I hissed and released his head. He rolled and fell back on his ass against the wall.
“I’m here to help you, dick,” I said, breathing in evenly. I was a fucking queen. I wouldn’t let these pricks get me a second time. I had something to prove.
Cole lifted his brows at me. “I really don’t think kicking my cock in or smashing my face is helping me, doll. Just saying.” He wiped at the blood on his face. The skin beneath his eyes was already turning black and blue beneath the dim streetlights.
“I’m here to save your girlfriend. Rosalie.”
All mirth left his face.
“What are you talking about?”
“The lords want to take her and hurt her. In fact, after the shit you twerps pulled with me, I had to talk my kings out of taking her and negotiating with you ass stains instead.”
Cole visibly swallowed as he stared up at me.
“What are the lords going to do to my Rosebud?” All signs of the cruel devil left him, leaving behind the vulnerability of a man who was in love with a woman.
“Take her.Rapeher. Kill her. Probably put her through hell,” I choked out. “It’s what they want to do to me. I don’t think she deserves that.Youdon’t deserve shit from me, but she does. I know what it’s like to see the ones you love nearly die. I don’t want her to feel that pain. I don’t want her to hurt like I’ve hurt in the clutches of fucked-up men on a power trip.”
Cole wiped at his nose again. “Rosebud has been there too.”
He breathed out and closed his eyes. When he opened them, they shined brightly. There was so much emotion in them, it caught me off guard.
“She and I… We were going to have a baby. Then some fucking piece of shit tried to take her and E from us. Our baby was the casualty. And E almost died. Hell, so did my girl.”
I swallowed thickly at his sudden honesty.
“The lords?” he asked, wincing as he touched his busted lip. “That’s what they plan to do? Take Rosalie in an attempt to fuck with us?”
“You did the same to the kings,” I said.
Cole let out a soft laugh and shook his head. “It was a dick move, but Enzo wanted to see how strong the kings were.”
“What?” I frowned at that information.
“We knew the kings weren’t responsible for the attack on us. We knew it was the lords. It wasn’t just the club shooting. They’ve been doing other shit, trying to make it look like the kings.”
“What other shit?”
My mind immediately went to Fallon. He hadn’t said anything else about other stuff. Worry crept through me.
“Petty shit. Attacking our pushers on the street. Breaking into our warehouse.” Cole rubbed his forehead. “Fuck. You really clocked me.”
“I’ll fucking do it again too,” I said.
He smirked up at me again, seemingly unconcerned that I was still pointing my gun at him.
“What?” I demanded.
“You’re not going to shoot me.”
“The fuck I won’t. Try me,” I said.
He pushed off his ass and got to his feet, approaching me slowly. “No you won’t.”
“Back the fuck away, Cole. I will shoot you.”
“You’re not going to. You know how I know?”