Taming Rafe Animals MC book 7

Chapter Nineteen.

Tess made it into town a little before sunset, she found a small diner and after using the payphone to call her parents ordered a cup of coffee that she didn't drink.

Instead, she sat in the booth the coffee warming her palms. She blocked out the hustle and bustle of the diner around her, the plates clattering, the grill sizzling, the little bell above the door all of it faded to nothing more than static as she stared out the large window.

What was Raphael doing? Was he preparing for battle? was he already dead? She knew his pride wouldn't let him make a run for it and the thought made her angry.

He deserved more, he deserved better and the fact he didn't see that made her angry at him.

The Sheriff's department was just a few buildings down and originally she planned to go there, but that wouldn't solve much. The time it took to file a report Raphael might be dead and even if he wasn't he would surely go to prison.

Suddenly she saw three large black SUV's with tinted windows roll through town straight to the mountain and she knew with absolute certainty they were going to Raphael.

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Raphael heard the vehicles approaching and closed his eyes, taking a long deep breath and letting out a long sigh. This was it, his final stand.

Turning he went into the cabin and grabbed his handgun, shoving it in the back of his pants and covering it with his coat he met them on the doorstep.

"Raph, my good boy. I was in town and thought I would pay you a visit."

The man who hired him had only given him the name Ed but Raphael doubted that was real. He was standing on the lawn with several men behind him all holding guns.

"Ed, nice of you to visit."

"So then, where is my girl?" Ed asked.

"What girl?"

"Don't play stupid with me boy, I want that girl dead or alive."

"No."

"What did you say?" Ed asked.

"I said...No, you can't have her."

Ed busted into laughter and Raphael watched him, confused and on edge. Finally, Ed spoke.

"Why if I didn't know any better I'd think you had fallen in love with this girl."

Raphael grit his teeth and set his jaw but didn't reply, there was no use confirming or denying it.

"Isn't that sweet a regular Beauty and her Beast." Ed taunted.

Raphael didn't reply even as the other men started to laugh.

"Does this girl love you? does she see past what you really are?" Ed laughed harder.

"Laugh all you want, kill me if it helps but I won't tell you where she is," Raphael said.

Ed abruptly stopped laughing and glared at Raphael, he was a short, balding man who was a few pounds past obese. In a fair fight, Raphael could kill him with his bare hands.

"Kill him," Ed said.

A second later the shots rang out as the seven men behind him opened fire, almost immediately Raphael felt the impact of the bullets, some missing and some hitting him and knocking him into the snow.

He began to fire back hitting two of the bastards and killing them dead before dragging himself into the cabin. He managed to fall against the door and slide the deadbolt in place.