Aces & Eights

Chapter 1 - Finding Sammy.

Prospect's P.O.V.

"Prospect, where are you?"

"We're on our way home pres, we're a few miles away from the clubhouse"

"Well hurry up otherwise you'll have to deal with my sister, she wants everything perfect for when Sam arrives home"

I gulped remembering the last time I got on Topaz's bad side...I couldn't f**k anyone for a whole month thanks to her little act of violence.

"You got it, pres"

We weren't that far from our clubhouse anyway but Topaz is very anal about a lot of things and if she gives you a job to do and you don't do it how she wants it when she wants it and by the time she wants it done, then let's just say your goose is cooked.

"Hey Joel, do you see that?"

"See what?"

"The bike on the left side of the road"

"Oh yer"

I was in the club van whilst one of the other prospects is riding ahead of me on his motorbike.

"What shall we do, Joel? should we stop and see if whoever it is needs help or should we just drive on?"

"Erm"

I had to think for a second because if we pull over then we'll be late and Topaz will have my balls in a blender but if we don't and it turns out someone needed our help then I'll feel guilty.

I may be a biker but I'm not heartless, well, not completely.

"Let's stop"

"Ok"

We both pull over and park behind the bike which had it's hazards blinking.

I got out of the van and whistled when I saw the gorgeous bike in front of me.

"Nice bike"

"I was thinking that myself...fuck, this thing must've cost a fortune"

"Yer, a few grand at least"

I looked away from the bike and looked around the field searching for the owner.

"HELLO!!...IS ANYBODY OUT THERE?....HELLO!!"

"Joel look"

"What?"

I ask as I turn back around.

"Look there, do you see it?"

I looked to where he was pointing at and my heart sped up when I saw a very familiar name on it.

Shit.

"Maka? where have I heard that name before?"

"s**t man, everyone knows who Maka is...she's Aces woman"

"But I thought his woman was Sam"

David asked confused and I rolled my eyes.

"Maka is Sams nickname genius, she wasn't born with that name"

"Oh"

Fucking i***t.

"This is Samantha DiFranco's bike, question is, where's Sam?"

We both look around the deserted fields but see nothing.

"David, go and get the flashlights from the van"

"Ok"

"SAM!!...SAMANTHA!!"

I shout for her but get no answer.

When David comes back with the flashlights, we both take one and decided to look around for Sam on either side of the road, he takes the right and I take the left.

We both shouted for her whilst searching the fields for her.

"Urgh!!, s**t"

I groaned in annoyance when I nearly tripped over something.

I put the flashlight on it to see what it was and I saw it was a woman's boot.

"What the hell?"

I looked around the area not getting a good feeling and I even called David over to help me look for her, she's around here I know it, I feel it even my wolf does.

"SAM!!...SAMANTHA, WHERE ARE YOU?"

"s**t David, look"

I follow his line of sight with not only my eyes but my flashlight and what I saw completely horrified me and I knew that this image would be one that will be burned in my memory forever.

"Oh my god, Sam"

I ran over to her and bent down next to her.

I checked her pulse and saw that she was still alive but barely, her pulse was very faint.

"Please...please, don't tell me that's what I think it is?"

David asked whilst looking like he was gonna puke, to be honest, I also felt the same way but I had to suppress my feelings so that I could help Sam like she used to help me as a kid.

"It's c*m and there's lots of it meaning whoever f*****g did this wasn't alone...he had help"

I felt sick seeing Sam like this.

Samantha used to babysit me all of the time when I was a kid and she along with Topaz and her sisters in law Max and Kayden would always play with the younger kids of the pack, well, she did up until she left eight years ago.

"David, I need you to listen to me very carefully ok, I need you to mind link one of the prospects and tell him to come here asap with the tow truck to pick up Sams bike, I then need you to pick up all of her clothes and go and make some space on the mattress in the back of the van for her"

"You want me to pick her clothes up? dude, I don't think she's gonna want to wear them again"

"They're not for her to wear, i***t, it's so the pack doctor can run some tests on them and hopefully find out who did this to her?"

