Reaper's Salvation: A Last Riders Trilogy by Jamie Begley (reading e books .txt) 📕

any concern Jackal was able to hold his own. The man had survived being married to Penni. That in itself earned his respect.

On the boat, Reaper gave Train the keys to unlock the handcuffs on Leif.

“Why’d you cuff him if he was dead?” Train asked, putting the key in the lock.

“My bad. I thought he was still alive.” Reaper knelt down next the guard then, without remorse, started removing the uniform from the dead guard. Viper and Rider were already switching out their uniforms from the other two guards, Viper giving Rider the wet one. Reaper gave Leif’s to Cash, who seemed close to the same size. The dark color of the uniform hid the blood stains, and the wet state of the one that Rider was wearing.

Viper took the captain’s seat to start the motor while the brothers placed the three dead guards on the dock. As soon as Jackal’s boots hit the deck, Viper pulled away from Clindale, heading toward the back of Sherguevil Island, which was closer to the airport.

Reaper lay on the deck of the boat with the others while Viper, Rider, and Cash were the only ones visible if any of security guards saw the boat approaching the island.

Staring at the men, his eyes met Shade’s. “I expected you on Clindale, I didn’t see Rider, Knox or Train.”

“Guess your mind must have been on something else. Rider practically fell out of the tree he was hiding in when Ginny took off flying from that waterfall.”

“Could have left me a sign they were there.” Reaper glared at the brothers surrounding him on the deck.

“We planned to when you were out of range of the cameras, but then you got a busy and we all decided Ginny wouldn’t be exactly happy to see us. By the way, you can thank Knox for jamming the transmission of the signal. Allerton wasn’t able to make out of anything.”

Reaper wouldn’t be able to tell Ginny that when they’d waited outside Allerton’s office yesterday, he’d been watching footage of them having sex.

Train responded his glare with a raised chin. “She might have earned enough votes to belong to the Last Riders, but my old lady isn’t going to be your backup.”

The thought of Killyama being his backup had him admitting the truth: he wasn’t man enough to handle that hellcat on wheels.

“Get ready to bail.” Viper alerted them they were getting closer to the drop off point.

Adjusting the speed to slow them down, Viper let the boat get as close to the beach as he dared.

“Go.”

At Viper’s barked order, Train, Lucky, and Jonas bailed out of the boat. Reaper raised his head enough for him to see them slogging through thigh-high water before he lay back down as Viper maneuvered the boat farther away from the beach.

“Get ready. I’m about to pull into the dock. What about the FBI agents who came with Ginny?” Viper asked as he idled the motor to bring it to the dock. “Where are they?”

“They’re in the two bungalows next to the one that Ginny and I were given. They’re three rookies, and I didn’t see them today. The only one I saw was Collins, the agent in charge, and I didn’t see him after he went into Allerton’s office this morning. Something’s not right about him. I can’t swear he’s dirty, but he didn’t fucking do shit to help either. And Ginny kept pestering me to trust him. Something’s up with him.”

“We’ll figure it out. First, we get the rookies, then go to the main resort.”

Viper stopped the boat, and Rider and Cash jumped off first.

Waiting for their signal, Reaper put his hands on the deck, preparing to jump up. “Take the brothers, and I’ll meet you at the resort. I have to get to Ginny.”

Viper got off the boat to stand next to Rider. “There are three guards trying to move the jeep that Reaper stole the key. Other than that, we’re clear. We’ll go get the rookies, then Ginny. It’s closer. Once we take the three guards out, we have a clear path to the rookies.”

The remaining brothers agilely jumped off the boat, swiftly moving toward the Moke. As Reaper landed on the dock, he grabbed the strap of Viper’s backpack.

“Here’s the key to the Moke. Get the fucking rookies. You’ll be right behind me. I have to get to Ginny.”

“No, we—”

Viper jerked his hand off the strap while they watched Hammer, Rider, and Shade take the guards out while the others were on the lookout for anyone coming.

Reaper wrenched him back to make him listen. “I’m going to Ginny!” he yelled.

“We are just—”

“Now. We have to go fucking now! One of the guards bragged about what they were going to do to her. I swore I’d never disobey another order from you, but I have to put Ginny first. Viper …”

His brother sent an impatient glare over his shoulder, about to pull away again.

“Ginny doesn’t know she’s carrying my child.”

Chapter Twenty-Seven

“Move.”

Ginny shrugged her shoulder away from a guard who impatiently shoved her through the doorway of Allerton’s office. The alarming sight of Agent Collins sitting in one of the chairs in front of Allerton’s desk with his hands cuffed behind his back and his mouth taped closed brought her to a shocking halt.

Glaring at the nameless guard, Ginny went to Agent Collins. The closer she got, the more horrified she became seeing the extent of his injuries. His head fell limply back on his neck, his eyes were swollen shut, and he had a myriad of blue and purple bruises covering his face. The sight of the damage inflicted on the agent had Ginny reaching out to touch him.

“Don’t concern yourself, my dear. He’s still alive.”

“He needs medical attention.” Ginny nervously crossed her arms over her chest, adjusting her bracelet so it lay on her wrist and would quit riding up her arm under the sleeve of her shirt.

Ginny glared at Allerton as he came into the office