24
I stared up at Antony for a moment with apparent anger and fear in my eyes. I don't know what he would do. He was always so unpredictable. His hands suddenly lash out and grab my face and I yelp out as his lips smash into my with pure aggression and dominance. I pushed at his chest, but didn't get anywhere before he tore himself from me. We both panted heavily as I gripped his wrists. His eyes were cold and dark as he moved a lock of my curls from my face.
"When you went missing all those years ago, we thought one of our rival gangs had gotten you or some sick pervert managed to kidnap you from school. For weeks I looked for you, thought about how much pain you must be in, how afraid you were to be far away from home. But then our informant in the Charming Police lets us know someone had called in an anonymous phone call about our family that we had bodies hidden in our basement and attic and tool sheds… didn't take us long to figure out it was you!" his grip on my face tightened and so did my grip on his wrists.
"Yes." I replied, causing his eyes to widen in shock. Was he expecting me to deny it. "I did what I had to do to stay alive. I wasn't about to let you all kill me once I turned eighteen."
"You idiot, Father wouldn't have had you killed." he said. I frowned heavily.
"Tell that to Casey and Anna and Josh and Kylie!" I snapped.
"They were weak and constantly a problem. But you were something special to him. You didn't give him a chance to show you our world." he growled. I just shook my head.
"He didn't adopt me out of love. He adopted me for you! Father was a sadistic matchmaker and you all may have been happy with the rules, but I refused to accept my fate." I snapped. The cannibalism wasn't the only thing I was trying to get away from. Father believed everything should have a pair. My mother Tia was my father's world. But why wouldn't she be, they were twins.
"Don't be so dramatic. You were always the problem child, always getting into trouble always stressing father out. But he loved you, even after you betrayed us!" he snapped.
"I chose my life over my loyalty to you." I snapped viciously. He frowned heavily and shook his head, his eyes boring into mine. His hands were shaking a bit around my face as I could tell he was having a fight with himself.
"And after all these years, after this harsh betrayal, I still love you." he said, his voice weak a bit. His eyes began to soften only for the emotion to drain from his eyes again. "I have come to give you a message from Father. Return to us and ask his forgiveness and face punishment or die. Your dealings with that pathetic biker gang will end here and none of them will be harmed." he said.
"So relinquish my freedom and be forced to eat people." I replied sharply. His head leaned back a bit.
"Yes." he stated finally releasing me. "Father says if you do this, then your little friends will not be harmed. Deny him, and you will all pay." I scowled up at him.
"I am not afraid of you." I replied, and he nodded.
"Maybe not, but I know who is afraid. Duke Weston and his mother and brother." he said. My heart immediately dropped into my stomach and my eyes widened.
"What have you done?" I asked, fear laced in my tone.
"We have captured the Weston family, a sign of good faith that Father will forgive you for your betrayal." he said. I shook my head quickly.
"They are innocent." I stated weakly. He frowned heavily.
"Not all. AJ Weston is a white supremacist who had you beaten and raped." he stated. Now my stomach hurt at the information he spewed.
"How do you know about that?" I asked. He tilted his head, giving an amused smile.
"Meera, we have people everywhere. You think Father up and left and took his informants with him? No, he left his spies here in case you ever turned up." he said. I felt panic take over me as I looked away at his words.
"Don't hurt Judith or her children. They have done nothing wrong." I begged.
"Their blood has been tested with other tests ran. They're perfectly healthy meals just ready to eat." he said.
I could hear faint revving of motorcycle engines outside. Normally I wouldn't have heard them, but I could tell there were numerous motorcycles together which made the noise louder. They were here. I looked away for a second and then up at Antony.
"Give me 24 hours." I replied, and he looked me over pulling something out of his jacket pocket and lifting my hand to put it in my palm. It was a grey flip phone.
"I'll await your answer." he said and began to pull back walking leisurely down the hall. "And I look forward to finally meeting Mr. Lowman. Heard he's one crazy mother fucker." I tensed and just watched him walk away as if nothing happened, as if he wasn't about to do something crazy. I knew he was. I just didn't know what. Once he was gone, I returned to the class and placed the phone in my purse. I had 24 hours to think about how I was going to get out of this. But things were different now. Duke was involved. He wasn't just missing he had been kidnapped and I couldn't say anything because I had no idea where he was. I moved over to the window and noticed the numerous bikes out in the parking lot.
Antony's bike was still out there, parked a few cars away from Clay's bikes. So he was still here. I watched as the bikers walked toward the school. They weren't really going to come in here were they? My mind was raging with questions now. Would they really try and do something violent here? I realized the TV was still going and so I attempted to be as normal as possible.
"Okay children let's get class started." I replied. I only got fifteen minutes into the class discussion when there was a bang on the door. I jumped and looked over to see Happy staring into the window. I told the children to continue reading their books before moving out into the hall. Happy immediately looked me over and took hold of my arms. I noticed Jax, Opie and Juice were with him.
"Hey, you good?" he asked, and I nodded.
"Yes. He's still in the building." I said quickly. Jax nodded and hit Opie's chest.
"Let's go." he said and I quickly grabbed Jax's hand.
"Wait. You need to be careful. He will kill a child if he must to get away." I told him and looked at Happy. "Don't get crazy on the school grounds." There was suddenly a loud boom and I heard the children screaming suddenly. I was alert and quickly ran into my class room to see fire from the window. Happy and the others followed me inside and we moved over to the window. Fire engulfed the parking lot specifically around SAMCRO's bikes. My eyes widened, and I looked down at the spot Antony's bike was parked in. It was gone already. Happy frowned and looked at me.
"Now can we get crazy?" he asked. I looked at him and back at the fire that devoured the motorcycles and even some of the other cars. However mine was still in its spot untouched.