Lyon's Family (The Lyon #5) (11 page)

Lyon

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Part of the crew headed to Elena’s while the others stayed here. I had my guys give them an escort though I was sure they didn’t need one, but it was courtesy. “You, upstairs.” I’d waited until she said her goodbyes to all her little friends and locked up.

“Don’t you start, you’ve been holding out on me and that’s not part of the marriage code.” She rewrites that shit every chance she gets.

“Feeling brave are you?” We rounded up the kids and packed them off to bed after fighting with Catalina about waiting up for the fat fuck. The baby was the last one we checked on before heading for bed.

It was well past midnight and tomorrow was going to be a long one. “So, what was it that you were trying to find out?” She started getting twitchy as we got undressed for bed. I think my tones be tipping her off or some shit, I guess it comes with years of marriage.

I have no issue with her snooping- she’s a female-it’s in the genes or some fuck. But what I do mind is that she went behind my back. I hadn’t taken her to task for doing it with Law, things were too hot then, but this, no excuse.

“Did you ask me what was going on? I asked you a question, I expect an answer.”

“Colton…” One lifted brow was all it took to get her talking.

“Yes I did.”

“And what did I say?”

“You said it was nothing but I know…”

“Hey.” Her voice had gone up one too many octaves there and since she was already teetering on the brink of an ass whipping I was trying to save her seeing that it was the fucking holidays and we had company.

“I told you to leave it alone, so you decided to go elsewhere for answers, what does that sound like to you Kat?” Of course she pretended great interest in folding her clothes and putting them in the hamper before giving me an answer.

“We were just talking, it’s not like we went out trying to hunt these people down ourselves. We’re not children you know, we have just as much right to know what’s going on in our lives, in your lives…” I listened to her rant and rave as I got undressed myself and climbed into bed. I waited until she was close to winding down.

“You done? Get over here.” If she thought I was gonna waste my breath with her hardheaded ass she was wrong. I talk long enough to be clear on the infraction and then I act. I opened the top drawer of the nightstand and took out what I needed. When she saw the lineup her voice started cracking up but it was too late.

It wasn’t that she’d disobeyed so much as she’d shown our hand in front of the others. I don’t know how those boys deal with their women and it’s none of my concern. But for my wife to pump our guests for information after I’d invited them to our home was a big fucking no-no.

I’m sure her mind wouldn’t see it that way, fucking female. But if a man can’t control his home he can’t handle shit else and no one will respect him. She was halfway to the door by the time I finished tying the last rope to the four corners of the bed.

“Get your ass back here.” I didn’t turn to make sure she was obeying me, I knew her ass better do what I said. I hate doing this shit to her, it had been a while since we’ve been here, but this shit we were dealing with was heading south fast and I didn’t want her little ass nowhere near it.

She sat down hard on the bed with a heavy dose of attitude, but she knew better than to open her mouth. The tears had started but I ignored them, too bad for her, she’d brought this shit on herself. “Lay down.” I helped her into the middle of the bed and tied her arms before gagging her.

After I was sure her ties were snug, I retrieved the leg spreader for the real fun. She made noises around the ball gag but I was already in cold mode. I couldn’t hear shit. I spread her legs open and kept them in the air. Next came the belt. She screamed bloody murder when the first lash landed on her inner thigh, and was weeping uncontrollably by the tenth.

She hadn’t stopped fighting against her restraints though, so my work was far from done. Next I went after her clit with the vibrator while fingering her pussy, pulling out each time I felt the little tremors that signaled her orgasm.

I kept that up for a good half an hour until I thought she’d had enough. I removed the leg spreader, tied her legs to the bed and walked out. “Good night.”

***

She was pissed beyond measure by the time I released her early the next morning. “Wait, I didn’t tell you to move.” She laid back on the bed and I took a few to clear my head before leaning over her. “Leave it.” I didn’t need to say anymore than that for her to get my meaning.

She’ll never know the fear that went through me when the guys and I headed back outside and the SEALs let the rest of us in on what we were dealing with. The lengths some of the people involved would go to. The thought of her getting close to that shit sent fear down my spine.

“You can get up now, we have company. If I see one pout today I’m not gonna be happy.” I headed for the shower while she went to get the baby who was starting to fuss. The damn temp in the room was sub zero, merry fucking Xmas to me.

My place looked like a biker’s convention by the time all our guests showed up. This was supposed to be an all day thing with people in and out. We’d done the charity rounds the day before so all I had to do today was keep the ice bucket full and the beer cold.

My mom showed up early to help my wife who was still not speaking to me and I noticed the other women weren’t looking too happy either, and the men had about the same look as I did. I guess a lot had been said and done behind closed doors last night after everyone went to bed. Hopefully the shit worked because it would only take one rogue female to fuck our shit up.

“Colton, what did you do to my daughter in law?”

“I have no idea of what you speak Elena.” She tried to corner me in the kitchen while she was reloading on eggs. “Well she’s not her usual self and I know the only thing that can do that is you since my grandkids all seem cheerful and gay.”

“Why don’t you get your eggs and quit harassing me ma.” I was dodging Char’s ass again since she had a million and one questions. I was surprised that she hadn’t told Elena or Kat about her hoodoo shit. The next time she tried to corner me I let her to ask her just that.

“Well Colton, thank you for my very lovely Xmas gift.”

“They’re not here for you Char but I do have a question. If you see what you claim to, how come you haven’t shared with your posse?” Her whole attitude changed and she looked around to make sure the coast was clear.

“I try not to worry my friends unnecessarily. If I thought for a second we could do anything about the situation you better believe I would’ve blown the whistle by now. But not on this one.”

