MC Sinners Boxed Set #1-7

PRESENT – CIARA

“ H ey Addi, you want to come over for pizza tonight?” I say, skipping into the bar a few hours after Spike left.

That’s when I see Addi. She’s sitting behind the bar, her face a mass of emotions, and she’s twiddling her fingers together so quickly she looks like a mad woman. I rush over, concerned, and stop in front of her. “Hey, are you okay?”

She looks up at me, her eyes glassy. “What? Yeah, sorry.”

“Addi, what’s wrong?”

She bursts out crying, and I know right away that something bad is going down. Addi doesn’t just cry for no reason. She’s not the crying type. I rush around the bar and kneel in front of her, feeling my heart beginning to thump. I take her hands, and I try to soothe her as much as possible. Maybe her and Cade had a fight right before he left, or perhaps Jackson.

“Tell me what’s wrong?” I say gently.

“I’m not supposed to.”

She’s sobbing heavily now, and my heart begins to thump so fast I can hardly hear myself think. I know what’s coming, somewhere deep down, I know what’s coming but I ask anyway. “Is it Spike?”

She nods, and looks up, finally cracking. “The ride they went on. It isn’t an annual run, it’s to kill Hogan.”

I stumble backwards, her words hitting me like a blow to the head. I land on my ass, and my world spins. Spike has gone to kill Hogan. Oh god, Spike has gone to kill Hogan. I tremble violently, and my stomach lurches. No, this can’t be happening, Spike can’t do this. Not now. Not ever. My fear turns into frenzy, and I leap to my feet.

“Where are they? I can stop him.”

“It’s too late,” Addi croaks. “They’re gone.”

“There has to be a way!” I scream at her. “Addison, they will get killed.”

She starts to cry again, and I curse loudly. Keep calm, Ciara. Keep calm. I kneel in front of her again, trying to steady my panting. “Addi, honey, please...tell me there is a way for us to find them?”

She lifts her eyes, and peers out the front door. “Two of the boys were following late, and they’re still here. They’re about to ride.”

I get to my feet quickly and I turn, skidding around the bar. Addison calls my name, and I spin around, trembling “Addi, don’t try and stop me. Nothing you can say right now will stop me from following them. I need to stop those guys, I don’t care what I have to do.”

She nods, understanding, then she reaches under the bar and pulls out a gun. She stretches her hand out, and I walk over, taking it from her. We stare at each other a long moment, then she pulls me into her arms.

“I know I can’t stop you, Ciara, but please...think before you act.”

“I promise,” I whisper, pulling back and tucking the gun into my pants. “Thank you.”

I turn and rush out the front door, and over to my car. I peer around the compound, until I see the two guys just starting up their bikes. God, I was just in time. A minute or two later, and I’d be done for.

I slide into my car and I turn it on. I don’t have a second to think about what I’m doing—I just do.

When the bikes pull out of the compound I follow them. I really hope I don’t lose them, or worse, that they realize they are being followed. I have to get to Spike before he gets to Hogan, there’s just no other option. I can’t let anything happen to him.

If he dies, I’ll never recover.

I have to get there.