He's alive. I thought everyone was gone and I was left alone but he's really alive. All I wanted was to get back to Knuckles but as soon as I saw Mike I just lost it. I didn't want him to let go of me when he put me down on the truck, it felt like if I couldn't touch him he would disappear and it wouldn't be real.
"Put him in the van and take him back. You are all welcome to stay at my place, it's off the radar so no one will bother us there." Mike says as two men cable tie Alec's arms and legs and load him into a van.
"Thanks, but we need to hit the road before the law notices Alec is missing at the same time an MC took a vacation in the same place." Killer says as he helps pack up the guns. Wait, fuck, I mean I figured as soon as I got away from Alec I would head for Knuckles, but my brother is here and I can't leave him now to go with Knuckles. I look between my brother and the man I love
"Knuckles, a word." Killer says as they both disappear from sight.
"There you go, just a flesh wound." Cordelia smiles as she wraps up my shoulder, it hurts like a bitch, but nothing I haven't felt before. Cordelia finishes up and then heads over to help Doc with two guys from the club that got hurt.
"I thought you died in a helicopter crash." I say turning to my brother and taking his hand as I jump down from the truck
"I know, everyone does and I'll explain, but not right now." He replies as he oversees his guys cleaning the place up to look like we were never here
"Ok let's hit the road." Killer shouts as everyone in Knuckles club jump into their trucks ready to leave
"Wait, don't go yet I don't..." Knuckles stops me, even though I wasn't sure what I was going to say, I want to be by Knuckles side but I can't leave Mike.
"Relax, Killer is letting me stay behind for tonight, they can hit the road and if I do get caught, it's just me, my club has nothing to do with Alec's death." He says as he wraps his arms around me and pulls me close, even though it was only two days I missed these arms, damn I'm whipped.
"He's not dead yet, but he sure as shit will be by sunrise." Mike says as we follow him out of the warehouse. I watch as the Broken Demons drive off into the night, I'll always owe them for helping me take down Alec. A pick up truck pulls up in front of us and Tom steps out of the drivers seat
"Thanks for bringing my truck down." Mike says as they do the whole handshake bro hug thing men like to do.
"Come on, I'll take you to my place, we'll get some sleep and then I'll explain everything in the morning." Mike says as he climbs into the truck. Knuckles and I climb into the backseat and Knuckles wraps his arm around me as I curl into his side.
As Mike drives I look out of the window and realise we're going through my old neighbourhood
"Have you been to our house? Is it still there?" I ask leaning forward and placing my hand on Mikes Shoulder
"Yeah it's still there, it's pretty trashed but I don't think anything is missing." He says, his eyes meeting mine in the mirror
"Did you find out what happened to Mom? Did Alec...?" I question, a lump forming in my throat at the thought of Alec taking her from me, no matter how fucked up our relationship was in the end
"No, as far as I can tell it wasn't Alec. Mrs Walters from next door went to check on Mom cos no one had seen her for a few days and found her on the couch, needle still in her arm." Mike says, looking away from me now
"Where is she?" I ask looking at the floor myself, I still feel guilt for not coming back for her
"She's buried between Dad and Jessica. I'm sorry you had to deal with Jessica alone... I should've..." Mike replies
"It's ok, you were busy being dead." I reply with a small laugh trying to break the sadness in the truck and Mike laughs and nods. Knuckles tightens his grip around me and I relax back against him. The rest of the journey goes by in silence as I watch the neighbourhood I grew up in pass by, memories floating through my thoughts of the restaurant we used to go to, the park we used to play in and the roads my dad used to drive us around on in the latest car he's fixed up.
As the truck begins to slow I recognise where we are
"This is the burnt out apartment building I used to hang around in with my friends, why are we stopping here?" I ask confused, I remember Mike dragging my ass out of here one time because it wasn't safe and the kids I was with were bad influences, funny now looking back and considering what I've done in the last year.
Mike pulls around the back and into the underground parking, he parks up the truck and climbs out, I jump out behind him and follow him to the elevator, he punches in a code and the doors open
"My friends and I spent hours trying to get these doors to open, what the hell?" I question but he doesn't answer, just steps inside with Knuckles and I following. I chew on my lip as Knuckles laces our fingers and the elevator continues its journey upwards. When the elevator finally stops and opens I have to fight to stop my jaw hitting the floor
"I said my place was under the radar." Mike smirks as he steps out of the elevator and into the luxury apartment in front of me
"Nice place" Knuckles smirks as he pulls me out of the elevator and into the apartment
"I said I'll explain in the morning and I will, your room is down the hall to the right." Mike says before disappearing out of sight and I groan
"Come on babe you need some rest after all that's happened and not to mention getting shot." Knuckles says as he guides me down the hall to the bedroom. The room is a simple plain white room with a white bed and white furniture, to the right I see the closet and a bathroom, I head for the bathroom but Knuckles grabs my wrist and spins me back against his chest roughly
"I wanted to give you time with your brother but now we're alone, I haven't been buried inside you for three days." He growls as he picks me up and I wrap my legs around him as our lips crash together
"I'm covered in Alec's scent and blood, I need to shower." I say as his lips travel down my neck
"Good idea." He says before heading into the bathroom.
A/N: hello! For those who haven't seen the notes on my message board my daughter Ivy is 4 weeks old now and I'm starting to write again. Only a couple chapters left on Knuckles and Scars story and I'm asking whose story you would like to read next? Let me know and thank you for your votes and kind comments xxx
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MC Scars (Broken Demons MC #3)
ChickLitKnuckles is fed up of the couples scene at the clubhouse and wants to get out and party, but then he meets a girl who changes everything. Does he risk betraying his club, his family for a girl he barely knows or will he do what ever it takes to prot...