“What is it that you see exactly?” It must be the first time I’d taken her seriously, the first time I’d ever asked her to explain. That day when she saw whatever it was she saw about Kat, I had felt it, the surety the fear. It was then I had begun to give credence to her many ramblings. Since then I’ve steered clear.

“I see darkness, great darkness and men with black souls. There’s a lot of murky water, death. But I do see an end to it, but there will be a lot of chaos surrounding the whole mess.” I wonder what the others would think if I shared this little powwow with them? Probably that I’d lost my damn mind

“Thanks Char, now go behave yourself.” I took five minutes to let her words sink in before joining the melee again. I don’t know how the women did it, but there was a never -ending flow of food and drink, and the kids were on their best behavior.

By mid afternoon, Kat was over her snit but I noticed her conversation was all about babies and weddings. She might be playing it safe since I was in the room but I don’t think so. After last night’s little lesson, I was sure she’d keep her ass still, but I didn’t fool myself that the shit would last longer than it took for the pain from her spanking to go away.

The phone rang on my hip and I answered without looking. “Lyon, Mancini here, I hear you’re looking for me?” I snapped my fingers to get Law’s attention and he alerted the others. “Are you there?”

“I’m here, trying to get to a secure location.”

“No worries it’s taken care of.” I took the phone away from my ear and looked at it. Who the fuck? “Okay, well I have some others here who would like to hear what you have to say.”

“The call’s cleared for you, Lawton Daniels, Justice Creed and the SEALs no one else I don’t care how close you are.”

Well since this fuck knows so much…”You missed one.”

“Mallory’s not there he’s got a sick kid.” Fucking spook.

“Okay, we’re all in. I’m going to speaker now.” The noise outside the door was steady, but inside my study you could hear a pin drop.

“I did some digging into your situation. I don’t know how much the SEALs have shared with the rest of you, but you’re swimming in very murky waters.” I felt a cold chill run down my spine. Those were almost exactly the words Char had said to me not too long ago.

“If you go after this, you better be sure you know what you’re going into. They will come after your families, your friends and your businesses. Any and everything they can to stop you. The trafficking is only the tip of the iceberg, I have Intel that Khalil is on his way to the states but not for the reasons you may think.”

“What’s he after?”

“I’m not at liberty to share that at this time.” Fucking diplomat.

“Does that mean you don’t know?”

“I always know.” I like this fucker, never mince words.

“Mancini, Logan here, we already guessed that The Fox wasn’t coming here behind this, so you’re not telling us anything new here. I’m pretty sure you knew that already so what’s the real reason for your call?”

There was a snicker and then throat clearing. “Look behind you gentlemen.” We all turned to look at the door. “Catalina what are you doing in here?”

“I was here first daddy.” She had a doll in her lap as she sat quietly in the corner. I had no idea if she was telling the truth or not, I’d stopped eyeballing her about an hour ago when it seemed like she was gonna behave herself.

“Go find your mother and not a word or the doll gets it.” Not like she wasn’t gonna tear the shit apart anyway. I watched her leave the room in a huff, taking her sweet time, but now I had another problem on my hand and I could see on the faces of the others that they had just come to the same conclusion.

“You mind telling me how you knew she was in here?” The connecting door slid open and he was just there. “How the fuck did you get in my house?” The fucker smirked at me.

“Gentlemen, if you want my help we’ve got work to do.” We all looked at each other but what the fuck could we say? “I still wanna know how you got in here.” I know my security is good, and my men are all over this place like flies on shit, so if this fuck had just walked by them and bypassed my safety then he wasn’t just good, he was fucking Teflon.

“How I got here is of no consequence and yes Lyon I know for a man like you that’s hard to swallow, but it’s just gonna have to do for now. Now, Khalil, the Porters, the fuck up.” He looked at Law when he said that and I’m sure we were all remembering that first conference call.

“Are you a spook?” I hate those fucks like poison and from the look of disgust on his face so did he. “Since we don’t know each other I’d try not to see that as an insult. What I am is not important for now, but you can Google me, I’m a restaurateur.”

“My ass.” Logan wasn’t looking too pleased. I guess he didn’t like anyone being more of a spook than him. Mancini just smiled and pulled up a seat like he owned the place. One thing was clear; this was no biker type. He’s exactly what I would’ve been if Elena had got her hooks in me as a teen.

He was well dressed, well groomed and I guess what the women would call fuck hot. There wasn’t a hair out of place and butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth. But it was in the eyes; they were the eyes of a killer.

“I have to be gone in about an hour so if there’re any questions let’s get them out of the way.”

“Why? You’ll just tell us they’re of no consequence.”

“Justice, how are you?”

“I’m cool, nice to finally meet the man behind the name, now you wanna tell us what the fuck we’re dealing with here?”

He studied each of us like we were under a microscope and as much as I admired his style I was getting tired of his shit. “Bro put up or get to wherever the fuck you need to be early. I don’t have time for games and I sure as fuck don’t have any to waste. I get it, you’re good at whatever the fuck it is you do, but so am I, and every man in this room. Your name came from someone I trust, that’s the only reason I haven’t capped your ass for sneaking into my house.”

He grinned and looked at my watch. “Your little toy there told you the minute I breeched. I wasn’t expecting a civilian to have such technology, that one slipped right by me.” The others looked at me but I didn’t have to explain myself. I go all out to protect what’s mine and if that means buying shit off the black market so be it.

“That ought to teach you to go playing around in other people’s backyards.” I whistled and Jared and Tommy came out of their hiding places. “We’re cool go keep an eye on the women we’ll be out soon.”