with
the lads involved in the attack, hopefully she'd feel somewhat better knowing
that they wouldn't be able to hurt her again. I scanned through my phone
quickly seeing if there were any other important messages, and pressed Chloe's
name.

I know you're busy, I just
wanted you to know that I'm thinking of you.

I smiled at her message, what had
I done to deserve such a beautiful, educated and caring woman in my life? I was
thankful of so many things, her included. I turned the key in the ignition and
drove from the safe house to the birdcage. This wasn't my usual hangout but
tonight I didn't want to go to the clubhouse, I wanted to find a quiet spot and
just drown my sorrows.

"I just want a bottle of beer
tonight, any brand it doesn't matter. Can you bring it over to the corner
table?" I gave my orders to the young girl serving behind the bar, I
suppose I should've known her name but they all looked the bloody same. I
strolled across the club and settled in one of the booths away from everyone. I
wasn't in the mood for chit chat with the locals and was grateful that all the
brothers were dealing with the carnage I had just created.
"Here you go," the young brunette placed my bottle onto the table and
left me to contemplate my thoughts. It had been a long day and I was shattered
but wanted some time to be left alone to chill. My phone bleeped, I took it
from my pocket to see that Recon had sent me a video and swiped the screen to
watch it. I picked up my bottle and sat back in the chair as I witnessed a
giant sized dildo being forced up a blokes arse. He screamed in agony and it
was only then that I realised that it was Aiden and
Nick
. I suppose I should've been euphoric at the site but I was
trying to keep my anger at bay. Placing my hand over my mouth I rubbed my chin
aggressively as I tried to keep in some of the angst I held inside. Although
I'd portrayed a cool calm exterior this evening I was far from and wanted to
scream the fucking place down and do some damage to someone or something but I
knew if I started, I wouldn't be able to stop. It was discipline that had
stopped me many times over the years and I knew I was on the edge.

"How many have you had?"
I looked up from my phone to see Chloe smiling at me, "This is my first
babe." I held the bottle to my lips and took a large swig, the cool liquid
felt great as it travelled deep inside me. "I need to keep my head
together, I'm contemplating what to say to Lauren." I saw the uneasy
expression on Chloe's face. "What aren't you telling me babe?"
Chloe sat opposite me and ran her fingers over the table not wanting to make
eye contact, "Well when I was at yours Lauren turned up. She'd been to the
cemetery and walked back which had given her time to think."
"Okay, carry on." I took another swig of my beer waiting for her to
tell me what had been said.
"She asked where you were and why I was there and I told her. I told her
about the video and how it was doing the rounds at school. I also explained
that you were out taking care of a few things."
I let out a sigh, "And how did she react to that?"
"Pretty well to be honest. I think she wants to take a short break to get
away from things to clear her head properly. She also said if you've dealt with
the situation, she doesn't want to know any details because what she doesn't
know can't hurt her."
I sniggered, that was my Lauren ever the practical. "Thank you, you didn't
have to chat to her about that I could've done that later."
"Well we're hopefully going to be family and we need to be strong
together."
I lifted up my arm, "Come here." I beckoned her over and she slivered
from her seat and made her way to snuggle next to me. "You've been amazing
through this whole ordeal Chloe." She went to speak, "Shhh and listen
woman when a man is trying to pay you a compliment." I pulled her in
closer and kissed the top of her head. "It was tough staying away from you
and when we got the green light from your dad and the club I nearly fucking
ruined it by pushing you away."
"I knew that you didn't mean it and were just looking out for
Lauren."
"Yeah but I shouldn't have done it, I acted like a prick and I'm
sorry." I took another swig of my beer and moved so I could give her my
full attention. "You did such a commendable thing in finding out
information about those three guys. You saved us time and effort and we were
able to deal with it swiftly because of your information and the fact that you
brought it to our attention. Now I don't think Lauren would've ever told us
what had happened and it pains me to think that she went through that alone but
we," I moved my finger between Chloe and myself. "We are going to be
there for her as a couple and offer her the love and support she needs, as
bringing up a baby on her own is not going to be easy."
Her face lit at the fact that I had included her in my plans. Chloe had shown a
different side to her today, I knew that she was educated, hard working, caring
and beautiful inside and out but today I was also able to see just how much
family meant to her and what she would do to help the people she loved.
"Was Lauren at home when you left?" she nodded. "Okay, I think I'll
go home and speak to her." I took a deep breath and waited for Chloe to
move from the booth.
"Why do you look worried?"
I shrugged, "I don't know, I'm just at a loss regarding how much I should
tell her about this evening."
"I don't think the consequences of this evening's events are important."
I looked at her confused, why wouldn't they be important? I could've possibly
just murdered the father of her unborn baby.
"Lauren wants to keep this baby, no one or any events that may or may not
take place will sway her from this decision. She feels that this is the good to
come out of a shit situation and she is standing by that decision. You just
gotta reassure her that you'll support her in whatever decision she makes.
She's going to need you more now than you or even she knows at this moment in
time."
Chloe was right, I just needed to tell Lauren that I loved her and that I would
be there through everything to support her and be the male role model that the
baby would need.
"I need to go and see her now."