Ace
We make our way to the motel on our bikes. Val, Lorenzo, Romeo, and Bash took one of our empty vans to bring the scum bag back to the Clubhouse in. The prospects have the other vans loaded with all our AK’s and AR’s. All Mendez’s and Hernandez’s men are goin’ down. Hopefully, they get a clue that we’re done after this. Gator and I will be putting in a call to their head boss soon and end this shit for good. They will never be allowed to show face in Florida, ever. Antonio and Vito will be the only ones to come out of the hotel alive, for now, then the real fun will begin.
They are occupying the whole top floor, which thankful the hotel only has three floors. We know what room they have Gigi, and which one Antonio is hold up in.
We park our bikes a couple of blocks away from the hotel, hiding them at an old U-Haul stop, off the main road. We gather our guns from the van and make our way over to our brothers guarding the hotel.
Normally, I’m in the lead of all missions as VP, but tonight, Beast is at my side. It’s his family and he needs to control this situation.
We make our way over to Goldie, Maddox’s Enforcer. He knows the Manager and got a few master keys from her. They give us access to the employee entrances and elevator. We round up the guys into groups then we separate. We have five men staying out front, five men out back and five men in the lobby. The rest of the brothers will be heading to the stairs with us.
My group, Val, Lorenzo, Romeo, Ryder, Bull, and Caine will be heading straight for Antonio. Once we fight our way through to get to him in his room at the end of the hall, I’ve ordered Val and the guys to get him out of there immediately.
I gave all the guys strict orders to kill on sight. Get in and get out, fast. Once they see all the Cartel men are down, get the hell out of dodge. We’ll meet back at the bikes and ride back to our Clubhouse.
Beast’s group is Hawk, Wolf, Blaze, Snake, Cowboy, Skull, Bug, Tic, Psycho, Bash, and Dusty. Beast, Bash, and Dusty will be heading straight to Gigi. Yea, I said Dusty. After a long lengthy discussion, and his excessive pleading, we allowed him to join the mission. He didn’t do anything wrong, intentionally, and he cares for Gigi. We could all see the love and fear in his eyes and my heart went out to him. But in the end, it was Beast and Val that caved in. They said that Gigi was goin’ to need him after this and they couldn’t separate them. The dynamics of those two are gonna change after this and we’re gonna have to keep a closer eye on them.
Blaze is heading up the last group with six guys. Their job is to give Beast’s and my group cover. With over twenty men goin’ in things could get really chaotic, really fast. We have to watch our brothers backs at all cost. We all have our assignments and it’s time to roll.
We make our way up the three flights of stairs. Tic is in the lead and burst through the door first. Bullets start to fly the instant the door opened. Bodies fall all around us as my guys and I make our way to the end of the hall.
I hear Wolf yell at Beast to watch his six as a bullet flies past me. He ducks, and it hits the door frame. More bullets fly by him and this time, he’s not so lucky; it grazes his arm.
I continue down the hall, shooting at bodies, heads, chests, arms, and legs. I get one asshole’s hand, the one holding his gun. Yea, I’m that good of a shot. Shocked the shit out of him, he pissed his pants as my next bullet hit him between the eyes. God, I love a good gunfight.
Val and I make our way to Antonio’s door and I use the master key I have to let us in. When we enter, with caution, he has four men in the room with him. Bullets fly and before long they are down with the help of Lorenzo and Romeo. Val walks up to a shaken Antonio with his gun pointed between his eyes. He’s surprised to see the guy’s alive.
“Thought you could get rid of me that easily, huh. Not in this lifetime asshole. I should put you down right now for all the shit you’ve pulled. But I won’t, you deserve a slow and painful death for touching my sister and killing my parents. Did you really think you would get away with any of this, and keep my sister?” Val snares as he spits in Antonio’s face. The man looks like he’s about to shit his pants. He knows he’s lost and there is nowhere to go now, but to ground.
