Page 92 of Bedlam
“Jadddeeee, it’s laced. The arrows are laced.” Ryder growls into the coms.
“Is that–” I go to say, but Jamie interrupts.
“Acid.” He curses as smoke is seen seeping from every arrow that enters and lodges into his body.
“They’re killing him from the inside out.” Ryder yells.
“Fuck this. She wanted my attention, now she’s got it. Fuck it. Get up there, but do not let her out of your sight. She’s mine.” I growl as we run through the woods, towards the cabin.
Taking my knife out and one tear gas can, I get ready to gut a mother fucker.Hearing the snow mobiles has my heart racing and my adrenaline pumping.
“Princess, I can see the bloodlust dripping from you. Remember the babies,” he warns.
“The fucking cunt won’t touch me. I got this.” I say as the smell of wood burning hits my nostrils, letting me know we are almost there.
“Fuck, he’s not looking so hot. He’s fucking stuck against this tree and I can’t get him loose.” Ryder pleads.
“We’re almost there. What about the psycho twins?” I ask, and he laughs.
“Long gone. You might stumble upon a head or two. Me and Spade got a little carried away. Dario is in his glory right now butyou may want to move your asses.” He says as a gunshot rings through the air from behind us.
“Who the fuck is that?” I say as Jamie frantically looks over the cameras to see who else is with us.
“We’ve got company. Three coming behind us and two on the south side where you guys came through. Watch yourselves.” Jamie orders as I damn near trip over one of the twin’s heads. I laugh as I kick it, sending it down the fucking hill. Hopefully whoever is coming gets the message and turns around.
“Oh shit, we got a sniper on our side, can’t make out the face but there’s a bird mask.” Jamie informs me.Can’t be Kane, it’s gotta be Slim. Pop, pop, pop.
Finally, we make it into the clearing, and my eyes immediately lock on hers. I watch as her eyes narrow, but you can’t miss the visible shiver that rages through her body. I turn and go straight for Ryker.
“This is not how today was supposed to go, Little Brother.” I say and he laughs, coughing up blood.
“Listen to me, Jade. I want you to get my son. Be the mom to him he never had. Just make sure you tell him how cool his dad was. You hear me?” He says, coughing more as his eyes start to flutter.
“No, Ryk, you will show him how cool of a dad you are. Just stay with us,” I try to reassure him, but my heart stops when I look down at the dozen arrows sunken deep into parts of him that are vital.There is no coming back from this.
“There’s no saving him, Jade. Give up now. You Rivers kids are worthless, useless, pieces of scum.” She yells into the clearing, but I ignore her. I know what she’s doing.
“Don’t listen to her, Jade. She aint shit. Nothing but a Bratva cunt. She may have played us all but you–” he coughs again with a slight wheeze as blood drips down his pale lips, “You, my Little Big Sister, are destined for greatness. Take care of my son.Please, I beg you. Take care of him. Show him what true love feels like. Tell him I love him and that I’m sorry. Please Jade.” He begs as tears stream down my face. I hear commotion from behind me but I can’t look away from my brother as I try to pull the arrows out. I quickly pull my hand back as I feelthe acid burning right through my gloves and I cry out.
“No Ryk, you’re coming home with us. Everything will be okay. Just stay with me, please.” I beg as I hear more fighting and gunshots in the distance.
“I wish that was true. Just do as I ask. I order it as the fallen President. It’s a fucking order.” He wheezes as his eyes start to roll.
“Ryk, no, please. Stay with me. Please, don’t leave me!” I sob.
“I love you Jade, take care of our boy and you better bury her black heart with mine.” He says as his body goes still and face goes slack. I hold his gaze, watching the last bit of life leave my little brother’s eyes. I close mine and take a deep breath.
“I love you too, Ryker. I promise. I fucking promise–” I roar as I spin, seeing my guys on the ground, pulling arrows from different parts of their bodies. My eyes widen as a knife swings in my peripherals.Fuck this.I step out of her way and push her towards Ryker’s dead body.
“You want me that bad? Come get me, you jealous cunt.” I spit, circling her as she laughs manically.
“You know you’re not leaving these woods alive, right? I have you surrounded, you stupid whore. Let me introduce myself–” she starts to say, but I interrupt, hearing pop, pop, pop, in the distance and men fall within the tree lines.
“Oh, Natalia Mozorov, Incest queen of the Bratva I know exactly who you are and what you want to be. But let me clue you in, bitch, the IRA rank is much higher than you thought, and your boy Slim,” I laugh, gesturing to the dead men aroundus. “Has massacred the men you thought were going to ambush me.” I taunt and her eyes go wide.
“Lesson one of being a Queen, is to know where the King is and all the pawns, but you? You're nothing but a sad little trafficked kid begging to be someone. A clueless fucking idiot, who makes drugs to hurt others instead of helping people.” I laugh, and she lunges at me with a syringe, but again I dance around the dumb bitch, gripping her wrist and twisting. She screams out in pain as the needle drops into the snow. She moves and uses her other arm to swing wide to backhand me. My face whips to the side as I stumble back. She raises her leg to kick me, but I lift mine and jab her in the calf with the dagger sticking out of my boots, sending her to her knees with a scream. She recovers quickly, stumbling on one leg as she tries to get away from me as blood drips down her leg into the snow. The faster she moves, the more blood gushes out of her.
“Come on, Natalia. You wanted me dead so bad. Here I am. Fucking kill me. Don’t run like a little bitch.” I yell as she spins on me and swings, connecting with my cheek. I stumble again, letting her think she has the upper hand.