INSIDE BROKEN (A Devil Call MC Book) (Talon & Everly Book One) (Devil Call MC - Talon & Everly 1) (10 page)

I turned off my motorcycle and
Layne was right there with me. He grabbed me and shook his head.

“
What?
”

“
I
don
’
t like this. If he
’
s part of something bigger
…”

“
The
message,
”
I said.

“
It
’
s fucking Tommy though, man,
”
Layne said.
“
He
’
s
…”

“
He
’
s a dickhead,
”
I said.
“
And he
’
s
dealing to our club.
”
I
grabbed Layne
’
s leather.
“
Not my fucking club, man. Our
fucking club.
”

Layne let me go.

I climbed off the motorcycle and
grabbed my gun. The piece of shit behind the wheel, Tommy, should have been
gone a long time ago. But he was a nuisance and nothing more. Now it was more
serious.

I walked to the window and slammed
my gun off it. The window exploded and Tommy jumped to life. He looked around
and let out a scream. I grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him out of the
broken window. I let him fall to the ground. He scrambled around on all fours,
his body probably still in shock from waking up the way he did.

I grabbed him by the shirt and
lifted him back up. I threw him into the side of the car and he turned around,
hands up.

“
What
the fuck?
”
he yelled.

“
What
the fuck
…
you
’
re dealing to my guys,
”
I said. I put the gun to his
head.
“
Is that true?
”

“
Whoa,
man. It
’
s not what you
think.
”

“
Did
you sell to Gabel? Because my boy right there and my girl both say they saw
you.
”

Tommy swallowed hard.
“
Hey, whoa, wait. Talon? Right?
You
’
re out of prison now
…
whoa
…”

“
Stop
saying fucking
whoa
,
”
I yelled.
“
I
’
m out and I
’
m pissed off.
”

“
Look,
wait. Hey. I sold something to Gabel, yeah. Sure. He
’
s a client of mine. But it
’
s not what you think, man.
”

“
You
fucking scum,
”
I said.

I threw my head forward and smashed
it against Tommy
’
s face. He
let out a cry and fell to his knees. He looked up at me, blood all over his
face. I brought my knee forward with a sickening thud and crunch sound. Tommy
cried out and spit. Blood and teeth hit the ground. He reached for me with a
shaking hand.

“
They
were drugs, man,
”
Tommy
cried.
“
I wouldn
’
t
…”

“
Save
it,
”
I said.
“
This is a message. And a fucking
lesson.
”

I took two steps back and fired
twice.

Heart. Head. Dead.

Tommy was a heap on the ground now.

I looked to Layne and gave a nod.
He stepped off his motorcycle. To my surprise, Everly started to come toward me
too.

That
’
s
when I heard the sound of another motorcycle. I rushed to Everly and told her
to stay behind me.

“
Open
the trunk,
”
I ordered to
Layne.
“
Find out what he
was selling.
”

I had my gun in the air, ready for
whatever was coming.

What I didn
’
t expect was to see Gabel flying into the parking
lot.

It took him a few seconds to see
me, but when he did, he slammed the brakes and came to screeching stop. He
hurried from his ride, dropping his helmet on the ground.

“
Talon?
”
he called out.

“
Get
over here,
”
I ordered.
“
On your knees.
”

Gabel approached. He looked and saw
Tommy on the ground, dead. That
’
s
when he dropped to his knees.

“
What
did you do?
”
he asked.

“
You
were buying drugs from him?
”
I asked.
“
You piece of
shit.
”

“
No
…”

“
Hey,
Talon!
”
Layne yelled.

I looked back at Layne
’
s face which was white and
angry. I looked down at Gabel. A surge of fear went through my body.

Gabel was shaking, weeping.
“
No
…
Talon
…
no
…”

“
What
the fuck is this?
”
I asked.
I put the gun to Gabel
’
s
head. My own brother in this MC. A man I trusted and loved. That
’
s what had happened to us now.
Everything and everyone broken.

“
They
were pills,
”
Gabel
whispered.
“
To help me.
”

“
Help
you? With what?
”

Gabel looked at me.
“
To help me
…
fuck.
”

“
What?
”

Layne stepped up beside me and
slammed a large bag against my chest. I tucked my gun away and looked. It was a
bag full of what looked like stolen pill bottles.

“
He
was selling scripts,
”
Layne
said.
“
These are dick
pills, man.
”

“
What
do you mean dick pills?
”
I
asked.

