Retribution

Chapter Seventeen

Daxton

"Alright we should hear back from Rico soon" I mutter to myself as I pace the room. We had to fast-track as much of this plan as we could so we could get Paige out, Clay and I are booked on a flight in a few days to meet Rico and so in the meantime, Paige is going to have to play nice and stay with him until we can get over to fucking Italy. Gage wont come out of his fucking room and Quinn seems to be standing with him. I'm so close to punching this asshole, we finally have a way to get Paige home and he could care less, all he cares about is fucking Quinn. Literally and metaphorically. The only time they've come out of the room was to get food and neither of them have said a word. Clay went to talk to Gage about it and he just slammed the door in his face so at least it was one less plane ticket we had to buy. He's going to have to wake the fuck up because Paige will be coming home with us and that's where she's going to stay, nobody will be allowed to hurt her ever again.

"Dax, fucking chill out. They had a massive hike with no service. We probably aren't going to hear from him until tomorrow" Clay snaps me out of my head. He's been glued to the computer trying to keep track of things from here.

"I know but I need her," I say looking towards him. This seems to snap him out of his trance because he looks towards me with a sad smile

"I know"

"What are we going to do when we get her home? We've got Quinn back and now we know where Alec is. We have all the cards at the moment and he still needs to die, along with all his other men" I finally sit down and the cramps in my legs hit from all the pacing and stress.

"We get her home and we look after her. From what Rico's said she's in bad shape. She's going to need people and Gage doesn't seem the least bit interested"

"Also what the fuck are we doing about those two? Because I can not listen to him defile our sister every fucking night anymore" I say with a pissy tone. It's like those two are wild fucking animals, they go all night and all day.

"We can't do anything until Quinn starts talking and she seems to have adopted a mute persona at the moment. Gage won't say a fucking word. I told him we had Paige last night and he just looked at me like a ghost and slammed the door in my face. All that love he apparently had for her has magically disappeared" Clay says with a look of confusion. Something is seriously wrong with that guy. It's like everything he felt for her has disappeared overnight. All he's been focused on is Quinn and it's like he's completely forgotten about her.

Gage

Fuck.

I light up another joint as I look out the window, I did miss how peaceful this place was. I spent a lot of time up here when I was younger. It used to be Dax and Clay's family home but they spent over a year renovating it to include rooms for their little hobbies. I can hear Quinn snoring softly and I look over at her. She's beautiful and she's all I've ever wanted in life. But my guilt rises as I remember what Clay said. They found Paige. They found her and they're rescuing her. That fucker took her all the way over to Italy, if we hadn't had Rico then we would never have found her. But I need to leave, Quinn and I need to leave. Paige will know I traded her and she'll want to kill me. But I also can't look at that face again, the face of betrayal. I remember that face when I found her here with the twins, it was like I had stabbed her. She shut down and things haven't been the same since. I know I've fucked up badly and she'll hate me forever, I don't blame her. I hate me too.

I take another puff of the joint and the high intensifies and it feels like everything melts away slowly. I need to find a way to leave here with Quinn, somewhere we can go to start our life together. I need to forget about Paige. I need to forget about it all.

Quinn

I open my eyes and the smell of bud hits me and I roll my eyes. Pathetic. Gage has been smoking non-stop since I got back and I know why. He's trying to forget about her. But don't worry I'll help him do that, he'll just remember her as a quick lay. They'll all just remember her as the broken girl that gave them nothing. They have no idea what's about to hit them. At least this time I won't be leaving Gage behind. That was Alec's call because we didn't want it to seem suspicious. It hurt him so much and I know it did. He has no idea but I've been keeping track of him for the past three years, watching his every move and I got to watch his little side piece. She won't be a problem ever again. We have big plans for her.

Rico

What the fuck have I gotten myself into? I look down at my broken little bird, she's passed out and snoring softly in my arms. We've been walking for a few hours and all I want to do is get her home and look after her. I barely know her, yet I have this innate feeling to protect her. There's just something about her that pulls me in. The twins were very specific that I wasn't allowed to touch her and I'll honour that, for now. When she's ready I'll show her what it's like to be protected and cherished.