“If Giovanni didn’t come back for those bitches I would...” Antonio doesn’t get to finish. Val hits him in the face with the butt of his AK.
“My sisters are not bitches, fucker. They are respectful ladies and shouldn’t be treated any differently. You are despicable for what you did to Bella. I should let the authorities throw your ass in prison and let those assholes in there have at your ass every day. Let them rape and humiliate you the way you treated my sister. But, I won’t because I can’t put my sister through that shit. Gio and I have plans for you that will be much worse, anyway. This is the end of the line for you, motherfucker,” Val screams in his face.
“Ok, get him out of here and back to the shed. We’ll all be havin’ fun with his ass soon enough and get the answers we need. Now, go!” I shout at them and Lorenzo takes his hands and zip-ties them behind his back, then the three of them leave.
I head out to check for any stragglers and see who is left. I make it into the hallway and hear voices comin’ from the room Gigi was in. I head in to see what’s goin’ on. When I walk in the first thing I see is Gigi on Dusty’s lap, in his arms crying. They are holding onto one another for dear life.
Then Beast walks out of the bathroom with a man that I presume is Vito. I walk closer to him. “We need to get out of here, now. Antonio is with Val and the guys on the way to the van. Hand him off to one of the boys,” I say as Tic comes over and takes Vito from Beast.
Then he heads over to Dusty and Gigi by the bed. “Let’s get home, kids,” he says in a low tone. Dusty gets up still holding her in his arms and leaves the room. We follow them out and run back to our bikes.
Dusty takes Gigi on his. She is holding on to him so tight around his waist he must be having a hard time breathing.
Once everyone is settled, Beast waves his hand for us to head straight home.
We roll into the Clubhouse parking lot around two in the morning. We park our bikes and see Prospect Bo and Torch busting out the bar door towards us.
“Boys, take the shitheads to the shed and hang their asses,” Beast orders them.
Dusty is carrying Gigi in his arms and Beast waves him to follow. Ryder and I run up beside him to trail him inside,
“You all head inside, I’ll update Gator and Maddox. See you in the morning.” Snake says to us as he walks past us into the building.
“I’ll bring Jules to our room so you all can be alone,” I say on his right.
“I’ll grab Ces and take him to my room,” Ryder says on his left. He nods to us and we all jog up the stairs.
Beast orders Dusty to stay in the hall until he calls him in.
The three of us enter the room, quietly. The girls and Ces are out cold. Ryder walks quietly to the right side of the bed and takes Ces in his arms, and then walks out. I grab Jules from the other side of the bed and leave Beast alone with his wife.
I lay Jules on our bed. “Is Gigi safe?” she asks sleepily. “Yea, kitten, we got her. She’s with Beast, Dusty and Bella now. Go back to sleep. I’ll undress you and lay with you,” I say, and she falls back under. I undress us both and take her in my arms.
I can’t sleep, I just stare at the ceiling and think. Could this shit show really be over? Gator and I have some calls to make. Then we have Antonio and Vito to deal with and end them. I hope for the girl’s sake this is over now. They need to heal and move on from all this and feel safe again.
Beast and Bella are building a house on the lake and I talk to Benny about building one for Jules and me next door. I haven’t told her yet and I haven’t pushed him to move forward. I talked to him before we lost the baby and I don’t have the heart to tell Jules about what I planned. Maybe once the two shitheads in the shed are gone I will, and she can speak to Benny. I want her to have her dream house for our family.
I also had plans to propose on Thanksgiving but put those on hold, for now. I’m gonna do it Christmas Eve by the lake. She needed more time to process the events as of late. I don’t want to push her, so I’ll wait.
Sleep finally takes me under as the sun is beginning to rise.
Jules wakes me up a few hours later, she’s dressed and ready to head downstairs for breakfast with everyone.
“You stay in the Clubhouse and listen to the guys, got it, babe,” I say getting out of bed to kiss her on my way to the bathroom.
