Chapter 1 Robbie’s Revenge #2
“I have to go see my step-grandfather. Seems old Leon was married to my grandmother at one time. My mother told me some of what he did to her when she was a child. She also told me why she had to run away.”
“And why was that?” she asked.
“Seems old Leon can’t keep his dick in his pants. He molested her at fifteen. She ran away when she found out she was carrying me.”
Cassie’s eyes grew huge. “Leon is your father?”
“Seems so, at least according to my mother. Of course, she lies all the time so it might not be true but I’ll get the old man to tell me.” He smiled. “Then when I get done killing him I’ll have to find Peaches again and take care of her too. Then my mission will be complete.”
“He’s going to kill you if Deke doesn’t find you first.”
Robbie smiled but there was no humor in his eyes.
“Well, as neither of them knows where I am and you aren’t going to live to tell them, they’ll have to find me first, won’t they?
” He lifted the knife to her belly. He pierced her shirt but didn’t touch her skin.
He sliced the T-shirt away from that point up to the collar.
When the two pieces flopped open, Robbie could see her chest. He grinned and reached for one of her breasts.
Squeezing it hard, he twisted her flesh.
“I may not be able to fuck you anymore but I can hurt you and still enjoy that.”
Cassie glared at him. “You always were a crazy piece of shit.”
Robbie slapped her hard. “You deserve this and so much more.” He roared. “For what you did to me you deserve it bitch!”
Cassie narrowed her eyes at him. She could feel the blood running down her chin. “And I hope I’m still alive when Deke gets his hands on you. You think you know pain? You don’t, but you will.”
He snickered. “I’ll be long gone before he even knows you’re missing. He’ll never find what’s left of your body and he will never know what happened to his child. That’s the whole point of your death. He’ll never know what happened to you. Nobody will.”
Cassie peeked over his shoulder. She could see more than one wolf now and they were closing in. Closing her eyes, she prayed for a quick death but she also prayed Robbie would go with her. She would gladly meet him in hell.
He raised the knife again to the top of her chest. The cut burned as he sliced through her skin. She could feel the blood running down over her breasts and pooling at her waist. Cassie hissed slightly but wouldn’t give him the satisfaction of screaming out her pain.
Robbie wiped the blood from the first cut onto her shorts. Then he placed the blade on her right thigh. Holding her gaze, he sliced into her skin.
Cassie never made a sound. Blood began to pool down her legs to her feet.
Robbie placed the blade on her left calf and dug it in a little deeper than he had the first two times.
As he dragged the blade down her leg then the silence was broken by a creature coming toward them.
Robbie snapped his head around but he didn’t hear anything close. He smiled as he felt the ground shake.
He turned back to Cassie. “It seems you might be rescued. That won’t do at all.” He got to his feet and kicked her in the head.
She heard a thud as his foot met her temple. Cassie felt the kick then she felt nothing else as she passed out.
At the edge of the woods...
Deke turned his head, he saw a wolf take off running. He stepped closer and that’s when he saw her.
She was tied to a tree covered in blood. Her head was hanging at an odd angle.
His large frame trembled all over and his breath was stuck in his throat. He walked closer to her and knelt on the ground beside her.
Gator was there cutting the ropes that bound her to the tree.
When the ropes let go, she fell forward into Deke’s arms. He sat there for a moment and rocked her back and forth. Tears rolled down his cheeks.
Gator tried to loosen his hold. “Boss, we need to check and see how bad she’s hurt.”
Deke laid her on the ground and stepped back. He didn’t know why but he was shaking badly. He’d never felt fear in his life and it took him a moment to realize that was what it was.
Deacon knelt down beside her and his fingers reached out to find the pulse on her neck.
Deke saw his head fall forward and he knew his heart had just stopped. He couldn’t lose her. NO! His bloodied hands were fisted at his sides. “Is she still alive?” His voice was a mere whisper.
Deacon nodded. “Yeah, but she’s lost a lot of blood. We have to get her to the hospital.”
Gator took out his cell and called 9-1-1.
Deke gathered her into his arms and began walking back to the compound. It bothered him that she never made a sound. He looked down and saw Demon walking by his side.
Glancing down at Cassie, he saw the bruises on her face. He tightened the grip he had on her and she groaned.
She shook her head from side to side and tried to open her eyes.
Deke stopped and called out to her, “Cassie, baby, I’ve got you. You’re gonna be okay.”
Cassie tried to open her eyes and this time it worked. Her eyes tried to focus but she was having some trouble doing so.
Deke frowned as he watched her. He looked over at Deacon with worry. “Baby, are you all right?”
Cassie shook her head. “I think I’m gonna be sick.” She groaned.
“Do you need me to stop for a minute?” Deke frowned.
Cassie shook her head. “I need to know the baby is okay.” She looked at him with tears in her eyes. “Robbie is crazy. He was going to leave me to the wolves then go after Leon. He thinks Leon is his father. God...” Cassie closed her eyes in pain. “...We need to warn him. He’s gonna kill Leon.”
“Hush,” Deke whispered, holding her close. “We’ll get back to the clubhouse and have Peaches call her grandfather to warn him. But I’m not worried about Leon, I’m worried about you. You have to calm down.”
Cassie shivered. “I’m so cold.” She tried to bury herself in his warmth but she still shivered badly.
Deacon came up behind them and whispered, “I think she’s going into shock. We need to hurry.”
Deke nodded and began to walk faster. Within minutes, they came to the fence line. Then they were inside. Everyone gathered around while Deke called out, “She’s lost a lot of blood and she’s going into shock. Somebody get me a blanket!”
