Chapter 9

Ainsley's POV...

“Wait.” My dad said in a tearful tone of voice. “Do you mean that Elspeth is indeed safe now?” He asks in a worried tone.

“Yes dad, she is right next to me, and I don’t want you to miss her. Hold on, she wants to speak with you.” I said before handing the phone over to her.

“Hello, daddy.” Elspeth says in a timid tone. She is clearly fighting back tears, and I choose to give her some space to recover from her tears. The two of them haven’t spoken for years, after all. It’s been a long time since they spoke.

When I walked out into the club’s common room, I saw Techno and Tank having a heated discussion with Viper and Tank, so I decided to take a closer look and find out if they are discussing the situation with the girls and their brother as well.

"I apologize for interrupting you guys. However, I wanted to ask if you had been able to obtain any further information on the kids’ Tech?” I asked him, looking around the table at the guys around me.

“Actually...” Techno begins to speak, but he is interrupted.

"There was just a discussion about that, little sprite," Viper says to me. ‘There he goes again with this stupid nickname. This is ridiculous!’ I think. Is he not aware that I am more than capable of kicking his arse ten times over??? I think to myself while resisting the urge to roll my eyes at him with a childish expression on my face.

“You know big guy,” I reply with a smirk on my face. “It seems that some of your men are starting to refer to me as Flame. As far as my hair is concerned, I must admit that while it’s not the most original nickname, I rather prefer it to the name ‘little sprite’, which I’m assuming is a reference to my short disposition,” I tell him in a sickly sweet voice.

“Now boys, I do not have a lot of time on my hands at the moment. The situation right now is that my sister is talking to my father on the phone as we speak and I feel very strongly that he may just as well be on the first flight out of Scotland in order to make sure she is safe, and I would also like an update on the girl’s brother before my father arrives.” I sighed.

“I really hope that they are not harming the boy in any way because I am very worried about him. On the basis of the information that Techno gave me earlier, I have decided to wait until we've brought the brother back before contacting CPS. That witch bitch will never get them back. There is no way in hell I will return them to her.” I grind out, my anger at the unknown woman clearly visible on my face.

Viper's POV...

There is no doubt that the little sprite sure has a lot of fire in her, that’s for sure. If she chooses to fight for custody of these kids herself, then by God I am willing to be there to help her even if it’s the last thing I do to help her.

“Yes, we’ve found the brother, and we’re in the process of sending Ripper and a few of our most experienced men out to get him, along with Stinger’s men since they seem to be staying a while.” Tank replies to her in a frustrated voice, and she lets out a sigh of exasperation.

“You guys are killing me here, man. Would it have really killed you if you had told me about this new development at the very least?” She asks and I can hear how tired she sounds. Just then her sister entered the room holding the phone close to her ear.

“Yes daddy, here she is now. I hope you have a safe journey, daddy? “I love you so much.” She tells her dad in a very soft voice and when she says it, her voice cracks a little bit at the end.

“Dad wants you to talk to you Lee.” She says, holding the phone out for Ainsley to take.

Ainsley took the phone from her sister’s hand and took a few steps away. I could not help but admire her arse in those tight leather pants as she walked off a short distance. “I can see by looking at your faces that you are potentially hot for my sister, and I know she is in love with you.” Elspeth chuckles.

“And from what Shannon told me, it appears that you two have seriously fucked up your chances of securing her in less than a minute, but lucky for you guys, you actually helped save my arse from death, so that might tack a little bit of time on your side. The only thing I’ll say is, remember this, lads...“ She says, as she still tries to hold back her laughter.

“Having been kidnapped and spending most of my teenage years being moved from warehouse to dirty abandoned warehouse, I would have been beaten and raped if it weren’t for one guy who actually took pity on me. He also rescued me numerous times from being beaten and raped. There is a high chance that I would not have lived as long as I did if not for him. He is also the one who helped me leave those clues for the girls to follow. I owe him my life.” She says, suddenly becoming serious as she speaks.

“I am prepared to kill either of you schmucks if either of you hurt my little sister. The threat is uttered in a low voice that seems to threaten to kill. I’ve never seen girls with such balls!

“Wouldn’t dream of it.” Both Tank and I said together as if in unison. It is clear to me that if Elspeth is anything like her sister in any way, we may be in serious trouble if we somehow manage to muck this up.

' I’m not kidding you man, just thinking about her speed and efficiency when it came to taking care of those twatwaffles at the warehouse tonight has my dick so hard that it hurts. The ferocity with which she has been protecting those two young girls, even going so far as to search for their brother in order to make sure that their small family is reunited, has my heart skipping a few beats.' I think to myself as she walks back into the room.

Upon entering the room, both mum and dad ambushed her, both talking nonstop. As a result of all the questions they asked, my head started spinning. “How did it turn out? Is your sister safe? Were you able to locate her???" Mom asks first. Rather than listening to anything else she says, I decide not to listen any further since I am sure I will have a killer headache in less than two minutes if I don’t tune them out.

Ainsley's POV...

The moment I enter the common room of the clubhouse after speaking to da, Mr. and Mrs. Mcdonald swarm me with their arms around me. Thousands of questions are clearly visible in their eyes. “So? Was it possible for you to find your sister Sweetheart? Did you manage to track her down? In the midst of my attempt to answer Mrs Mcdonald’s first question, she throws me another question before I have even had a chance to reply.

“What do you intend to do with the two girls that you personally brought in earlier?”

“Will your dad be flying in anytime soon?” Mr Mcdonald interrupts her before she has a chance to ask another question, and I search the room for either Shannon or Elspeth, hoping that either of them will be able to save me from this situation.

Suddenly my eyes land on Elspeth, standing right behind the older couple and I let out a small sigh of relief.

“Good evening to you, Mr. and Mrs. Mcdonald. I’m glad to finally meet you guys, dad has told us a lot about you both when we were younger and Ainsley here has nothing but good things to say about you as well. To answer your questions, Mrs. Mcdonald. It looks like Ainsley and Shannon have found me and that I am now safe. The first flight out of Scotland will bring dad back to see that I’m alive and well.” Elspeth says to them. As I make my escape, I decide to check on my girls.

After making sure that Raven and Robin have had enough to eat and changing and feeding Scarlet-Rose, we snuggle up on the couch in the playroom to watch a Disney princess movie. All of us fell asleep somewhere along the way.