Chapter Six

I wake up and the other side of the bed is empty and cold. I sit up and stretch. Then I hear the shower running and then turn off. He then comes in the bedroom with a towel wrapped around his waist slung low on his hips, looking sexy. He sees me and slowly comes over to the bed and crawls up to me.

"You are so sexy just sitting there. I could just eat you up."

He says as he crawls up and starts kissing me as he pushes me back. He starts kissing down my neck and his hands find my wet core and slides between my lips. He finds my sensitive nub and rubs. He kisses my neck and finds my sweet spot under my ear.

Knock, knock, knock.

"Go away! I'm busy!"

"I need you in my office now!" Damian says from the other side of the door.

"Uggh, I'll be there in a few minutes."

"You have five minutes. Get moving!"

"Sorry princess. Duty calls. We can finish this later." He gets up and gets dressed, and heads out the door. I then head into the bathroom and shower. Once I am ready, I head down stairs and find Cas in the kitchen drinking coffee.

"So, still carrying?" She asks.

"Yes, but not for everything. All I can say if he is that good with his dick as he is with his hands and tongue. Oh, my god!"

"Aw, my girl is growing up!" She says as she comes over and gives me a hug.

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"So Jake, Have you got any information for me?" Damian asks, once everyone is in his office and seated.

"Yes, I have been going over the footage and it was hard to tell who it was because they are all wearing masks. Then I saw the tattoo on one of the guys and it belongs to the devils mc." Jake answers.

"They are just small time, why are they coming after our turf?" Marc questions.

"They must be trying to make a name for themselves. Find out who this guy is and get him here." Damian states.

"Yes, Boss!" Jake gets up and heads out.

"Things could start getting rough around here. We need to watch the girls and keep them safe." Damian says to Marc with worry in his voice.

"I hear ya. This is strange. We were just trying to make a deal with them."

"Someone must have gotten to them before we could."

We head out of the office and head into the kitchen where the girls have fixed lunch for everybody.

"Thank you, ladies. You didn't have to do this." Damian says and he walks up to Cassandra and kisses her cheek.

"Yeah, we did, we were hungry, and didn't want to leave anyone out."

"Thank you ladies." Marc adds.

We sit down and eat together. After we are done. Eating the guys clean up. They said since we cooked that it was their job to clean up. We spend the afternoon in the pool. And soaking in the hot tub. Eventually we have to go home and Marc takes us home. He drops us off and we head up to our apartment. There is a note taped to our door. I pull it down and open it up.

Leave Marc alone or suffer the consequences. It won't end well for you if you don't. I have eyes on you, you won't be able to hide. Time is ticking.

"Oh, my god. Cas, look at this!" I say shakily.

"Do you know who this could be?"

"I think I do. It's that skank from the bar, Taylor. I should tell Marc, but I don't want to worry him."

"You have got to tell him, though."

"Maybe tomorrow, I've got to think this through." We head into the apartment and put our bags away. We sit and relax for the afternoon and I can't help but think about that note. Why would she do this? Doesn't she know that he doesn't want her, and never will? We both head to bed later. The next morning we head into work and get the day started. After a couple hours the door rings as Marc and Alex come in the door.

"Hey tough guy, what brings you to my neck of the woods?" I ask as I come around the counter to give him a hug and kiss.

"Have some business over here again, and I couldn't come over here without seeing you."

"Hey riley, have any of that lemon meringue?" Alex asks as he interrupts us.

"Sure do. Let me go get it for you. Marc, could you follow me. I have something to show you." Marc follows me back to the office and I show him the note. I can see his jaw tense and his brow furrow.

"When did you get this?"

"It was taped to our door when we got home yesterday."

"And you waited till now to tell me?" I could hear the worry and anger in his voice. His chest was heaving as he clenched the letter in his balled up fist.

"I didn't want you to worry."

"Worry? That woman is a psycho! I dont know what she could do and I worry that she could really hurt you."

I walk over to him and take his face in my hands, and look into his eyes.

"I'm not worried. I believe you will keep me safe."

He leans in and kisses me softly.

"Okay, well I will get to work on it right away. She will not harm you!" We head back out and I bring Alex his pie and coffee for the both of them. They sit and finish their coffee and Alex devours his pie. They then head out and Marc comes to give me a kiss goodbye.

"Be careful princess. I am going to send one of the guys to watch you. I wish I could be there to protect you but I have business to do for the boss."

"You be careful, too." I watch him walk out and across the street and into a building. After a couple hours a man comes in and says his name is Anthony and he was sent by Marc. He takes a seat over in the corner. The rest of the day is uneventful and we are locking up. We head out the back to my car and I hear a commotion and see Anthony laying on the ground unconscious, then I see Cas fall to the ground and feel a pinch in my neck.

I wake up and I am tied to a bed and I am alone. Where is Cas and where am I? Just then Taylor walks into the room with an evil smile on her face.

"Well, I guess you never listen, do you? I told you to let Marc go or it wouldn't be good for you!"

"You crazy bitch, let me go! He doesn't love you and he never will!" She stomps over to me and slaps me across the face. I taste the blood as it runs from my lip.

"Well, for your sake I hope at least he listens." She takes out her phone and calls him, putting in on speaker.

"Hello, darling. I have something that you might want."

"What would you have that I would ever want?" He asks with venom in his voice.

