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Ghoul looked over at Kai and smirked.

“Control your attack dog before I put all of you down,” he said.

I looked at Kai, silently pleading him to let me go, to let me rescue the woman we loved. We couldn’t just give up, not when she was just inside.

Kai narrowed his eyes and pulled me back, making us all take a few steps back to retreat from the stand-off before things spiraled even more out of control.

“This isn’t over,” he warned Ghoul.

Ghoul cocked an eyebrow at Kai.

“Oh, really? Let’s see if you guys make it back in one piece,” he said before nodding his head toward us.

In an instant, the other Hornets ran at us, itching for us to take the bait and fight right here and now. They knew that our chance of success was strikingly low, and they wanted a quick victory.

We only had a second to decide what to do, and Kai chose for us.

“Run!” he shouted, grabbing my shirt sleeve to drag me along, knowing that I would throw myself into a fight first.

With a curse, I spun around and followed the others, hearing heavy footsteps behind us as the Hornets chased us back across the street. Realistically, I knew that we would have to catch them off-guard to beat their bigger numbers, but I hated having to flee. Having to give up.

All I could think about was Aisling and how scared she probably was, wondering if we were going to save her. I wasn’t going to give up on her. Never.

But our initial plan had failed.

The Hornets stopped chasing us at the end of the alleyway. They laughed and shouted at us to taunt us as we hurried to our bikes parked on the next street over.

When I reached my bike, I had to do everything in my power not to kick it over out of anger.

“We can’t just give up!” I shouted as the others reached their bikes.

“We won’t. We’ll just have to try again, and we’ll stick to the plan this time!” Kai told me in a sharp voice. “I get that you’re pissed off, but no more crazy stunts are going to be pulled. Her life and our son’s life are on the line, and we’re not fucking this up, understand?”

Usually, I would argue and defend myself, but I knew that I was in the wrong. I messed up, and I could’ve ruined everything. I gave him a curt nod as my teeth clenched.

“Good,” Kai murmured, fixing me with a hard look before starting his bike and tearing down the street back to our clubhouse.

“It’s okay. We’ll try again. We’re not giving up on her,” Claude said, giving my arm a nudge before following Kai.

I slammed my helmet on and started my bike, fury firing through me. The thought of running my bike right through their front door crossed my mind, but I followed the others, not wanting to do anything that might put Aisling in harm’s way even more.

I already messed things up by letting my anger get the best of me and jumping the gun. Why did I do that? Why couldn’t I control myself?

Probably because I was scared to death for Aisling. The Hornets were ruthless, and they had the opportunity to ruin us forever. Take away our son and hurt the woman we loved. It would shatter us, and I didn’t see us coming back from that.

Ever.

Somehow, we had to stop this because time was running out. The baby would be here before we knew it, which meant Aisling was on a strict time limit. Our future hung in the balance, and we had to keep it from crashing and burning.

Chapter22

Lincoln

The plan had to change. Our failure earlier wasn’t just because Bradley let his anger get the best of him. We were facing more Hornets than there were Serpents, which meant we had to break the Hornets up. We had to be even smarter.

I sat on my bike outside of the clubhouse, peering up at the bright moon as it glowed in the night sky. Round two was about to begin, and everyone had to play their parts correctly for it to work. We couldn’t mess up. Not again.

“I fucked up earlier. Bad,” Bradley said from my left as he shook his head at himself. “I swear I won’t mess up again. I don’t care if my life is on the line. I’m getting them both out of there.”