Page 49 of Entangled With The Hellhound

“You knew Death would come, yet you still thought you could get away…” I don’t miss the way her eyes widen at the name. I once trusted Christine, and she knows all about who I really am.

“I-I… let me explain.” Christine puts her hands up in surrender as she backs further into the cell. I stalk toward her.

I don’t know why she’s trying to run. We both know how this is going to end. She’s just prolonging the inevitable.

Christine is trembling with fear, and I think she finally registered that today would be her last. The game is always fun until somebody dies.

“You left me, and I just wanted a family. This is your fault too, Stone.” Christine is still trying to manipulate me, and I’m disgusted with myself that it worked so easily in the past.

“Fuck you and your family.” I sneer at her.

“My father will make sure you bastards pay for this. You need me alive so I can help you.” Christine’s tone is smug and if this woman has nothing else… she has the motherfucking audacity.

“Didn’t you hear what I said? Fuck your family.” I say slowly. I’ve had enough talking. I grab Christine by her neck, and she tries to fight me, but there’s no use.

“You will cease to exist. I told you not to fuck with me.” I smile as her eyes go wide and tears start to run down her cheeks. Christine stops fighting me, and her hands go around my wrists.

“I love you, Stone.” Christine chokes out. Those words would’ve stopped me in the past because she’s one of the few people who said it to me in my life. But today, I don’t stop. Today, I squeeze even harder.

“You only love yourself. I hope it was worth it.”

I squeeze until the little light that she had in those dead hazel eyes snuffs out. I never would’ve imagined putting my hands on Christine before. Now that I’ve taken her life, I honestly don’t know what to feel.

“Do you want to handle Marie and Raymond?” Bishop asks.

“Shoot em’ in the head and burn their bodies together. You know, since they were so loyal to each other.” I say as I leave the cell.

There’s only one person that can make the darkness recede, and I plan on spending the rest of the day and maybe a few more, making her forget all the shit she’s been through. We both deserve to forget.

Epilogue

Roxy

Isip my drink at the bar and watch the shenanigans of the Hellhound clubhouse, and I chuckle. It has been a whirlwind of chaos and foolishness these past few months. Stone didn’t tell me everything that happened to Raymond or Christine, but I can read between the lines. You won’t have to worry about them again means they’re most likely buried on Hellhounds property somewhere.

And although he did tell me that Detective Myers took a leave of absence from the force, I know he’s not dead because Stone warned me to keep my eyes open. And if I saw him call him immediately. So wherever Myers is, I doubt that he’s coming back to Texas.

When Bishop filed a harassment suit against the Metro Police Department, he named Myers personally. He had all types of evidence of Myer’s corruption that is now under investigation. However, Raymond being out of jail, or his disappearance was never mentioned. It was like he never existed. And I’m sure Myers was too busy covering his own ass to even think about Raymond.

When the news broke of all the corruption, Myers went into hiding, and the department had no comment about his whereabouts. They always protect their own.

I’m just glad that my name was nowhere near any of this shit this time, even though I was dab smack in the middle of it all. But I can never regret coming to the clubhouse on that faithful night. The fact that I met Stone and essentially gained a second family who is loyal and protective of me no matter what, is something I will never regret.

These men are crazy, and their old ladies are even worse, but I’ve never felt more welcomed and loved than I do here.

“Hey, Lamb! Come help me show these bunnies how we do it.” Sassy grabs my hand and pulls me to the makeshift dance floor. As soon as we hit the floor, Dee and Blue joins us.

The DJ automatically switches the song from rock and roll to Meg, and we all yell, “ayyye,” simultaneously. We shake and pop our asses to the beat. We laugh and hype each other up, knowing these hoes in here are super mad.

“Oh, I told you what would happen if I caught you shakin’ that ass.” Stone is behind me, and I have no idea when he got here.

He and some of the boys were out on a run for a few days, and I had no idea that he was due back today.

“Hey, baby!” I turn around and wrap my arms around his neck. Stone bends down and lifts me up so I can wrap my legs around his waist.

“I missed you so fuckin’ much, Lamb. I hope you had fun with the girls ’cause I’m not lettin’ you outta my bed for a few days.”

I’m pretty sure he means it as a threat, but I take it as a promise because I’ve been missing my man.