Chapter 22 - Knuckles

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I stayed up all night with Circuit trying to get information on Aleksandr and his crew. I decided I can't let her go, I want her too badly, I'm definitely falling for her. I stopped by the store on the way to my moms place so I could make Scar breakfast and then cleaned up the kitchen before I started cooking.

Waking Scar up seems to be a pretty fucking dangerous thing to do. I either need to get the gun away from her or when she feels comfortable letting me sleep beside her I better learn to duck fast.

As I kissed her I tried to show her how much I care about her, I wasn't just trying to fuck her again, but we got interrupted by Killer calling fucking church.

Cordelia said she would work on trying to get Scar to stay a little longer while we were in church, I hope it works, because I'm running out of ideas and I don't think Scar would appreciate being chained to my bed to stop her running.

"What happened to just a fuck, not my fault she caught feelings for me?" Bullet smirks, I'm going to be taking shit from the guys for a while for this but fuck it, I think she's worth it.

"Yeah I know, but I also know there isn't one of you here who wouldn't want to help a girl in her situation." I reply looking around the room. Yeah we all break the law, yeah all of us have hurt or killed people, but not one of us would do what Alec has done to Scar, she's an innocent girl who was underage when he raped her, I know they'll want his blood.

"Well that's why I called church. I'm not happy with the heat this girl could bring to our club, so we will hear Knuckles out and then vote." Killer says from the head of the table.

"Circuit, tell us what you have so far." Killer says as Circuit stands at his screen, showing the image of Scar on his laptop.

"Ok so the girl is 18 year old Scarlett Wilson, she's born and raised in Brooklyn. Her dad was in the army and was killed in Iraq 5 years ago, her brother, Michael, joined up just before their father was killed and his helicopter got shot down over hostile territory, the helicopter and everyone on board has not been recovered and the men are presumed dead. Her sister Jessica, graduated high school but then became a heroin addict, died of an overdose just after the brother went missing. Finally Scarlett's mother died 9 months ago, says drug overdose, but wouldn't surprise if this guy had something to do with it." Circuit showed pictures of Scarlett's family looking happy together, I hate that she's lost everyone. Now the screen changes to a picture of Aleksandr and I feel the anger coursing through my veins just looking at his picture.

"This is Aleksandr Mikhailov, head of The Russian Mafia for the whole of the north east coast. He is one evil mother fucker, a lot of the rumours are unconfirmed but it's said he was sick of waiting for his father to hand him the family business so he killed him. They have their hands in many different things, but they seem to mostly be involved in heroin, cocaine and human trafficking. He is known for his ruthlessness and he has a huge following. He has contacts and men in most states and his obsession with Scarlett is well known. He has word out that he will pay for any information on her whereabouts, he's paying guys to go after her and bring her back alive, they can hurt her, just not kill her." Circuit shows maps of his territory and some FBI report.

"Why has he got an obsession with the girl?" Bullet asks

"I think it's because she turned him down. She told me she saw him as a brother, but he wanted her as his girl, I think he snapped when he kissed her and she said no and ran away." I reply, I don't want the guys to know the full story, it's not mine to tell.

"Ace, bring Scarlett in here." Killer motions to the prospect and he quickly heads out to the bar, a few minutes later he comes back with Scarlett, who is just in her bra and holding her shirt

"Sorry, didn't want to keep you guys waiting while I got dressed." She smirks as she stands at the head of the table and slips her shirt back on

"Ok, I see it." Ice says under his breath and I shoot him a look, I notice a few of the guys drooling over her, she is mine, I'll have to have a talk with her about showing off her body to anyone but me.

"Alright that's enough. Scarlett, why don't you tell us your history with this Aleksandr." Killer says as he motions to an empty chair

"No offence and I know Knuckles wants to help me with this, but this shit is mine and mine alone. I'm not asking for help, I just need transport and I'm out of here." She says standing by the empty chair instead of sitting down. Her stubbornness is going to kill me

"Humour me, maybe I just don't like the look of this Russian fuck and want information from you so I can take him out myself." Killer says motioning for her to sit down again

"Fine, but I don't need your protection, I can outfight and shoot any one of you." She shrugs as she sits down.

"Alright keep it down fellas." Killer says as the room erupts in laughter at Scars comment, but she is pretty tough. Scar replays what she told me, but she only gives the bare facts, leaving out a lot of what she told me, including the night of her birthday

"But what a lot of people don't seem to realise is he's a pussy." She says and a lot of the guys look at her confused, including me, how many times has she been hurt by him and yet he's a pussy?

"It's always his men, it's never him. I've been doing this dance with him for a year and I've broken his nose three times, that's the most I've ever fought him. He always steps back into the shadows and gets his men to take care of me. I don't think he can fight or shoot at all, that or he doesn't want blood on his hands. I've never actually seen him hurt anyone, yeah he's ordered it many times, but he's never done anything himself and I don't think he can." She says confidently before standing

"But like I said, I don't want your help, I enjoy living on the road and one day either his men will kill me or I'll kill him, but for now I'm just riding the adventure." She smiles before moving towards the door

"Stay in the bar Scarlett." Killer says pointing out of the door and she nods before heading back out to the bar and I watch her sit on a stool

"I like her." Bullet smirks

"She's fucking hot." Ice adds, I look around the table and see nods of agreement, I knew the guys would like her

"So I said we would put it to vote, are we willing to risk bringing the Russian mafia on our heads to protect this girl?" Killer says

"She hasn't got anyone, she's been through too much for 18, I'm in." Sonny says banging his fist on the table.

"Her father and brother fought and died for us, I'll fight for her." Doc adds. The rest of the guys bang their fists and grunt in agreement.

"So it's settled, Scarlett can stay." Killer bangs his gavel on the table and dismisses church.

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