“Daddy, you called me Snow.” Zane’s eyes snap to mine. It comes to me like lightening. Shit I did call her Snow.
“Daddy is sorry. I guess it slipped out because we were having a very serious conversation. I think we should tell you what happened.” Zane reaches out and pats my arm and nods his head in agreement.
“Odin went off the deep end. He kidnapped Freyja. He has her at Club Steele at the moment. It was after she had the twins. I called Thor and told him what occurred with you, and he told me that we need to take care of you. Me hurting you is something I can never forgive myself for. I’m so sorry.”
“No Daddy. You can forgive yourself. I forgive you.” Snow gets up and sits on my lap. Our baby girl hugs me. I melt right into her. I hold her tight. I feel the tears running down my face. I look and see Zane is crying as well. I get up with her in my arms to get onto the couch. He wraps his arms around our girl. She giggles but doesn’t leave our embrace. This moment solidifies our relationship. No one will ever break the bond that have. Not even us.
We stay together on the couch for some time. I’m resting with my back against the couch with Snow’s head on my lap. She’s sleeping while Zane is holding her legs and has his head resting on the back of the couch. He too is out for the count. I feel sleep is highly overrated and I stay awake to keep watch over the two most important people in my life. I love them both and would do anything to make sure they are always happy and protected.
An idea pops into my head. We need to get our girl an engagement ring. Both of us can’t legally marry Snow, but we can have a ceremony sperate from a traditional wedding and marry the both of us. We can handfast and jump the besom as Daddies and little girl. We can both get Snow a ring. Shit I need to remember calling her Snow upsets her. I will use it when she’s in big trouble. My phone vibrates. I pull it out of my pocket and see it’s a message from Fenrir.
Twins: Freyja is back with Bishop and her little ones. Odin and Frigg will be spending time with Marcus. The Hegg family needs to heal. I’ll be in touch soon.” Well, this turned out better than I would have thought. Odin does love all of us. His need to be in control for some is too much. I always enjoyed it more than some would understand.
He treated Zane and I as his sons. Odin knows the shit our grandparents put us through. Yes, the grandmother was just as depraved as the grandfather. Sometimes her ideas were worse. All we were to them was entertainment, sex toys, and any other thing they could think of. At an age that we had no business to do that shit. It made Zane into the one that needed me to be that monster that I am. I’m not saying him being soft is a bad thing. He is the loving brother. The one that wants to see a smile on your face, a pleaser. Me, I will kill you and piss on your dead body while I laugh.
They would invite some of their associates over to watch us do shit to each other to earn a meal, new clothes. For birthdays we had a party at school, one with those adults invited, then the private one with them both. We would have to perform on these so-called adults. Sucking dicks was Zane. I had to take care of the females. Grandma dearest trained me in that area. While dear granddad had Zane.
“Jag, what’s the matter? You’re crying again. Don’t let our girl wake up and see you.” He is right. I need to get out of my own head. It’s in the past, I killed them. It needs to go away.
“Sorry brother. I need to get some air. I’m going to go for a run. Take care of our girl.” I slide from under Snow as smoothly as I can. She doesn’t stir. I take off my cut and toss on a tee that is basically a cut. Odin approved this for when anyone of us need to be free of the cut. I slip on my sneakers. I look at Zane and smile at him. He understands that my mind went to a place I can’t stand for it to go. I would always go on a run when this happened.
I walk out the door and head right up to the boardwalk. It’s a good run. Once I get to the boarder of the Heights and the Park, the ground will switch from boards to plastic boards. I don’t care. I just need the run.
I don’t know how I would have explained to Snow the reason behind my crying if she would have woken up. I need to be strong. The mask I wear needs to stay in place. I am the stronger brother. I need to be the rock for them both. Our girl has enough on her plate as is. I still want to go to that fuckin compound and pound Wolf into the ground. The fuckin nerve they have to treat our girl that way. This is what I need. My focus on being angry at Wolf and Raven. With the metal playing in my ears, I drown out the world and let the feeling of my feet pounding on the ground and music ease my mind. I cross over into Seaside Park, and I feel a chill run down my back. Something is off. Just as I slow down something hits me in the back of the head. I land on the ground and see a State Trooper standing over me.
“I finally nailed one of you MC scums. I’m taking you in pretty boy. Going to toss your ass into a cell and hold you for as long as I can.” I’m still dazed from the hit to the head as I watch his boot come down onto my stomach. The last thing I remember is his laughter as I pass out.
I feel like I’m in a never-ending nightmare. Snow is with Zane and they are standing over me crying. I can see my body. What the fuck happened. I look around the room and see other members of Sons here. Oh shit, I’m in the hospital. Snow is hysterically crying and even Zane is crying hard.
“How many hours did that fuckin cop have him,” Eric Robert asks.
“He was gone two days. I want that bastard to die. I don’t give a fuck who he is. He is to die,” Wolf yells. This must be really bad
if Wolf is here. I look again and see Wolf, Odin, Raven, Eric Robert and the other Sullivans. I feel myself floating out of the room and out to the hall. Everyone is here.
“Jagger, it’s time for you to return to your body. You will be in pain when you wake. Let your brother and little girl help you.” I head to the voice that spoke and see a beautiful woman.
“Do I know you?”
“I’m your mother. You boys look just like your father. I’m sorry he is not here. Only one of us was let to come see you. Now before you go on to ask why we didn’t help you with his parents, I’m allowed to explain.