"Oh dear is that the way to talk about her?" She slaps me again hard across the face and I can feel my cheek swell as I scream.

"You harm a hair on her head and I will kill you! What do you want, Taylor?"

"You! You come to me and tell her you don't want her. We can be happy again. You will be mine!"

"I will never be yours."

"Ah, ah, lover. Don't make me kill her. Now you have twenty four hours, oh and I have her little friend too. She just got in my way so she had to come too. Don't wait too long or they are both dead!" She hangs up quickly and then punches me. Two men come in and she tells them to guard the room.

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Marc's POV

"Damian, I need you now!" I scream as I head into the office.

"What is your problem, and why are you yelling?"

"Taylor has the girls! We have twenty four hours to get them or she will kill them. She wants me back, and Riley is in the way. I know where she has them. I sent Anthony to watch them and he is not answering his phone." Just as I say that, my phone rings and I look at the caller id to see its Anthony.

"Tony, what the hell happened?"

"Dude, I don't know. I was helping the girls pack up and head home and then I woke up on the ground."

"Get back here, we need to come up with a plan to get the girls back." Damian added.

"On my way, boss!"

Alright, what are we doing?" Damian asks me.

"She wants me, so I need to be the one going in first. Once I have her distracted, you guys will come in the back and take everybody out. Taylor is mine. I take her out. This ends now."

We head out and head to Taylor's. Thankfully I had been there before so I know where it was. The guys park down the street out of sight. I get out and head up to the door and knock.

"So glad you are a good listener. Two lives will live, not sure if they will be okay though." Taylor says as she answers the door.

She smiles wickedly as she pulls me over to the couch and sits in my lap. She starts to kiss me and I try to keep the bile from rising in my throat. I reach up and run my hands down her arms and grab her wrist, and tie them together throwing her next to me on the couch. I hear gunshots in the back and a loud commotion.

"What the hell, Marc. Now you have done it. Now they are as good as dead!" I finish tying her up and I hear screaming. I run upstairs to the first room and I hear her screams. I burst into the room and find a man on top of her and he has ripped her clothes off and her face is bruised and bloody. I quickly pull out my gun and shoot him in the head. I run over and push him off of her. I untie her and try to pull her to me. She screams.

"Shh, baby, it's me. Princess, it's Marco, you are safe. I got you!" I say as I wrap her in my arms and run my hand through her hair as I kiss her forehead.

"Marco, is that you? I am so sorry!" She cries as she grabs my shirt and cries.

"Baby, there is nothing to be sorry about." I wrap her in a blanket and carry her downstairs. Taylor is still tied up on the couch. I head out to the sub and I see that Damian has Cas and is walking to me. I place Riley down for a moment and head back inside to take care of Taylor. I head back outside, glad that I don't have to worry about her anymore. I club in the back with Riley and Damian drives us to the hospital. Damian calls the cleaners as we head out.

"Marc, I don't feel so well."

"Baby, hold on. We are almost there."

I see her eyes roll back in her head and she passes out. We pull into the hospital and I jump out with her running inside. They meet me with a gurney and I follow them in. I tell them she is my fiancee and she was attacked. They won't let me go back and I go sit in the waiting room. Damian comes in with Cas and has her check out too. She was okay, just some bumps and bruises, other than the drug they used to knock them out, she was fine. We were still waiting on news about Riley.

"Riley Foster's family?" The doctor asks as she comes into the waiting room.

"That is us. Is she okay?"

"She is going to be okay. She had a reaction to the drug that was used and combined with the stress and anxiety, made her lose consciousness. She has a lot of bruising and swelling to her face."

"Nothing else happened?"

If you are asking if she was raped? There is no proof of that."

"Thank, god. That's something that is hard to come back from. Can we see her?"

"Yes, she is resting right now. We want to keep her overnight for observation, but she should be able to go home tomorrow. Follow me this way to her room."

"Thank you doctor." We follow her back to the room and we walk in. Her tiny frame is hooked up to monitors and an iv drip. She looks so peaceful sleeping there. I can't believe I let her down. I slowly walk over to her and sit next to her and take her hand. Damian and Cas are on the other side. I feel a tear slide down my cheek.

"She will be fine, brother. You need to be strong for her." Damian says. He tries to make me feel better, but it really doesn't help. I have let her down. I wasn't there to protect her and now she is hurt.

"I am so sorry, princess. I let you down. I said I would keep you safe and I didn't."

I say as I lay my head down on her stomach and the tears begin to fall. I feel her hand move to my head and start stroking my hair.

"Don't blame yourself. It wasn't your fault."

"It is. She was my crazy ex-girlfriend and I wan't there to protect you."

"But you saved me." I looked up and saw her smile. I won't ever let anything happen again if I can help it.

"So glad to see you are okay." Cas says.

"You too bestie." Riley says as Cas walks over to her and gives her a hug.

"I'm glad you are okay too." Damian says as he kisses her forehead. "Well, I'm going to take this one back home to get some rest." he says as he takes Cas' hand.

"Thanks, brother, see you tomorrow." I return.

They leave and close the door behind them and we are left alone.

"Come here tough guy, Lay with me." she says beckoning me over to the bed. I take off my jacket and shoes and lay in the bed next to my girl. She curls up in my arms and I wrap them around her and she falls asleep feeling safe once again. I lay with her stroking her hair and feeling ashamed that this happened to her. After awhile I soon fall asleep too.