"Oh"

David says before disappearing towards the van to clear the mattress for me to lay Sam on.

I gently pick Sam up bridal style and carry her to the van, I then place her on to the mattress and cover her up with a blanket.

I didn't really wanna put a blanket on her because I wanted to preserve any evidence that could help us find her attackers but I also didn't want to leave her laying there naked and cold with no dignity so I covered her up.

I then get out of the van just as David appears.

"I've called another prospect to come with the truck, he said he'll be here in ten minutes"

"Ok, good"

I said whilst shutting the door.

"I'm gonna head back to the clubhouse with Sam before she bleeds out and dies"

"Ok, I'll wait here and look for any clues whilst I'm waiting for the tow truck"

"Ok, I'll see you in a bit"

I get into the van and start it up.

"Hey Joel"

"Yer"

I look down at David who was looking distressed and worried.

"Do you think she's gonna make it?"

He asked with a slight quiver in his voice.

He may not know Sam personally like I do but he's heard a lot of stories about her and knows how much she means to our president and his family so it's kind of like he knows her.

"I really hope so David, I really f*****g hope so"

"Me too man"

He lets out a sigh.

"You better hurry up and get Sam back unless you wanna lose your cut before you officially get patched in"

"Yer, I'll see you later"

"Bye man"

"Bye"

I start up the van and drive off at a faster speed than normal.

I know it's not safe to drive fast but I don't give a f**k because Sam needs urgent medical attention, not to mention these roads are deserted and it's very rare you'll find more than one car on the road at the same time anyway.

"Pres, you there"

"PROSPECT!!, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU? TOPAZ IS GONNA RIP YOU A f*****g NEW ONE WHEN YOU GET HERE!!"

"With all due respect pres, I don't give a s**t, Topaz is the least of my worries right now"

"I BEG YOUR f*****g PARDON!!"

Fuck he's angry and his mood is about to get a hell of a lot worse.

"I'm sorry pres but David and I found a broken-down bike on the side of the road"

"AND? WHAT THE f**k HAS THAT GOT TO DO WITH ME OR MY CLUB?"

"It's Sams bike pres"

The mind link was silent for about a minute until he spoke again and even though he sounded calm, I knew he was anything but.

"Where's Sam? is she ok?"

"No I'm afraid not pres, I'm bringing her back now and I need the pack doctor as soon as I get there...it's not looking good for her, she's in a very bad way"

"Ok, get here as fast as you can"

"You got it, pres"

I hit the accelerator to get me back to the clubhouse faster.

Ace may have sounded calm in the latter part of our conversation but that doesn't mean he's actually calm, my guess would be that he's in shock and I'd hate to be in the room with him when he sees the state she's in or finds out what happened to her.

Shit is gonna hit the f*****g fan when I get back to the clubhouse.

I let out a sigh.

I'd say lord have mercy on the assholes who did this to our poor Sammy but they don't deserve it, what they do deserve is whatever Ace and Sam's brothers are gonna do to them when they get their hands on the disgusting bastards.

I arrive home in just under four minutes and park the van as close as I could to the clubhouse.

"WOLF!!"

I shouted for our president after jumping out of the van and running to the back of it.

Ace didn't waste any time in coming out and he was quickly followed by the pack doctor as well as Topaz and their brother Axel.

"WHERE THE f**k IS SHE? IS SHE OK?"

"I'm afraid not pres, she's been raped, beaten up and stabbed"

"What?"

Topaz gasped.

"How do you know she's been raped?"

I looked at each of the McCarthy siblings who all looked sad, pained but also angry as f**k, not that I blame them, Sam is their baby girl, their princess.

"She's covered in c*m, sir...a lot of it and the inside of her thighs are covered in blood"

"Oh my god"

Topaz said before throwing up.

Axel was immediately by her side and he held her hair whilst gently rubbing her back.

The pack doctor along with some of his assistants got Sam out of the van and put her on a gurney.

I was looking at Ace when they wheeled Sam past us and I was shocked when I heard him whisper a word that I wasn't expecting.

"Mate"

Oh my god, Sam is Aces mate.

