Chapter Eight
Thrasher handed Snake a piece of paper.
Snake growled and he looked pissed as he read it.
Della grabbed the paper from his hand.
Snake tried to grab it back. “Della, you don’t need to...”
Della’s face went grey as she read the paper aloud, “Property of Jazz. Wanted returned alive. She left rather than oblige a contract made in good faith. Ten-thousand-dollar reward.” The paper shook in her grip then it slipped from her fingers to drift to the floor.
Snake scooped her up and held her in his arms. He moved away while speaking softly to her. Trying to bring her back from whatever hell she was visiting at the moment.
Saint looked around at the men and shook his head. “What kind of brother would do that to his own family?” he muttered under his breath.
Lucifer scoffed in disgust. “He’s not her brother.
He’s her jailer and its finally time to break that chain.
He doesn’t deserve to be her brother and he’s about to learn that fact the hard way.
I hope he does come after her. I can’t wait to meet him with my fist into his fucking face. ” He looked over at Snake and Della.
Bucky was right there with them and the dog was whining at Della almost as if to ask if she was okay.
Lucifer shook his head and then looked over at Thrasher. “What else did you find out about these maggots?”
Thrasher picked up a small stack of papers and handed them to him.
For the next few minutes, Lucifer read every one of them, then passed them around to his men.
Snake finally brought Della back over and sat down in her chair with her on his lap.
Saint studied her for a moment then asked, “What else can you tell us about your brother?”
Della sighed heavily then replied, “He began using drugs from the first day I think. When Jack left there was no one around to stop him and he became an addict right away. Then he started on steroids. He thought he had to buff up quick and instead of working toward a goal, he used heavy steroids to get there faster. The real Jesse I used to know got lost while being on the dope and steroids. I think he fried his tiny mind and he turned into a monster. I wasn’t his sister anymore.
Instead, I was someone who walked away from his promises and his threats. ”
“Men just don’t sell off family members, what the hell?” Dax griped.
“He had to find me and make good on his offer to Jazz,” Della said.
“Well, even as a teen, I wasn’t a person that bows to pressure or does anything I don’t want to do.
And I sure as hell don’t want anything to do with whoever he is now.
I mean he didn’t even act like he cared about our mom.
She had been murdered because of him and he just acted like nothing had happened.
Then he gave me up to a filthy pig of a man.
So, for the last eleven years, I’ve been playing hide and seek with the Devils. ”
Snake shook his head. “Now that game is over. Jesse and Jazz are on their way here to claim what isn’t theirs to claim.”
“They will end up hurt or dead for their trouble,” Thrasher added.
“I just don’t want any of you to get hurt,” Della repeated her sentiment of earlier.
“We have faced much worse,” Saint told her. “These guys wouldn’t last a second in the hell we survived. We know war and we know battle. They will lose.”
Lucifer smiled but the glee never met his eyes. “Snake was right to bring you here. And don’t worry, we’ll take care of anyone who comes looking for you. It will be our extreme pleasure.”
Della shivered at the promise in his words.
Snake wrapped his arms around her.
Bucky laid his head on her lap and Della let her fingers dig into his fur.
“Jazz always carries a blade and he likes to use it against everyone and anyone. And as far as I know, Jesse is still on the drugs and steroids, but he picked up a nasty habit over the last few years. He’s got a particular knife he likes to carry.
He’s also got a brass set of knuckles but instead of a whole set he’s only got two and on one side you can see two rings around his knuckles but on the other side there’s a very sharp blade he likes to use against anyone he’s in battle with.
He carries this thing in his pocket and he likes to catch his prey by surprise.
Just don’t get too close to him. Cause he’ll surprise you with this contraption and watch you die up close and personal like. ”
“Where did you find out about this little surprise blade?” Lucifer asked as he narrowed his eyes at her.
Della swallowed hard and explained what she saw, “I was in LaDonna a few weeks ago shopping and I almost stumbled into him. I heard him talking to a friend of his and they were talking about where I could be and the other guys said something Jesse didn’t like.
So he slipped his hand into his pocket and the next thing I knew, the other guy was falling to the ground and the blood stain was growing on his chest. Jesse just slipped his hand back into his pocket and walked away as casually as he could.
” She shook her head. “He just killed a man and walked away like nothing happened. How could he do something like that?”
Lucifer shook his head. “You might be surprised by what a man can do to another human being and simply walk away.”
Just then, a small tap sounded on the door.
Saint walked over and opened it. He spoke to a woman for a few minutes then nodded and closed the door behind him.
He turned to look at Lucifer then at Snake and he shook his head.
“Gentlemen, we have a visitor. Pink just told me she saw someone standing at the tree line, watching the farm. And he’s got his hand wrapped up in gauze.
Seems he had an accident recently, or maybe a dog bite last night.
He’s pacing and he doesn’t look happy about it. ”
“You think he watching to maybe catch glimpse of Della?” Lucifer wanted to know.
“Yeah brother, I think he’s watching the farm for a glimpse of Della.” Saint nodded. “And if he called Chicago last night, we might have more visitors very soon.”
Lucifer grabbed his phone and called his own compound. He spoke low but hard and when the call ended, he looked over at Saint. “My guys will come through the woods and see if they can get the drop on our watcher. They will also bring us our hardware and then we’ll get ready for more visitors.”
“I’ll get the women to the safe rooms and prepare the house for battle.” Saint nodded. He looked around at his own men. “Lock and load guys, battle is coming to our front door.”
Turbo walked over to the sidewall and tapped a code into the safe. The door opened up and he began passing out weapons. Then one by one Turbo, Phantom, Dax and Thrasher all disappeared.
Snake stayed in the office with Della and Bucky but he drew his own weapon.
Saint, Lucifer and Demon all grabbed a weapon from the safe and they went out the door as well.
Della looked up at Snake and asked, “What are they going to do?”
“They’re getting in position to defend this place. Jazz and Jesse could be here anytime now and they will be ready.”
“Good, I hope they can get him with no one getting hurt.” Della sneered.
“And I hope it hurts too. It needs to be painful for Jesse after all the pain he’s caused.
I miss Mom every day. She didn’t deserve what happened.
She was trying to help him. And I want him to know there are consequences for what’s he done. ”
Snake nodded then picked up some of the papers off the floor the guys dropped when Saint told them about the watcher.
He paused to look at one and he growled under his breath.
Looking up at Della, then his gaze returned to the paper he was reading.
He looked at Della again and shaking his head he said, “Your brother and the Red Devils are into shit that could get them killed.”
“What do you mean?” Della frowned at his words.
“They went and got themselves into something that is worse than most activities. This could get them life in prison.,” he told her.
“They joined forces with some major gun dealers and these guys don’t play games.
They are being hunted by the big boys. This group are gun runners supplying stolen guns to our enemies overseas.
Our own guns. They would be charged with treason if they are caught. ”
“Holy hell,” Della swore under her breath. “And here I thought he couldn’t sink any lower.”