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

my security had cornered Manny on Gyi’s boat. Manny denied being on the board, saying he didn’t know what had been taken. Needless to say, he was telling the truth. Unfortunately, I didn’t know that at the time, and sadly for Manny and Gyi it was one of the few times in my life I lost control. By the time I was able to retrieve the security tapes, clearly showing you were the one sneaking on the boat, you and Trudy had already been sent to your grandmother’s. I was eagerly waiting for your return when the plane went down. Your pretend death was a stroke of genius, by the way. I believed it, but I did cover my bases if you were alive, but somehow you managed to keep just out my range. I’d like to know how.”

Ginny didn’t flinch when Allerton used the tip of the cane to force her shoulder backward so she had to look up at him.

“You admit killing them was a mistake?”

“I’ve never been a man dwell on my mistakes. Especially”—clicking his tongue at her he walked around her prone body—“because those were your mistakes. You alone are responsible for the events that transpired. I was only trying to appease a guest who was quite angry.”

In spite of the excruciating pain of her injuries, Ginny pressed on with her questions, determined to find out the answers since that fateful day had changed the course of her future. “So, the owners of the boats don’t even know you’re watching them to this day?”

“Depends; it’s on a need-to-know basis.”

“In other words, you use the tapes to blackmail them to get what you want, when you want?”

“It’s a quid pro quo world. I merely take advantage of the fact.” He shrugged. “I’ll have to re-evaluate that night over again. Don’t fear, my dear, you will be reunited with your husband once I’m assured you no longer have any information I need, then my men will wear away the shine of you being their new toy.” As he spoke, he lifted the cane high above his head.

Ginny could see the salacious desire in his face to strike her one more time before he turned her over to his men. She curled tighter into a ball by bringing her thighs up and lowering her arms to cover her belly.

“Have you finally run out of things you want to say to me?”

Holding her head at a proud angle, Ginny refused to utter the pleas of mercy that Allerton was trying to beat out of her. Then a loud sound coming from the office doorway had everyone turning their heads in that direction.

Gavin stood there like a gladiator ready to do battle.

“Ginny might not, but I sure as fuck do.”

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Ginny took one glance at Gavin and the men who came storming into the room with raised military guns and knew reflexively what to do. She was already ducking her head to the floor when shots rang out, shattering the stunned silence of Allerton and his guards.

Peeking through the hair that had fallen over her face, she saw Gavin lunge toward Allerton, jerking the cane out of his hands and beating him with it like a madman.

One of the guards closest to her fell like a tree, his head landing near hers with blank eyes and a hole between them. Ginny didn’t have to guess that he was no longer a threat.

“Find the keys to the handcuffs!”

Ginny recognized Viper’s voice as she lay still. Moving her gaze away from the dead guard’s face, she saw Gavin continue to beat Allerton with the cane. She could tell from his expression that he wasn’t going to stop until Allerton was dead.

“Reaper, stop! That’s enough!” Hammer yelled, grabbing the cane away from him.

Reaper just started kicking Allerton with his boot.

“Reaper!” Viper shouted out in the sudden silence as the sound of bullets stopped. “The FBI wants him.”

“They can have what’s left of him.” Gavin’s voice held no emotions, like the others who were yelling at him to stop, yet the blows he landed on Allerton were vicious.

“Stop him, or we’ll never find out what happened on Clindale.”

Recognizing Agent Collins’ ragged voice had her looking over to see two of the agents supporting Agent Collins as the third helped him rise, then her view was blocked when Shade’s stark face appeared before hers, as he reached out to touch her.

“Please, don’t,” she managed to get the words out through swollen lips.

“Reaper! Stop! We need to get the fuck out of here before reinforcements come. Jesus, just shoot the fucker if it’ll make it quicker!” Cash shouted as he, Viper, and Rider tried to get him away from Allerton, while Hammer tried to drag Allerton in another direction, away from Reaper’s vicious kicks.

“Good idea.” Gavin’s struggles stopped as he raised his hand to point a handgun at Allerton.

“Gavin ….” Ginny sobbed at the pain of shouting for him. “Gavin, please, I need you.”

Gavin’s eyes flew in her direction. “Get him to the plane before I change my fucking mind!” he roared, moving toward her.

Hammer lifted Allerton over his shoulder in a fireman’s lift, then took off running out of the room, while the three agents supported Collins out as well.

“Let me have her,” Gavin demanded.

Shade moved away, and then Gavin was there, kneeling beside her. Ginny looked him over carefully, feeling a tear slide down the edge of her nose. “They didn’t hurt you, did they?” she whispered through mostly closed lips, so her jaw wouldn’t hurt as much.

“No, nymph. They didn’t hurt me,” he said gently, reaching out to move her hair away from her face.

“Reaper, we have to go!” Viper was at the desk, looking at the computer screen.

Ginny saw Gavin reach out to lift her. “Don’t. I can get up.” She attempted to pull herself into a sitting position, but her hand collapsed under her weight at the searing pain in her shoulders and upper back. At her mewling