Chapter 49

*Ryker*

She smiled at my words, but she didnt say anything back. Her pain meds had kicked in and she was fast asleep. I covered her up and walked back to the hallway with Deacon. He looked at me with pity, which irritated me. "What?" I said harshly walking to him. "I am sorry she was hurt." He said low, before answering another call. "Have we found anything? Has Ivy spoken?" I said passing over his concern. He shook his head no. "She wants to talk to you." He said before hanging up the call. I shook my head. She surely doesnt want me in there. All I could think about was ending her. She played me. She made me believe I was helping her and she used me. She would have killed Iris. She wanted to. I closed my eyes and shook my head. "She doesnt get what she wants." I said turning to look in on Iris. She looked peaceful as she slept. Like she hadnt just went through hell for a week. I sighed, I knew I would have to talk to Ivy to get this over with. I needed more information. I had to find Claud and make sure he could never get close to Iris again. I had to make sure none of those punisher fucks could touch her again. "I am not leaving her. Ask Ayden if we can set up a video in one of his rooms. I will speak to her that way. I don't trust myself in her presence. I will kill her." Deacon nodded and left to find the Doc. I will have to pay Ayden a hefty price for using another one of his rooms, but it is worth it not to leave this hospital. I sent Deacon a text telling him money isn't a problem. I know what will be asked of me. I walked back into the room where Iris slept and sat beside her. Her eyes were fluttering, her eyes moving rapidly under her eyelids. I worried she was having a nightmare, so I reached for her cheek. When the warmth of my hand reached her cool cheek, I watched as her eyes slowed, and her body relaxed again. Even in her sleep, she knew I was going to keep her safe. If it killed me, no one would ever put her in danger again. Even if she comes to her senses and decides to never see me again, I will always have someone protecting her. I had to get her back in school. I had to get her future back on track. As soon as she is safe, I am going to let her go.

*Deacon*

I called the guards who took Ivy. Brett answered as soon as the phone rang. Before he spoke, I could hear Ivy singing at the top of her lungs in the background. "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine!" Her words loud and obnoxious. "Shut her the hell up!" I yelled, not in the mood to hear her voice. "She won't stop Deac." Brett said grimacing like he was in pain. "Put a fucking gag on her. Ryker is going to speak to her via telecom video, and you can not have her thinking she is in some type of control. It's taking everything I have to keep him together here. They almost killed her brother, and I have never seen Ryker care like this about one of his women. This one is different." When the words came out of my mouth, Ivy's singing stopped. "Are you fucking kidding me?" She screamed. Her words were muffled shortly after telling me they must have put a gag in her mouth. "I couldn't find a gag, so I used a ball gag. That shut the psycho up." One of the other men laughed in the background. I gave instruction on where to put the camera before asking to speak with her. "Ivy, darlin, Lorcane has decided to speak to you. If you dont give him the answers he wants, that little ball in your whore mouth wont be the worse of your problems." I winked at her. I never cared for Ivy, and now, I couldn't stand even looking at her face. I don't believe in hurting women, I was raised better, but this one has me tempted. I have never really felt hatred like this towards one before. The way she hurt Ryker, the way she treated Iris, she is a monster and will be treated as one. She grinned over the gag when I told her he was going to speak to her. I could already see I was going to have to keep him from driving straight over here. The first time she smirks at him , he will be done with conversation. "You know Ivy, if you don't give him any information, he will never set you free." I smirked back at her. Her smirk disappeared. Brett turned the phone back on himself and gave me a time frame for setting up the conversation. Ayden agreed to the room beside Iris, but as Ryker suspected wants an outrageous amount of money for it. I wrote him a check. When I walked back to the room where Iris was, Ryker was on the bed beside her with his eyes closed. "Boss?" I said quietly. He didn't respond. I knew he hadnt hardly slept since Iris drove away from the house, so I sat there in a chair by the rooms entrance. It would take time for everything to be set up, so I sat there and protected them both while they got some much needed peaceful rest.

*Ryker*

The lights in the clinic room burned my eyes as I tried to open them. I must have fallen asleep lying beside Iris and listening to her breathe. Every breath felt like a blessing to me now. I looked up at Deacon. He told me they had everything ready for me to talk with Ivy through the telecom video call. I didnt want to even see her. I took a breath and looked over at the beauty that laid beside me. "I am going to put an end to this babygirl." I said softly into her ear. "I'm ready!" I said, getting up off the bed slowly and following Deacon to the room next door. "If she starts to stir, let me know, I dont want her thinking I left her." I said to the nurse, who nodded at me with a soft smile. When I walked into the room, the monitors were on and waiting. Brett looked at me through the camera. "I nodded to him to move and then all I could see was Ivy. "Hello Boss!" Her eyes widened when she saw me on the screen. "Bitch." I mumbled, feeling the hair rise on my neck. "You ready to tell me the plan?"