“I’ll be good. Hunter, make him pay. Make him suffer the way he did to all of us. Show that bastard no mercy,” she orders, and I have to laugh. My girl has a mean streak and I love it.
“No mercy for him, babe, I can promise you that. Stay by Bella and make sure she’s good. I’ll find you later after I clean up,” I tell her and kiss her one last time before she leaves.
I hurry and get ready. When I make my way downstairs, Gator tells me Val and Beast are in the shed.
We head to Gator’s office to make those calls. He starts with the Mendez’s first, the conversation is short, but not productive. Miguel the boss still wants to try and negotiate a price for Gigi, his brother Carlo wants her still. We tell him there will be no deal and to stay out of our state. If they come for her, we will take it has a declaration of war. They agree to stand down and stay away. We end the call and Gator gives me a look.
“You gonna be able to stay cool while I talk to Alejandro, brother?” he asks, knowing how I get about Jules. I want to say yes, but I can’t. Not knowin’ how this could play out for my girl worries me and pisses me off. Alejandro is the leader.
“Can’t promise that brother. They want my girl and I’m not gonna stand by and listen to the same shit we just did with Miguel,” I tell him honestly, he nods and makes the call, placing the speakerphone on again.
Santiago, Alejandro’s second in command answers on the third ring.
“Hola, Gator, to what do we owe the honor,” Santiago says in a strong Spanish accent.
“Hola, Santiago, I need to speak with Alejandro concerning an urgent business matter,” Gator says, and I sit in the chair in front of his desk waiting patiently. My heart is pounding in my chest. I have a feeling this isn’t gonna go as well as our last call. The Hernandez Cartel are not men to give up very easily when they want something. They want my Jules! Hopefully, we can come up with an understanding since Antonio is out and their arrangement is null and void.
“He’s just getting out of a meeting, um minuto,” he says, one minute. We wait and stare at one another while he places the phone on silent.
It doesn’t take long for Alejandro to come to the phone, thankfully.
“Hola, Gator, what is urgent business,” Alejandro says in a thick Spanish accent that is hard to understand. Alejandro is in his early forties with a wife and six kids, and a slew of mistresses around the globe.
“We have a mutual friend that’s hanging in my shed we need to discuss,” Gator says huffing and I can’t take it any longer. I get up and pace the room, running my hand through my hair and rubbing the back of my neck.
“I hate to be the bearer of bad news here. I’m calling to inform you that the deal you had with Antonio Esposito is dead along with him.” Gator enlightens the man and he growls. Here we go, shits about to hit the fuckin’ fan.
“What is mierda you spew?!” he yells into the phone him what shit he’s spewing.
“Alejandro, I’m gonna give it to you straight cause we’re both busy men. Antonio made a deal with you that he had no business makin’. The woman he promised you is not his, she is the property of my VP, not the Italian Mafia either, she’s a Dragon.” At that, I growl and speak up.
“She is my ol’lady, my property, and your man will not have her,” I growl making it perfectly clear to him that she is off limits.
“Well, this is most unfortunate. I must assume, she no pure and my man pay for a virgin. But my man still wants for breeding,” Alejandro says, and I go off. I may have some anger issues, specifically when it comes to Jules.
“You would assume correctly. She is definitely not a virgin in any sense of the word. So, you tell your man to find his own fuckin’ woman and leave mine alone. I will kill him or anyone that comes near her! You fuckin’ got me, man!” I roar at him through the phone. Gator gives me a look to stand down. Not going to happen. I’m in rarer form and I ain’t backin’ down. My girl didn’t ask for any of this, and it’s my job to keep her safe. To protect her at all cost.
“How do you men plan to rectify this mierda?” He can’t be serious. We don’t owe him shit. Gator only called as a courtesy to the man and to protect my girl. Nothin’.
“There nothin’ for us to rectify, your deal wasn’t made with my Club. Antonio had no ownership of the woman he promised. I just called you as a courtesy cause you do business with my Clubs and I would like to continue workin’ together.”
