Having Her (Golden Reaper MC)

Chapter 6 - Gunner

Waking up the next morning, my muscles were stiff from cramping my tall frame onto the couch. Turning towards the bed I suppress a smile as I see my Angel spread out like a starfish with her limbs sticking out from under the blanket in odd places and her hair all over the place. She was still snoring lightly too. She obviously wasn’t going to wake up for a while so i decided to head down to the gym for a bit before waking her for breakfast. Laying still for a minute or so longer I simply watch her sleep, admiring the way her lashes brushed against the tops of her cheeks and her lips parted slightly.

After my two hour workout I quickly downed a bottle of water before plating up some pancakes, eggs and bacon for me i place it on a tray along with a bowl of fruit and a glass of orange juice for my girl that Hawk’s old lady put together for me. Knowing that she wouldn’t be able to stomach too much food due to her malnutrition, the doctor suggested small portions several times a day to help rebuild her appetite faster. Carrying the try upstairs as carefully as I could, not wanting to spill it. 

Placing the tray on the bed side table I sit on the edge of the bed and ran my hand through her hair, I remember this was my mum’s favourite way to be woken up when she fell asleep on the sofa. Pulling my hand away when she starts the stir I stand up so I don’t scare her and pick up the tray once more. Waiting till her eyes were fully opened I cleared my throat so she would look at me. Once she noticed the tray and no longer looked like she would pounce away from me I spoke, making sure to keep my voice gentle like I did yesterday. "Good morning". 

I watch as Angelica sits up against the headboard and pulls the blanket close to her "what time is it?" my girl asks, turning my head I look at the clock to see that it was only 9. "it's only 9, hey do you mind if I ask you a couple of questions" she nods after a moment allowing me to continue "ok, first of all, what's your name?" at my question she lets out a small laugh "Angelica Rose Blackwood, what's yours?" a beautiful name for a beautiful girl "Jace Daniels but everyone here knows me as Gunner, ok next question, you can take your time answering this one but I need to know the answer in order to keep you safe. What happened to you?"

I watch as she takes a deep breath, her eyes glaze over for a few minutes like she is trying to stop herself from crying and clears her throat before answering "I was 13 when I was first taken, that was about 12 years ago. During the first year I went through what they called 'training' it was basically them teaching you to be obedient and submissive to who ever 'owns' you. I took a little longer to 'break', as it were since I never liked being told what to do especially as a teenager. Anyway over the years I've been either a 'slave' or a 'prisoner' it depends how you want to see it but I've been through every form of torture you could think of along with being r***d, what makes this worse is that they made it appear as if I was dead so no one in my family knows that I am still alive, I can't think on the pain that they went through" with that last statement the tears that had been building up as she relieved everything that happened to her finally spilled over as a heart wrenching sob racked her body. Without a single shred of hesitation I quickly scoop her into my arms as set her in my lap as I hold her while rubbing circles into her back. She didn't push me away but she was tense for a while before calling down.

It took about an hour for her to calm down as she fell asleep in my arms as I went over everything that she had just told me, by then it was difficult for me to keep my anger contained at the thought of all her injuries including the scars that laced her skin and the pain she must have gone through for so long. 

Who would want to hurt her, she looked so innocent and by the way she was trembling when I first saw her I knew that she wouldn't hurt a fly. I don't know why I felt like I could trust her but I just did, it was like a part of my brain was just wired to know her, to focus solely on her and her alone. I had already noticed small things about her, like how a small crease would form in-between her brows when she thought about what I was saying to her and how she had reached up to tuck her hair behind her ear when she appeared nervous.

Gently laying her down I pulled the cover up to her chin and placing a small kiss on her forehead I turn and leave. Leaving the try on the side of her when she wakes up I grab my food and take it with me. Walking out of that room seemed to have been one of the hardest things I had ever down, like I was leaving apart of myself behind while I walked to the kitchen to eat my breakfast.

Placing my empty place in the sink I turn to see Hawk "I spoke to Angelica this morning and she told me a little of what happened to her, you know she hasn't seen her family in 12 years, 12 years Hawk of nothing but ain for her and yet she still has it in her to laugh and smile when we were talking" once finished my anger was back again so I turn and punch the wall effectively leaving a big dent. "I'll fix that" I hear Hawk curse out in his anger too. None of our men would be able to hold in there anger if they had seen what had happened to her since all of us pride ourselves to project the innocent not harm them. Once my anger had settled to a bearable level I turned to find Hawk running his hands through his hair while cursing every now and then.

"Listen Gunner, the main reason that I came here was to talk to you. One of the men that was in the van got away" hearing these words caused me to freeze. how the f**k did this fucker manage to get away, especially with five of them there. Voicing my thoughts out loud to Hawk he tells me what happened. "Once you left there was a small shoot out two men got shot but it's nothing serious. Viper got shot in the shoulder while Beast took a bullet to the thigh. The guy that we managed to get his name is Alexander Michals we’ve done a background check on him and i must say he’s got one hell of a record, everything from drug deals to arsen and more. He’s in one of the cell but we can’t seem to get any answers from him so I asked Rage to get down there once he finishes up at the parlour.”

I nodded my head in agreement since everyone knew that Rage was the best at getting answers from anyone, hell the boy would be able to talk a priest into committing a sin if he wanted to. “I wanna talk to this bastard first since he played a part in hurting my girl.” once the words left my mouth I knew I had made a mistake as calling her my girl meant that Hawk would now ask a ton of questions and I wasn’t exactly sure that I knew the answers myself. And I was right if the s**t eating grin on his face was any indication, when he opened his mouth to speak I quickly hut him off “Don’t” with that I walk off, but not before Hawks grin turns into a smirk as he chuckled while walking behind me.