"So cold"

My brothers and I are racing down the backroads of Georgia trying to get to Nova. We have to get to her in time. I can't lose her. This won't be the end.

I see the road we need to turn on but we all hide our trucks behind the trees. I don't want them to hear or see us before we can get to them.

"Ok brothers. We need to sneak up on them. No one is left behind, do you understand me?" I get a 'yes Prez' from all of my men. I'm so thankful for them. They dropped everything to come and get my girl back.

"Does everyone have their guns? Safety off and ready to go?" I ask my men and again they all nod their head. "Okay we need to sneak past the men who are outside."

Slowly we all slink behind the trees. Some of my men have military training. I've got Vice and Gears leading our way into the field of trees. They were both together in the navy.

I trust both of those men to get me to where I need to go without a trace. I feel a hand touch my back and I turn to find Ryder. "We need to break up. You, Tiny and I will go towards the back. The rest will head to the front."

I nod. We all split up and headed towards the back of the cabin. I see three men who are standing by the door. Only one of them has a cut on. So the rest must be prospects.

Coming out of the trees we all ran towards the men. Before they could even scream we were on them. The first punch I throw is to the man in a SSMC cut. It reads Hawk. My fist just smashed into his face.

I throw him to the ground and punch him again. "I warned you all once and now that warning means nothing. You fucked with the wrong club." I wont spend my time fighting this man.

With one tilt of the neck it's broken. He stops moving and I see that Tiny and Ryder are fighting just fine. I ran into the cabin gun held out waiting for someone to jump out.

I come into a living room where I find two men sitting on the couch. They don't hear me come up on them. I place my gun behind Tank's head. "Don't fucking move."

Tank stills with the cigarette in his hand. It drops to the ground and he whips his head around. Trying to grab my gun but I'm faster than him. My gun falls to the floor as I tackle him.

I see Ryder and Tiny come in the doorway. "Tiny go find Nova. I've got this." Tank is trying to fight away from me but he's a small sack of shit and nothing is working for him.

Tank is fighting me and he tries to reach for my gun but Ryder comes to pick it up before him. Ryder has already taken out the other man who was with us.

Holding him down with one arm I grab my gun from Ryder. I pull it back to Tank's head. I want to make this last but I don't have time to. I need to get my girl. He'll suffer in Hell.

"I warned you, you stupid son of a bitch. I told you to stay away. I told you not to touch what was mine and you didn't listen. Now you and all of your men are dead." I pull the trigger and his head flies back.

Covered in blood I stand. Ryder looks over at me. He's about to speak when I hear Tiny yelling for me. "Fuck, Prez. She's in here." I run towards his voice and I see what is an attached shed.

It's wet as hell in here and it looks like a pipe is busted. That's not what else I see. I see Nova on the ground covered in blood. Her clothes are soaked through.

My heart stops because she's not moving. I run towards her and push Tiny away. "Baby, I need you to stay awake. I need you to keep those beautiful eyes open for me." Slowly, I breathe waiting for her reply.

"You found me." Nova says. Like she's in shock that I'm even here. This isn't good. She's freezing cold. I can see bruises and cuts all over her body.

"I will always find you. No matter where you are. But right now I need you to stay awake." She closes her eyes. "No Nova. I'm not losing you. Not ever. Saint get in here now!" I yell.

Saint comes running in with three other men. Right now I can't even tell who is who. My focus is fully on Nova. She opens her eyes just barely. "Is Axel okay?" She coughs out.

"Axel is fine sweetheart, now we just need to worry about you. Stay awake." She's covered in water, hurt and she's worried about Axel.

"Madz she doesn't look good, we have to get her out of here and back to the clubhouse. I can't treat her here. She's soaking wet and needs out of these clothes." Saint speaks to me.

I carefully lift her up and pull her into my arms. We start heading towards the door when Nova speaks. "Madz?"

"Yeah baby?" She isn't even looking at me anymore. Her eyes are open but it's like no one is home.

"I love you okay. I want you to remember that." I freeze in my spot. No, she thinks she's going to die. This isn't how it's going to end. Nova will be okay.

"Stop talking like that, you're going to be okay." I start running towards someone's truck. They must have moved them down here. "You gotta stay awake for me. I need you to stay."

"Okay." She closes her eyes again. And I start to shake. "I'm just so tired Madz. My whole body is tired."

"I know you are, we'll be at the clubhouse soon and Saint will take care of you." Someone hops in beside me and its Saint he is checking over Nova as well as he can. "Nova? Nova you have to wake up!"

"Prez we have to get these clothes off. I need to check over her and we have to get her out of these wet clothes. Someone grab a blanket." Saint yells.

With Nova in my arms I start to peel away her clothes. Once she's left in her bra and panties Saint comes back with a blanket. "We gotta get her temp up. Ryder drives as fast as you can but try not to fling us around much. I'm doing what I can from back here."

Saint gets to work on Nova checking for any open wounds. Now that I see her fully. My heart just breaks. She's got bruises, cuts and blood all over her body. And those fuckers cut her hair.

I let this happen to her. I wasn't there when she needed me. "Madz." Saint is waving his hands in my face. "Snap out of it. She needs you to be 100%. Not like this."

He's right. "What do you need me to do Saint?" He has her covered up and wiped down as much as she could be.

"I just need you to be with her and keep her warm until we get to the clubhouse." I nod, not knowing what to say to him.

"Everything is going to be okay baby. You'll be up and running the bakery in no time." I kiss her head and she doesn't move. Not even a twitch.

I know she's still alive because I can see her chest rising. "How far out are we?" Ryder is in the driver's seat. He's the best driver out of all of us.

"We're fifteen minutes out. I'll get us there in ten." Ryder presses on the gas and we go flying down the road without slinging us around.

"Madz, there was something else we found when we got into the cabin." Tiny speaks. What else did they find? Who else did they find?

"There was another woman there. The other members said it was her mother. They said that she traded information about Nova for money." Anger pluses through me.

"That bitch. Where is she?" Tiny turns to look at me. "Well, where the fuck is she? Do you have her?"

"No, she was already dead. They killed her. They were waiting for Ghost to stop messing around with Nova before they got to her." I wish I could have made them suffer longer.

I look out the window and I can see the clubhouse. We pull in and I see Beau and Knox standing with the doors open. Ready for us. Ryder pulls into the building and doors fly open.

Knox has a cart and Saint tries to reach out for Nova. "No, where does she need to go, I'll do it." Saint gives me a look that he normally wouldn't give.

"I need her on this cart so we can take her inside. Need to get an IV started now." I nod my head and place her down. Making sure she is safe is strapped down. We run down the hall and to the medical ward we have. It's nothing fancy but it has the same stuff a hospital would have.

We get into the room and Saint and I slowly move Nova from the cart to the bed. He gets to work putting the IV in her arm. He's quick with it. It took him no time at all.

"She's got fluids, and pain medication for now. Now we let her rest. I'll go find a heating blanket for now because her skin is still too cold." Saint walks out in search of a blanket.

I pull a chair next to Nova and place my head on her arm. This will never happen again. Once she is awake I will beg for her to forgive me.

The woman I love was hurt but the men who did it are dead. They wont ever be able to reach her again. Knowing that settles me some but the anger still flows through me.