Page 76 of Echoes of Fear
“You didn’t think we were the only ones, did you?”
I’m running just as King knocks him unconscious.
“Where are you, Knox?” A familiar voice says. “I didn’t mean to hurt you. I just want to make sure you’re safe. Taylor sent me.”
“DO NOT LISTEN TO HIM, BABY,” I yell out. “DO NOT COME OUT UNTIL I SAY IT’S SAFE.”
“Fuck,” is whispered as heavy steps run back towards my house.
I don’t think so, fucker.
Reynolds is running right beside me seconds later. I watch the traitor run for his bike as we break free from the trees. He manages to straddle it, but it’s of no use. Titan comes bolting from inside the house, leaps, and knocks him to the ground. Rounding the fallen bike, I press my foot to the side of the man’s head and lean my weight into it while Reynolds straddles the fuckers back, securing his hands.
“What have you done, Sullivan?”
“Get the fuck off of me,” he groans.
“You’ve betrayed me,” I say, the wound of his betrayal stabbing deep. “Why?”
“Because I was promised VP to the new Dark Sentinels.”
“You did this for a fuckin’ badge?”
“I did what I had to do, Taylor,” he says. “Knox knows something about me that I can’t have getting out. Sweets promised me a spot in his club if I helped him enter your place. But I needed to get rid of Knox before starting my new life.”
“If it was something he thought would put our family at risk, he would have said something to me the moment he found out whatever it is you’re hiding,” Ghost says from somewhere. “Whatever your secret is would have always been safe with Knox. You not only betrayed your friends and your club, you also betrayed the trust of a man who doesn’t give it lightly.”
“I’m sorry,” Sullivan cries. “I was so just fucking scared.”
“Normally, if someone betrays the club, we might have let Venom beat them until they’re unrecognizable before running them out of town,” Blaze says. “But we’ve never had this issue before, and now I think we should go a different route.”
“King’s chambers?” Reynolds smiles.
“King’s chambers,” Blaze says cheerfully.
“I’m going to go and find Knox,” I announce. “If someone else has betrayed me, just shoot them in the fuckin’ head.”
With that, I turn and head back into the woods.
“Baby boy,” I call out. “It’s safe now.”
Silence.
Titan is at my side, his nose high, sniffing the air around us. I don’t know what they did to my dog, but I have never seen him as angry as when he tackled Sullivan to the ground.
“Good dog, Titan,” I say, patting his head. “Let’s go find our boy.”
I walk down the path slowly as I call out his name. It isn’t until I can see Reynolds’ house that he responds.
“Over here,” he calls out.
I search the entire area but still can’t find him.
“Again, baby. Call out again.”
Titan sits down and barks at a tree.
Great, whatever they did made my dog nuts.