Aces eyes had darkened until they were completely black, his jaw and fists were clenched and he was breathing in and out in a way that I didn't like because that means he's about to go into full-on beast mode.

"I'm going for a run, I want you and David in my office when I get back"

"Ok"

Ace runs off towards the woods and I head inside after locking up the van.

I walk inside and get a beer from the bar.

"Hey dude, what's going on? who was the hot chick that just got wheeled in here?"

I hear another prospect ask me.

"That hot chick is Aces woman"

I say 'hot chick' with a sneer not liking what a fellow prospect had said about Sam.

Sure Samanthas a pretty woman, she's absolutely stunning but right now she looks like a car wreck and doesn't need some asshole making comments about her.

After Aces Run...

Ace's P.O.V.

Red.

That's all I'm seeing right now.

I thought going for a run and letting my wolf run free would help ease some of the anger and pain within me but it hasn't, if anything it's amplified it.

Today was supposed to be a happy and joyous occasion because my Sammy, my princess was finally coming home after eight long years of being away and I thought the only problems I'd have to deal with would be apologising to her and trying to convince her to give us a second chance but now this has happened.

After I came back from my run, I quickly changed back into my clothes and head inside of my clubhouse and go to my office.

"Axel, where's Topaz? is she ok?"

"We're waiting by the infirmary, the pack doctor is still working on Sam"

Still.

"Ok, I'll be there soon, if anything happens beforehand, let me know, asap"

"Ok brother"

I walk into my office and I was annoyed when I saw only one of my prospects waiting for me.

"Where's David?"

"He's on his way back now with Matthew"

"What? why didn't he come back with you? and what's Matthew got to do with this?"

I growled.

My anger was once again bubbling over, I needed to be with my Sammy.

"We needed somebody to tow Sams bike back to the clubhouse so David stayed behind to wait for Matt"

What?.

My Sammy rides a motorbike? is this a f*****g joke?.

"Prospect, I don't like liars"

I growled.

"I'm not lying to you pres, the bike we found on the side of the road was Sams"

I jumped up whilst slamming my hands down on my desk almost scaring Joel half to death.

"My woman doesn't ride bikes prospect, she was banned from riding them unless she was on the back of mine or her brothers"

I know it sounds like we're being controlling and we probably are but myself and her brothers put this ban in place so that she would be safe.

Sam's known for being feisty and hot-tempered, all she had to do was go out on her bike whilst she was angry and lord knows what would happen, this is why we banned her from ever getting her motorcycle licence but it looks like she went ahead and defied us anyway.

Giovani, Ryder and Ryan are gonna hit the f*****g roof when they find out, that's if it's true, I can't see my Sammy defying us, especially me, she knows I don't like it when she defies me.

"Well, I hate to break this to you pres but she does, the bike we found had been personalised with the name Maka"

Fuck.

That little girl is in a lot of trouble when she's awake and back on her feet.

"Ok, enough about that bluddy bike, I'll deal with that when Sam is up and better"

I say whilst taking a seat in my office chair.

"But for now, I want you to tell me everything from the moment you spotted Maka's bike to driving up to the clubhouse and don't leave a single detail out, do you understand me?"

"Yes sir"

"Good, now take a seat and tell me everything"

Joel sits down in the guest seat in front of my desk, he then begins to tell me everything that he and David found tonight.

I was already f*****g furious before he started speaking and have been ever since I received the mind link from him telling me that he'd found Sam beaten and unconscious on the side of the road but now after hearing everything he had to say, I was f*****g apoplectic and I wanted to go and find the assholes who did this and get my revenge.

BANG!!.

"THOSE FUCKERS!!"

I growled as I run a hand through my hair roughly tugging on it.

I swear whoever did this isn't gonna know what's f*****g hit them when I get my hands on them.

Nobody touches Ace McCarthys woman and gets away with it.

Knock!!, knock!!, knock!!.

"Come in"

I leaned back in my chair running a hand over my face when I heard the door open.

"Hey pres, Joel"

I looked up and saw another one of my prospects standing next to Joel and he was holding a plastic bag.

