Mason: #6 (Allen Securities) (8 page)
Victoria turned to him and gave a small smile. “Who’s the bitch now?”
Mason raised a brow. Tori had a bit more of her sister in her than he could have ever guessed. With Ando covering Blitz with a rifle though, her sass was well justified.
Blitz seethed. He tightened his hold around Tori.
Tori twisted hard away from him, and the chance they had been waiting for happened as she fell to the ground.
Charlie launched himself at Blitz’s slimy partner as Mason dragged Victoria out of the fight. Sparks leapt from the ground as a bullet struck right in front of Blitz.
“Get your fucking parts, and get the fuck out of my town,” Ando shouted down.
Blitz laughed and leapt behind a large metal barrel. “Maybe I’ll just wait till you’re gone to take this town over.”
Mason pulled out the gun he’d hidden in his boot and squeezed off a shot at the bastard. There was no way he was going to let him take over his town.
A loud thud sounded from the other side of the car.
He turned and saw the other man towering over Charlie. Not even bothering to line up the shot, Mason pulled the trigger. The bullet zipped past the man, grazing his arm.
The man jumped back. Charlie was safe.
“Let’s get the fuck out of here,” the man shouted back to Blitz. “Too much fucking heat.”
Mason snapped his attention back toward Blitz’s hiding spot but was surprised to see that the biker had slipped over to their side of the warehouse. He pointed his gun directly at Tori.
“Drop it, or the bitch gets it,” he shouted.
A shot echoed across the room. Blitz jerked, blood exploding from his shoulder.
Mason pushed Tori out of harm’s way. He swiveled and charged the large man with everything he had. Blitz’s gun clattered to the ground and slid away.
Even in his injured state, Blitz was still not a man to mess with. He smashed the right side of Mason’s jaw with his fist. Mason returned the favor by slamming his fist into Blitz’s stomach.
His fist was still sore from punching the other man at the bar, but he didn’t care. Blitz doubled over with a grimace. Mason slammed his elbow down on the man’s injured shoulder.
A flash of metal in the corner of his eye made him pause.
“Back the fuck up,” the other man said, his hand shaking. “Keys. Now.” His gun was pointed directly at the back of Mason’s head.
Mason reached into his pocket and handed over the keys.
“Man, get in the fucking truck,” the man said to Blitz.
They watched as Blitz stood and hobbled out of the building, leaving a trail of blood from his still bleeding shoulder. The man kept his gun pointed at Mason.
“Just don’t fucking move,” he said, his hand still trembling.
The man scurried to the truck and Blitz climbed in.
Tori made her way over to Mason, and he held her as the men drove out of sight.
Even someone as tough as Blitz couldn’t shake off getting shot through the shoulder. Mason didn’t know if their fight was over, but he did know that for the moment, they had won.
Chapter Fourteen
Victoria sat quietly on the couch at Mason’s house as the Allen brothers all shouted around her.
Ando and Charlie had fled from Mason’s house early, likely to avoid the verbal firefight that would happen when Reed and his brothers came over.
“What the fuck were you thinking?” Reed shouted.
They were pissed. Beyond pissed even.
“I did what I needed to protect Tori,” Mason shouted back.
“We could have helped protect her.”
“I didn’t have time to wait.” Mason stomped up to Reed and glared at him. “If Blitz, or Wolf, or whatever the fuck he wants to be called was holding Olivia, we both know what you would have done.”
Reed scrubbed a hand over his face and glanced over at Cage, Kace and Ryder.
“Cowboy shit gets people killed,” Cage said. “Yeah, we’ve all been dumbasses, but that didn’t mean you had to be an extra-special dumbass.”
The recriminations and justifications blurred together as Victoria stopped paying attention. The important thing was that everyone she cared about was safe.
Not being included in the showdown was something the Allens weren’t used to, but she understood why Mason made the decision he did. If her sister had known about what was going on, there was no telling how it might have affected her. She didn’t need that kind of stress so close to the end of her pregnancy.
In the end Victoria just sat quietly until the argument died down. She was surprised that grown men could spend so long yelling at each other.
“Don’t pull this short of shit again,” Reed grumbled before heading toward the door. “Or I’ll kill you before Blitz has a chance.”
He shot her a sympathetic look and opened the door. “We’ll get that bastard, Victoria.”
She shot him a smile. “I know.”
He stepped outside. The other Allen brothers filed out after Reed.
She was sure this wasn’t the last Mason would hear about all this, but for now, they were going to let them get some rest.
Mason walked the last person out and locked the door behind them.
He walked to where she sat on the couch and dropped down next to her.
“Are you okay?” he asked quietly.
She nodded but didn’t speak.
Mason pulled her hand off her lap and laced his fingers between her own. Victoria looked down at his newly bloodied knuckles. Somehow, everything came crashing down on her all at once. Big tears streamed down her face as the hand in front of her blurred.
He pulled his hand from hers only to wrap her in a warm embrace.
“I got you, baby,” he whispered.
Victoria sobbed ever louder now.
“I’m sorry. I was so scared.”
Mason soothed her hair against her head. “It’s okay, baby. He was a scary man.”
She shook her head. “I wasn’t scared for me. I was scared for you.” She turned to look him in the face. “What would I have done if he took you from me?”
Mason pulled her hard against him and pressed a brutal kissed to her mouth, now salty from her tears. After a moment he pulled away to stare at her.
“I love you,” he said simply. “So many things could have happened tonight, and it nearly killed me thinking that you would never know how much I love you. I spent too long running from what I felt. I wasted a lot of time. No more.”
Her eyes widened with shock.
“I know this seems fast, but I know what I want and what I want is you.”
Victoria opened her mouth to respond but stopped when Mason’s cell chirped loudly.
She glanced down at his pants where the sound had come from.
“You should get it,” she said.
Mason seemed to hesitate but then nodded.
She watched as he pulled his phone out and hit talk.
“Mason,” he rumbled.
He frowned for a moment before his brows nearly hit the roof.
“Really?” he said excitedly. “When?”
She stared at him and wondered what could have happened to get that sort of response.
“I’ll be there,” he said and hung up the phone.
Victoria waited as Mason turned to her, smiling from ear to ear.
“Sarah got a part on a show and can’t keep the kids,” Mason said. “They come home tomorrow.”
She yelped a little when Mason pressed his mouth back to hers.
His quick, excited kiss quickly started to escalate into something deeper.
Victoria pulled back and stared at him for a moment.
“I love you,” she said quietly. “I love you all. For the first time, I feel like I’m a part of something, and I love that my something includes you.”
Mason grinned from ear to ear.
“Your father was right,” he said. “No more wasted time.”
She frowned slightly when he stood.
“What are you—”
Victoria gave a yelp as Mason lifted her from the couch like a princess. She wound her hands around his neck.
“We have one more kid-free night, and I don’t plan on wasting it talking.” He gave her a wink, and Victoria could feel the blush creeping in but didn’t protest when he brought her to the bed and laid her down.
She could join the family she already loved.
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