Hammer and Jonas were getting out when Train opened the back door.
“He’s unconscious.” Killyama scooted out of the SUV so Train could reach inside, pulling Gavin out in his tight grip.
Hammer and Jonas stood on either side of her as they watched Train and Shade carry the brother who had been lost to them for so many years. The two Last Riders deserved to be the ones to bring an end to Gavin’s journey home.
34
Train came out of the bedroom that Stud had given Gavin with Shade on his heels as Dr. Price immediately started checking Gavin’s condition and giving him an examination.
“Did you talk to Viper?”
“No,” Shade answered. “I called Knox. All the brothers are on their way. I didn’t tell them why. It’s going to hit them hard. I didn’t want them wrecking while trying to get here.”
Train saw Stud approaching from the clubroom and told him, “Viper and the brothers are on their way. As soon as the doctor gives the okay, we’ll get out of your hair.”
“Take your time. I closed the club to the Destructors tonight. You can lock the door when you leave.”
Stud’s compassion tightened the bond Train was starting to form between him and the Destructors.
“Has Killyama left yet?”
“No. Hammer and Jonas left, but I told her I would give her a ride home.”
“I’d appreciate it if you and her stayed.” Train looked away from Stud. “She keeps Gavin calm when he gets agitated.”
“I’ll tell Killyama. If you need anything else, just let me know.”
“Thanks, Stud, I will.”
Stud nodded then headed back to the clubroom.
When the doctor didn’t come out after a while, Train and Shade left their post in the hallway and went to wait in the clubroom where they found Killyama and Stud sitting by the bar.
They were about to sit down at a table when Viper and The Last Riders came in.
Train and Shade shared a strained look as Viper stopped in front of them, Crash by his side.
“You couldn’t wait to get back to our club to …” Viper’s words trailed off when he caught sight of their expressions. He looked around the empty room. “What’s wrong?”
Train’s eyes met Crash’s. “You want me to tell Viper, or will you?”
“I don’t know what you’re …” Crash paled, seeing his and Shade’s condemning gazes.
Train lost it, and all the feelings he had been holding in erupted. Lashing out, he struck, planting his fist into Crash’s lying mouth.
Knox tried to pull him back, but Train jerked out of his hold, knocking Crash into Razer and Lucky.
“What in the fuck!” Viper reached out to stop him, but Shade held him back.
“He deserves more than what Train’s giving him.”
Shade’s cold voice had Train wanting to kill Crash with his bare hands, his instincts screaming at him to beat him until there was nothing left, but it wasn’t his call to make. That wasn’t the way The Last Riders handled their justice. Before he completely forgot that and dealt with the piece of shit himself, he stepped back.
“I called you brother … Every man here has. We put our lives in your hands countless times”—Train hit his chest with his fist—“and the whole time you were betraying us! You will never hear brother out of my lips again. I’m going to be the first one to spit on your grave when we get done burying you.”
Knox and Lucky each took one of Crash’s arms, holding him in place at Train’s words.
Sickened at the sight of him, Train turned to Viper. “Gavin is alive,” he choked out, the emotional upheaval of rescuing Gavin and having seen the one responsible for the years of torture of a man he considered a brother had him disclosing the reason for his fury. “Gavin’s alive,” Train repeated, seeing the men’s stunned faces.
Viper’s face twisted in grief. “No, he’s not.”
“He’s alive. I wouldn’t lie to you about this. Your brother—our brother—is alive.”
Viper’s face filled with anguish as he looked around the empty room, as if searching for Gavin. It was when his gaze skimmed over Killyama’s heartbreaking expression that he believed what Train was telling him.
“Where is he?” Viper shouted. “Gavin! You got two seconds to tell me where the fuck he is or I’ll fucking kill you.”
It was hard to see the man who held every man, woman, and child belonging to The Last Riders’ fate on his shoulders be told that the brother he had believed to be dead for seven years was still breathing.
“Brother, move or I’ll move you myself.”
“Viper, listen to us first. Then we’ll take you to him.”