I can hear the grunt and mumbling in the background. “I was promised the puta and I want her. A deal is a deal bring me my puta,” Santiago screams in the distance. That asshat is the one that wanted my girl. Oh, hell to the fuck no.
“Your deal was not with us, asshole. You want a puta, go find one. You are not gettin’ my ol’ lady. You come anywhere near her, we will take it as a declaration of war. No, more business with our Clubs, you will be banned from Florida. That means no more access to our ports,” I scream at them. Let me get my hands-on Santiago and I will throttle his ass. That asshat is goin’ down.
“We no ruin business. You got pure virgin in trade,” Alejandro asks, and Gator and I laugh.
“Ain’t no virgins around here to trade. You mean to tell me you can’t find a nice woman there,” Gator replies, and I can’t stop laughing. “You’re gonna have to take this as a loss. The man you dealt with is dead and your deal died with him. Are we straight or are you declaring war on my Club for somethin’ we had no part in.” We stare the phone waiting with bated breath for their answer. They talk in hushed voices, making a decision.
The waiting is drivin’ me insane. I want this over with now. We have business to attend to in the shed and I have some frustrations to get out on him.
“You give proof Antonio is dead and the girl is... Umm, how you say, painted skin... Oh, yes, tattoo, own to Ace and we see,” Alejandro says and hangs up. Shit, I’ve haven’t even thought about Jules’s property tatt since the baby. I guess now is as good a time to do it. I have my machine and ink in my room. Once we take care of Antonio, I will take care of that.
I just hope that’s enough, and they are true to their word, but my gut tells me it’s not gonna happen. They want my girl at any cost.
We stay in his office for a few minutes, figuring things out then Gator leaves to get the guys. I need some fresh air and a few minutes to think. I head out and wait for them by the shed.
Gator, Maddox, Romeo, Lorenzo, Bash, Blaze, Bull, Ryder, Bo, Torch, and I walk into the shed to Beast and Val cutting Vito to shreds. We stop in our tracks when we see them goin’ to town on him. We grunt and Vito moans in agony as the door slams shut.
Val finally slits his throat ending the bloody masque before us. Then it’s time to have Bo and Torch strip Antonio and have at him. Then Beast orders them to remove Vito.
Beast set the scene for us and has Val start the games. We all stand back, watchin’ with devious amusement and laughter. This bastard is finally getting what he desires.
When Val’s done he hands the reins to Lorenzo, after a couple of hours. Val’s not done, just takin’ a break to reboot. He’ll get another go around like all of us. This bastard is going to be here for a while until we all get our hands on this asshat. We all have some sorta beef with him. Whether it’s from what he did to Bella and Ces or what he had planned for Jules and Gigi.
Lorenzo’s been working Antonio over for a little bit when the door opens and in waddles Bella with Jules and Ces behind her. That girl is gonna be the death of my brother, and her accomplices the death of Ryder and me. Jules is in for a raw ass after this stunt.
I head right to my girl and drag her to the corner to find out what she was thinkin’ bringing Bella in here.
Beast growls at her and I tune them out while I talk to my girl. Before I get my answers, we hear Bash yell at Gio and they argue. Then Val starts in on Beast and Gator about him lettin’ Bella stay.
She wins and goes to stand in front of Antonio. Fuck, that girl has balls of steel. She gives it to him verbally and then physically, hitting him. I don’t think half of us in this room could be as strong as that girl is. She has me mesmerized watching her. She won’t break again after this, no she will be stronger.
I know I’m not the only one in this room to feel this way. She impressed the shit out of all of us. We could only aspire to be like that tiny girl, who right now looks taller than all of us. She can do a lot more than we give her credit for, I’ll tell you that.
Not only has she lived through this shit, she’d put you down like the scum you are if she had to. Definitely want his girl in my corner in a fight.
She’s like a kitten until the claws need to come out and watch out, cause those claws are sharp as knives.