Final Ride (Lords of Mayhem) by Shyla Colt

Author:Shyla Colt [Colt, Shyla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: EC for Books
Published: 2016-06-30T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Ariel paced the living room floor. Today the men would be served their complaints. She’d become the glue holding Karla and the other women together. She felt like Erin Brockovich, gathering the information, coercing the victims to come together and file a complaint. I just hope it’s enough. If this didn’t take them down, they were all in for a world of hurt. We might already be. A knock sounded on the door and she tensed. She glanced at Tex, who sat on the couch watching television.

“You expecting someone?” Tex asked. She shook her head, instantly on high alert. “Go into your room and make sure you have your gun ready, just in case.”

Ariel nodded and rushed down the hallway. Her hands shook as she pulled her .45 out of the top drawer of her nightstand. Life had become kill or be killed. She’d seen the destruction these men were capable of.

“Hey, it’s one of your friends, the blonde one.”

“Karla?” she said surprised.

“I guess. I’m going to let her in.”

Ariel put the safety back on her gun, returned it to the drawer and rushed back to the living room. “Karla, what’s wrong? Where’s Smooth?”

“I had him drop me off here. I just…I couldn’t sit at home, you know?” Karla’s eyes were the size of quarters and slightly dilated. “I try to be strong for the rest of the girls, but I’m terrified. I’m committed to this; you know I am. Thinking of the things Emmit will do to keep me quiet has me losing sleep.”

“You know we’re not going to let anything happen to you.” Ariel took Karla’s hands in her own and squeezed.

“I know. I know.” Karla took a deep breath. “I just needed somewhere to just be with no mask, no bravado.”

“Well this is the right place.” Ariel released her hands and wrapped an arm around her shoulder. “What can we do to cheer you up? I have a carton of birthday cake ice-cream.”

“You don’t have to tell me twice. To the kitchen!” Karla said, offering up a shaky smile.

“Trust me, girl. One way or another, Emmit and Linden are going to get theirs,” Ariel said. Savagery rose inside her, and she couldn’t help but wish the court case would fall through. As far as Ariel was concerned, the two men deserved more than the pain that would be dished up in prison. They should be tortured and made to beg for their lives. She understood the need to draw attention away from Mayhem though. Too many ex-boyfriends of Mayhem old ladies going missing or being killed under questionable circumstances would bring the feds to them in the blink of an eye. Mayhem had an understanding with the local law, but these men had plenty of money and the links to powerful people to do them real damage.

“Here, have a seat at the table and I’ll get us two spoons. I think today is a splurge day if ever there was one,” Ariel said. She walked to the fridge, took the carton from the freezer, and placed it on the table.

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