Deacon nudged Deke to one side and began looking over Cassie’s wounds. He glanced at Reva and called out for some towels.
Reva brought towels and a basin of warm water.
Marnie brought them a blanket but didn’t want to get in the way, so she stood back holding it.
Deacon began bathing the blood away, dropping the blood-soaked towels on the floor as she used them up, then wrapped towels around the wounds Robbie left behind.
Peaches came to stand beside her friend and reached for her hand. Tears ran down her cheeks as she watched everyone work on her.
Iceman came over to her and tried to pull her away. “Come on honey, you need to let them get her ready. The ambulance will be here soon.”
Peaches turned to leave her when Cassie gripped her hand tighter. “You need to call Leon.”
“What? Why?” Peaches frowned.
“Robbie is going after him. Janelle told him Leon is his father. Robbie is gonna kill him, then come after you. He told me that before he left.”
“That’s insane!” Peaches exclaimed.
Cassie opened her mouth to say something but her eyes rolled back in her head and her hand dropped to the side of the table.
“Deke!” Peaches screamed.
Deke rushed over and grabbed Cassie’s hand.
Deacon pushed his fingers onto her throat. He had a hard time finding her pulse but finally he found it. It was weak. He caught Deke’s eyes and shook his head. “We have to get her to the hospital now.”
Just then, the ambulance pulled in and Gator went out to hurry the EMT’s inside. Everyone stood back as two men in green uniforms worked to stabilize Cassie.
“You need to know that she is pregnant,” Deacon informed them.
When they loaded her on a gurney and pushed her out to the ambulance Deke, Deacon, Peaches and Iceman got into Glory’s van and followed the flashing red and blue lights all the way to the hospital. Demon jumped in just before the doors closed.
Ten minutes later, Deke watched helplessly as they pushed the gurney into the ER.
When the double doors closed, Peaches turned to Deke. “Tell me the bastard who did that to her didn’t get away.”
Deke silently stared back at her, then he turned and punched a hole in the waiting room wall.
Deke’s Revenge...
“Soon after her daughter died,” Leon told Robbie.
“You came to her house. You were six months old and for some reason, she never explained she latched onto you, she was the mother to you, she couldn’t be to her own daughter.
It wasn’t until later in your life that she lost interest in being the mother.
She wanted you to be something else entirely.
Her twisted mind wanted you to become what you are.
She wanted to raise a killer and she got her wish. You became a killer.”
“You are fucking lying!” Robbie shouted, kicking and screaming. “My name is Robert Emmerson Pierce. I know who I am.”
Calderone shook his head. “Your real name is Jason Kyle Kinley. You were taken off the streets of Chicago when you were six months old. Janelle was supposed to sell you in her ring. She paid the woman who took you four hundred dollars.”
Robbie simply stared at them. Suddenly, something snapped in his brain and he knew it was true. So many things from his childhood made sense now. “I hope the fires of hell are burning her, even as we speak.”
“You’ll find out soon I guess,” Deke stated in a steely voice.
He grabbed Robbie’s jacket and pulled him closer to the tree.
When he got as close as he wanted, he pulled Robbie to a stranding position.
Wrapping the rope around his body, he tied the knot behind him.
He then pulled a knife and cut away his clothing.
When his chest was free of the material bunched at his waist, Robbie heard footsteps to his left. Turning his head, he could see a pair of yellow eyes staring back at him.
Deacon knelt beside him as well. Using his own knife, he cut the pants Robbie was wearing. Opening the seams all the way up, he uncovered Robbie’s legs.
Robbie could hear them now, shuffling in the background. More noises from the woods penetrated the quietness.
“You cut my woman in order to draw in the wolves. You told her nothing calls the animals faster than the scent of fresh blood,” Deke growled the words out.
Robbie turned his head and nodded. “Yes, I told her that.”
“Then you will understand this.” Deke snarled. He lifted the knife and swiped Robbie’s chest.
The skin split wide open and fresh blood flowed down his chest. Robbie didn’t even flinch. The scent of his blood was strong in the air. He did wince when Deke’s knife bit into his thigh.
Deacon’s blade then bit into his calf and he ripped the wound open.
Then they both moved away leaving room for Iceman to stand in front of him.
Robbie raised his eyes to view the blazing hatred in the other man’s eyes.
“I hope you live long enough to regret everything you did in this lifetime. I know you won’t, but maybe you’ll regret some of it.
This is for what you did to Peaches and Cassie, at least we’ll get revenge for those two.
” Then he plunged the knife into Robbie’s belly and ripped a wicked slash in his abdomen.
Iceman paused looked around. He saw several pairs of yellow eyes moving closer. He turned and looked down at Robbie. “This shouldn’t take long at all. They...” He pointed to the shadows. “...Look hungry.”
Robbie glanced around the shadows and saw what Iceman had seen. For the first time in his life, he felt fear. Fear of his own mortality.
Iceman leaned down and wiped the blade in his hand on Robbie’s tattered clothing. He turned and joined Deke, Deacon, Leon and Calderone.
As a group, they all walked away leaving Robbie to his fate.
Before they had taken twenty steps, they heard the first scream.
Deke turned back to watch, he wanted to be sure once and for all that this killer was done.
The eerie sound echoed through the trees. The men also heard the sounds of wolves growling and yelping.
Satisfied, Deke turned and joined the men.
It took a long time for the screams to lessen and the woods grew quiet again.