When you move on you can’t interact with the living for many years. You can see them, feel their pain, joy, and all emotions. This is the first time I can see you. We can visit you both in dreams, or like now. Please understand it was so hard for us. To be gone and not protect our sons.” I get closer to her. I can feel her sorrow as if it’s my own.
“Your father and I are proud of you boys. You did the best thing by getting rid of those vile people. Your father fell apart watching that happen. He never had anything like that happen to him. Don’t worry they are in an endless nightmare where they are. Everything they did to you and Zane is happening to them over and over.
The one thing I can tell you about your future is my boys will be blessed with two sets of twin boys. No rhyming names young man. Now let’s get you back to your family.” We go back into the room and my mother guides me back to my body.
“Zane, baby girl, don’t cry. I’m here.”
“Daddy, Daddy you’re awake. Pappa see the doctors don’t know what they are talking about. Daddy is here for us.”
“Baby girl, not so loud. Daddy has a wicked headache. Come over and give Daddy a hug. I need to hold my girl.” She looks up at Zane. He nods his head. Snow slowly crawls onto the bed. I go to lift my arm and the pain hits like a lightning bolt. I hold in the agony that wants to slip out. I don’t care what type of pain I’m in I need my girl. I want a family hug, but don’t want to push it in front of the others.
With my girl all settled I want to ask questions. I have no plans to hide anything from Snow. Zane and I need to have a talk. She needs to know about our past so we can have that future. I do remember seeing my mother. None of that went away. Zane needs to know and understand. We both used to ask the questions why. The only thing I wish is I should have asked about her parents. That is something I think I will see if Hans can do. The man is the best at tracking people.
***
I spent three more days in the hospital. I wanted to go home, but Dr. Reed asked me to stay. He was in Pennsylvania when I was found. Two other doctors took care of me. They told Zane and Snow that I might not make it due to the injuries. Wolf had to stop me from finding them and putting an end to their lives. No one says those things to my family.
Speaking of family. It would seem that while I was missing and in the hospital, unconscious. Wolf, Raven, and Snow have reunited. They apologized to her. Helped Zane and Snow through the time I was missing and the time I was in the hospital and even now. Wolf is still here. So is Raven. Raven and Snow went over the bridge with the other Ol’ ladies for a day of pampering. George sent the ladies for the day. He got his men and some men from the other Heads of The Table to protect our women. All of us guys are at his condo building about to discuss the piece of shit that took me.
Eric Robert and Thomas James found him. Geek located me. No one from The Table or either of the MCs could retrieve me. He was deep inside Fed territory. It would seem he took me to Virgina. Kraken had the Sullivans at his clubhouse. A plan to get me was put in place. Kraken had pull with the head of the State Troopers in his state. They helped him with the relocation of victims. I always knew the alliance with Abaddon’s Clan would come in handy. Well, it sure as fuck did.
The Sullivans had wanted to take me to a hospital in Virgina, but Snow had cried. Kraken got his doctor he has on payroll to make sure I was stable enough to travel back to New Jersey. Sons didn’t call in the Sullivans until I was located. Although Geek can hack anything he had to go as lightly as he could when it came to that state. The reason it took so long. I hold nothing against anyone. I’m alive and glad to be home where I belong. The pain I feel is nothing compared to the pain I see on my Zane and Snow. I know I will have to do everything in my power to erase the pain they still wear. I need happy Zane and Snow. Unfortunately, I have three broken ribs, a broken leg, and arm. Grandma Margret had a hospital bed brought to the house. All the women in the family plan on coming over every day to make sure we are all okay. Raven wanted to stay here with us. I’m not ready to forgive her or her husband. It wasn’t easy to decline the offer. Snow was ready to accept but I did the infamous eyebrow, and she gave in.
“Snow is sleeping in our room. She wanted to sleep out here with you. She asked me why you don’t want her parents here. I had to explain to her that she might have forgiven them, but we haven’t. She said oh and dropped her head. I don’t know what to say. This is your area.”
“I know bro, I know. I’m sorry I went on that run. All this shit that happened is mind boggling. We have to talk while she’s sleeping.” Zane goes to the kitchen and gets us something to drink and a few of the sub pieces. Frigg dropped off two, two-foot subs. He places them on the table and hands me a piece. He puts my drink on the end table that arrived with the bed. It’s more of one of those hospital tables that go up and down. Zane sits in the recliner in front of me. I’m just going to rip the Band-Aid off and tell him.
“I want you to listen to what I have to say before you comment. Believe me when I tell you this. We know what Soren and Gaia are so you should be able to believe me.” I took a deep breath and told him about what happened at the hospital.
“I saw Mom. I was floating and saw all of you. I was in my body, but at the same time I wasn’t. She told me it was time to return to my body. There are rules to where they are and this was the first time she was able to come. They know all the bad stuff that happened to us. It wasn’t easy for them to watch. Dad has no idea why his parents did any of that shit.
Nothing like that ever happened to him. I never told you brother, but I killed them. They made you hurt too much and had to pay. Odin and Fenrir know. Fenrir went with me. I didn’t want you to have that mark on your soul. That’s my job. Mom told me that everything they did to us is being done to them day in and day out.” I took a deep breath to tell him this next thing. Zane knew to wait.
“Mom said we are going to have two set of twin boys. She said no rhyming names.” I looked at him to gage his expression. He had a mixture of things going on. I won’t jump to any conclusions. He will tell me after he takes a moment or five to process what I said.
“We need to be open and honest with our girl. Before we marry her. Jag, I want to marry her soon. We also need to forgive her parents, but not to forget. It will do damage to our relationship with our girl if we don’t make her happy.