“
To
make you harder. To make you bigger. To make you last longer.
”

I looked down at Gabel.
“
Are you fucking kidding me?
”

“
I
was having problems,
”
he
said.
“
Tommy knows people.
He could get me anything like that
…
you know him.
”

I looked back at Tommy. I looked at
Gabel on his knees. Then I looked at Layne.

Layne shook his head.
“
Way to go, President. But that
’
s just you, right Talon? You act
before you fucking think. Good luck cleaning up this mess.
”
Layne grabbed Gabel by his
leather and stood him up.
“
Come
on, Gabel. Let
’
s get out of
here before he fucking kills us for no good reason.
”

I stood, cold and empty, and
watched Layne and Gabel leave.

Prison hardened my soul, my
emotions. It left me hungry to get to my club. And my club was broken. Then
again, I had just gotten done telling Layne that it wasn
’
t my club. That it was our club.

I looked at Everly and felt another
surge of anger.

I couldn
’
t help but see the way she looked at Layne ride
away.

What else was I sharing with Layne?

12.

(Everly)

Everything had happened so fast.
One second I was on the back of Talon
’
s
motorcycle and the next second there was a man shot to death and it looked as
though Devil Call MC was breaking apart for good.

I watched Layne leave the parking
lot and my heart ached for him. Whatever he had just said to Talon meant more
than what I knew. Something had happened between Layne and Talon. Something
that went back further than Talon being in prison.

When I looked at Talon, his eyes
were wide.

“
Talon
…”

He walked to the dead body on the
ground.
“
He was a piece of
shit. He deserved to die.
”

Talon then walked to the trunk of
the car. I followed him and saw that the trunk was filled with all kinds of
random junk. Most of it all sex related. There were boxes of condoms. Weird
looking toys. Lots of pills that were labeled for different purposes. This was
what this guy - Tommy - had been doing. Just peddling crap like this to make
ends meet. And Gabel had been buying pills to help him perform. To make him
feel like a man.

And I had told Talon otherwise
…
I was responsible for this
…

I took a step back and Talon lunged
at me.

“
What
are you doing?
”
he asked.

“
I
shouldn
’
t have said a
thing,
”
I said.
“
I made it seem like a drug deal.
Like I knew what I saw.
”

“
Stop
it.
”

“
Layne
was
…”

“
Don
’
t fucking say a thing,
”
Talon ordered.

He started to shake me. I couldn
’
t look away from the dead body.
It was as much my fault as Talon
’
s.

“
Fucking
hell, Everly, look at me.
”

I forced myself to look at Talon.
“
You killed that man.
”

“
He
deserved to die. If not for this, then for something else. Justice works its
way out when it
’
s ready.
Just like me in prison and just like this shit between me and Layne. It
’
ll work itself out.
”

“
Between
you and Layne,
”
I said.
“
What is it? Tell me, Talon.
”

Talon slipped closer to me. His
hands touched me and I melted. Part of me didn
’
t
want to melt, but all of me couldn
’
t
help it. I felt tears fill my eyes.

Why hadn
’
t Layne fucked me? Why
had I been walking on that day Layne saved me? Why was I so torn
…
over everything? And why
the fuck was I falling so hard and fast for Talon?

He was everything wrong. He was
everything bad. He was everything that I should have been running from. If I
asked Layne to help me escape he probably would help.

Talon shook his head.
“
One thing at a time. We need to
get out of here. I need to clean this up so I don
’
t
end up where I just was.
”

“
Fuck
you,
”
I yelled. I pushed
Talon away and slapped him across the face.

That
’
s
when it looked like Talon broke. With one slap.

He looked in the distance. He made
fists. It looked as though every muscle in his body was flexing. He gritted his
teeth and when his eyes met mine again, they looked lost and glossy.

Was he going to cry?

“
I
fucking saved him,
”
Talon
whispered.
“
And if I fucked
this one up, so be it. But I fucking saved him
…
I saved Layne.
”

“
What
are you talking about?
”
I
asked.

Talon approached me again. I saw
the red mark on his face from my hand. He took me by the hands and kissed me. A
gentle, sweet kiss.

“
I
went to prison for Layne,
”
he said.
“
I was locked up
for him.
”

“
How?
Why?
”

Talon swallowed hard and squeezed
my hands tighter.
“
Judge as
you want, Everly. But know that you
’
re
mine now. I
’
m not letting
you go.
”
Talon waited a
second and then hit me with a confession that changed my life again.
“
I killed Layne
’
s girlfriend
…”

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First electronic edition January 2015

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