Page 116 of Malice and Surrender
I wasn’t letting this guy destroy my life. I’d paid my dues on the wheel of fucked up. My hands clenched the steering wheel as I pushed the car much faster than I should on these streets, but I had one mission, and the blue-eyed motorcycle-riding fuckpot was it.
I pulled into the Lost Souls driveway as the gates were opening. Four bikes were getting ready to leave. They all had their hands behind their backs, waiting to see if the black car with tinted windows was a threat.
Putting my window down, I yelled. “Don’t shoot. I’m just here to see Kai.”
“Who the fuck is Kai?” one guy asked. I couldn’t see who said it, but someone shouted back.
“Snake, you idiot. Get going. I’ll meet you soon.”
The three bikes peeled out. I took that as a good sign and slowly got out of the car.
“Roach, right?” I asked the guy as he cut the engine on his bike.
He leaned forward and looked me up and down. “Yeah, you got the name right. Are you fucking stupid, lost, or do you have a death wish?” Roach asked, and my back bristled.
“I need to speak to Kai.”
Roach’s eyebrow cocked upward. “Death wish, it is.” Roach sat up and pointed toward the amusement park. “He has a house on the other side of that. Good luck. You’re going to need it.” Roach waited until I got back in my car and pulled out before starting his bike.
It was easy enough to find the long driveway with the weed-covered overgrowth he called a lawn.
Pulling up to the house, I got out and jogged up the porch. My fist banged hard on the door as I yelled Kai’s name.
The door whipped open, and we glared at one another. He looked like he was ready for bed with jogging pants on. It was nice to see that his face looked as beat up as ours did.
“What the fuck do you want?” His hand flexed into a fist, and I pointedly looked at it.
“You gonna hit me?”
“Depends on why you’re here,” he said. “How exactly did you find my place?”
“Wouldn’t you like to know?”
Kai’s eyes narrowed as he glared.
“She’s gone, and it’s your fucking fault,” I said before he could argue some more.
His eyebrows shot up. “What?”
I pulled the letter from my pocket and tossed it at Kai. He snatched it out of the air and slowly unfolded it. I waited until he had time to read it all before I spoke.
“She’s gone, and it’s your fault. What are you going to do about it?”
“Me? Why am I the one having to do something?” Kai asked and leaned against the doorjamb as he sneered at me. He looked me up and down like I wasn’t worth his time, and I didn’t like it. Like Raine, it took me a long time to figure out that I was worth someone’s time, and my anger burned a little brighter.
“Are you hard of hearing? You and that fucking stunt last night chased her out of town. First, you almost killed her, then you assaulted her. As if that wasn’t bad enough, you almost shot her after you tracked her down to my home. She was happy. We were fucking happy.”
“Aw, did I ruin your little family?”
My fist flew before I had time to think about it. I gave him the same courtesy as he had with me last night and caught him in the middle of his face, completely off guard.
“Fuck,” Kai yelled and stumbled backward. “I’m going to kill you.”
“Then fucking kill me, but find her first, then fucking apologize and find a way to make her come back. I don’t care what you have to do, but don’t fuck this up. Remember, she’s only gone because of you. So much for loving her.” I shook my head as Snake’s glare darkened. “Then if you want to kill me, you can, asshole.” Snatching the letter from his hand, I marched down the stairs and got behind the wheel of my car.
There was no way he was going to be able to resist the thought of losing Raine. I’d seen it in his eyes just now when I said she was gone. His whole body twitched like he was ready to run out the door and find her that second. I would let him do the hard part. I was pretty sure he would find a way to hunt her down, and when he did, I would follow.
Everyone thought I was the nice guy, and most of the time, I was, but even nice guys could be pushed too far.