"What's in the bag, David?"

"It's Samanthas things pres, Joel reckons we'll be able to get some evidence off them if we run some tests"

David says whilst handing me the bag.

"Great thinking Joel, I'll give these to the pack doctor right away"

I say whilst taking the bag from David and putting it down at the side of my chair not wanting to look at it.

It's bad enough that I've got Maka's delicious scent mixed with those assholes scents invading my senses, I don't really need to see the clothes that she was attacked in.

I take a deep breath before going back to questioning my prospects.

"Did you find anything else whilst you were out there, David?"

"Actually yes we did, Matt and I used our wolf senses to see how many people we could detect and the number we agreed on was nine, this number was confirmed by the different cycle tracks that we found on the grass and road"

Fuck, there was nine of them?...my poor baby.

"I also found this"

David says whilst handing me something from his pocket.

My anger spiked and I felt my wolf fighting to take control when I saw what it was, they are so f*****g dead.

"What is that?"

"It's an angels wings pin with devils horns...there's only one club that I know off who gives something as tacky as this out to their members and that's the Satans Angels MC"

I turn the pin around and just as I expected it was personalised, good news for me, bad news for Lorenzo.

"Ace, get down to the infirmary right now, the pack doctors finished examining Sam and you're not gonna be happy with the results"

"Ok, I'm coming"

"I've gotta go...thank you for tonight lads, I really appreciate everything you all did for Sam"

"There's no need to thank us pres, we did what any real man would do"

"Yer, Sammy was one of my favourite aunties growing up, it sickens me that she went through what she did but there's no need to thank us"

Joel said with hurt and sadness in his voice.

"Yes there is because if it wasn't for you two she could be dead now so thank you from not just me but my family and the DiFranco family...now go and get drunk and f**k a few whores, you've earned the night off tonight"

"Really? thanks pres"

"Yer thanks"

David and Joel leave my office happily and I let out a breath.

I then pick up the bag David had given me and leave my office heading towards the infirmary which thankfully, isn't too far from the clubhouse.

When I arrive at the infirmary, the first thing I see is my sister being comforted by her husband and my best friend/sergeant at arms Carter whilst my brother looks like a bomb that is ready to explode.

"Hey guys, what's going on? how's Sam?"

I ask the pack doctor who looks significantly paler compared to how he did a few hours ago.

"It's bad Ace...it's really, really bad"

My sister cried against Carter's chest.

"Tell me what they did to her"

I demanded through gritted teeth.

The pack doctor nodded his head before telling me the long list of abuse that my Sammy had to endure at the hands of those pricks.

"President Wolf...Samantha was brutally raped and sodomized multiple times, she was severely beaten leaving her with a fractured wrist, a broken ankle, she's got several broken ribs, a busted lip and eyebrow, she's got over two dozen really deep bite marks all over her neck, chest, stomach, thighs and...and her buttocks, her body from head to toe is covered in cuts and bruises as well as numerous claw marks, my guess is that they used their wolves claws to do it...Sam has also got two head wounds, one on her forehead and one at the back of her head and finally...she was stabbed in the left shoulder, the knife just missed the axillary artery"

Fucking hell.

I knew it was gonna be bad but I never expected it to be this bad.

"A..anything else?"

I asked in almost a breathy whisper as I was in too much shock to speak normally.

"As far as her wounds are concerned that's all"

"Ok...can I see her?"

"Of course you can, I should warn you that she's under very heavy sedation right now, she may not wake up until tomorrow"

I nod my head before going into the Luna suite which is where I ordered for them to take Sam.

When I walked into the room, I walked over to the bed and looked down at my sleeping beauty who was thankfully cleaned up and smelled like soap which was blocking her natural scent from me.

It pained me to see my Sammy in this state but I had to look at the silver lining here which is, I'd rather see her looking like this than lying dead on some slab in a mortuary.

"I'm so sorry, baby"

I whispered whilst stroking Sam's cheek, I then lean down and gently kiss her forehead and I swear I felt her flinch out of fear which pained my heart.

"Don't worry baby, you're safe now, I promise you"