39. Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Medusa
Standing in my bathroom after a shower with Noah, I’m doing my hair. I love when I’m getting ready for battle. I put my hair into my signature dragon braid. The red hair flowing and it makes me ready. The black t-shirt, black jeans, and motorcycle boots are on and I walk out of the bathroom to see Noah wearing the same outfit as me. He smiles at me and I notice his eyes darken with desire. I bite my lip, knowing we’re on the same page.
“If we didn’t need to kick some ass right now, I’d fuck you so hard right now.”
“Later.” I kiss his chest. I move to my desk chair and grab my cut with the Valkyrie MC logo. It has President on the front, with Medusa under it.
“Are you ready?” I ask him, as I’m terrified he might not make it home with us. I don’t know if I could live without him.
“I’m ready. I’ll have your back, I promise. Smitty trained me and drilled a lot of stuff into me. You and the girls are not alone.”
“I love you.” The words are out of my mouth before I could stop them.
“I love you too, Merida.” He whispers before capturing my lips. I tug at his t-shirt, trying to bring him closer to me. The alarm on my phone goes off. “Let’s go.” He grabs my hand as we walk out of my room. Joker is there in the middle of the room, handing out comms for all of us. She’s going to be in the van hacked into the security cameras guiding us. Joker is also going to monitor the scanner for the cops being called on us. She pulls out at tablet calling Noah and Smitty over to review the points they need to be at to take out the people who are guarding the outside or high above on the buildings. Tripline is double checking all of the bombs before putting them into the totes we use for transporting. DaVinci has the flash bombs and chemicals to remove our DNA from the scene. I motion for TJ to follow me away from the group.
“Are you okay with the plan for Michelle?” We talked earlier, and it didn’t end up being productive. It was more arguing than listening to each other.
“You’re in charge. We follow your lead. I hate it has come to this, but she’s family. I’m never going to be okay if we have to kill her. It will haunt me, but if it needs to be done, then it needs to be done.” TJ swallows hard, trying to hold back his emotions. I wipe at the tears on my cheeks. “I know you’re feeling it, too.” We hug before we hear Bubbles asking if everyone is ready.
“Are you sure you want to go with us?” I need to ask again because I’m nervous about losing my brother, just not Noah. He nods. As I make it to the women, they all look at me. I should make a speech. “Tommy DeMarco not only took our dad,” I motion between TJ and me, “but he took our childhood. This man used our parents, got them hooked on drugs, we were left to our own growing up. We lost so much because of this man. Noah almost lost his life recently. Now he has Michelle but not sure what she has to do with all of this and I’m hoping she’s a victim too. The alternative scares me.” I sigh. “Today we go in there not knowing what we will find. We are going to be smart about this and work together as a team.”
“I’m going to be in control of the cameras. I’ve already recorded a lot so I can play it and no one would be the wiser.” Joker speaks up. “We all have comms that no one can hack, I made sure of it.”
“Smitty and Noah are going to be up here with Duchess and Derby as the four of them are the best on sniper rifles. They’ll make sure to take out everyone on the outside.” Tripline begins talking as we all stare at the map that Joker had made. It’s the arial view of the area. “Derby and Noah here.” She marked with a couple of exes. “Smitty and Duchess here. From the footage I’ve been watching with Joker, there are about six people on the outside. Four on the ground and two up here. Derby and Noah, you’ll have to take them out to get on this perch.” Noah nods as he listens with such determination. Am I doing the right thing letting him be a part of this mission?