Aces & Eights

Chapter 2 - Worry In The Clubhouse.

A Few Days Later...

"I'm gonna get you, Sam"

"No you won't, you're too slow"

"Oh is that right"

"Yep"

We'll see about that, baby.

I chase after my princess, running around several trees trying to catch her but I didn't bank on her being a very fast runner which is odd considering she hasn't shifted into her wolf yet.

I decided to use her lack of shifting to my advantage point because no matter how fast she actually is, I'm faster.

I looked around the forest and I couldn't see Sam anywhere but I could hear her heart which was beating really fast.

I went near the tree where Sam was hiding behind and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't suppress a smirk when I saw her peaking around the other side of the tree looking for me.

Aww, sorry baby but you should have remembered the lesson I always taught you which is to always watch your back.

"GOTCHA!!"

I shouted as I grabbed her from behind.

Sam squealed from me grabbing her and her squeals turned into laughter when I started to spin her around really fast.

"Ace...Ace stop, I'm getting dizzy...urgh!!, I feel queasy"

I stop spinning her and place her against the nearest tree whilst keeping my arms wrapped firmly around her waist.

"I'm sorry, baby"

"You're forgiven"

She says before wrapping her arms around my neck and standing on her tippy toes so she could peck my lips.

I look down at my beautiful girl with a huge smile on my face, I love this girl so freaking much and I can't imagine my life without her.

My wolf also loves and idolises Samantha and he strongly believes that she's our mate but we won't be able to find out until she turns eighteen.

"I love you so much, Ace McCarthy"

"I love you even more, Samantha DiFranco"

She smiles as I lean down and kiss her passionately.

"Ace...Ace, wake up"

I woke up from my marvellous dream when I heard my sisters voice as she shrugged my shoulder.

I open my eyes and look up at Topaz who was looking at me with pity.

"Urgh!!, what time is it?"

I asked whilst sitting up in my chair and groaned.

"It's six o'clock in the afternoon"

"Really?"

I ask feeling shocked.

I've slept for four and a half hours, this is the longest I've slept ever since my Sammy was attacked.

I sit up in my chair and groan in pain, my back is f*****g killing me.

"Here you go, president Wolf"

The nurse who was checking on Sam says as she hands me a couple of painkillers and a bottle of water.

"Thank you"

I take the pills and let out a breath.

"How's she doing?"

My sister asks me.

"She's still unconscious"

I responded in a bitter tone.

It's been four days since two of my prospects found Sam left for dead on the side of the road and she still hasn't woken up.

My pack doctor believes it's her brains response to protect her body so she can heal properly because of the trauma she's been through but I don't know...I just want her to wake up now.

"You need to be patient, Wolf, she's been through so much and needs time to heal"

"I know that Topaz, I just want her to wake up...I wanna see her beautiful hazel eyes"

Topaz places her hand on my shoulder and gives it a comforting squeeze.

"She'll wake up soon Ace, I promise you but in the meantime, you need to look after yourself, you need to shower, eat and get a decent nights sleep"

I shake my head no.

"I can't, not until I know she's safe and ok"

Topaz sighs.

"She is safe and ok, Ace, she's the safest she possibly can be with us and she's in the best hands here"

She's right.

I f*****g hate that she's right.

"Come on, you can't keep neglecting yourself like this"

"You're right"

"Of course I am, I'm the smart McCarthy"

I chuckle as I stand up from my chair.

I'm glad to see you're not cocky about it, sis"

"Come on"

She said with a slight chuckle.

Topaz and I were about to leave the room when the sound of a phone ringing stops us.

We both check our phones and see that it's not us, it was only when we heard the nurse groan and mutter something under her breath that we realised it was Sams phone that was ringing.

"Urgh!!, not again, you'd think this thing would've died by now"

"What's wrong, nurse?"

Topaz asks her.

"It's Miss Samanthas phone Miss Topaz, it's been ringing non-stop ever since Miss Samantha was admitted into the hospital"

Really?.

I've practically been living in Sams room these past four days and I haven't heard any phones going off, well, until now that is.

"Hand me her bag"

The nurse hands me Samanthas backpack and I immediately opened it up looking for her phone.

When I found it, I looked at the number expecting to see one of her brothers numbers but instead, I saw the name Angel.

I answered the call and was instantly met with a very irate female who has got a very vulgar mouth on her.

"SAMANTHA MIA DIFRANCO, WHERE THE f**k HAVE YOU BEEN? YOU f*****g TOLD ME YOU'D CALL MY FINE ASS THE VERY SECOND YOU ARRIVED IN SOUTH f*****g DAKOTA BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD A GOD DAMN PEEP FROM YOU, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOUR f*****g SELF YOUNG LADY? DO YOU REALISE HOW WORRIED ME AND MY MOMMA HAVE BEEN? IT'S BEEN FOUR f*****g DAYS, SAM, URGH!!, WILL YOU f*****g ANSWER ME, GODDAMMIT!!"

"Who the hell is this?"

"Who are you?"

She responds back sounding a lot calmer but with still a lot of anger in her tone.

"I asked you first"

"Urgh!!, I'm Angel Mendez Samanthas best friend, now tell me who you are? where the hell is Sam? and why do you have her phone?"

"I'm Ace Sams..."

I look at my Sam hating what I'm about to say.

"I'm Sams friend"

"Oh, you're the asshole who broke her heart, don't tell me she's taken you back"

She said with a sneer.

"Actually Angel...Sams....Sam has been...."

Urgh!!, why is this so hard?.

"She's what? is she ok?"

I look down at my sister who smiled at me and mouthed you can do this to me.

I then take a deep breath before telling Angel everything that happened with Samantha.

Like all of us, she was shocked at first but then she got angry and asked how this is possible because Sam knows how to defend herself? but she knew that Sam didn't stand a chance when I told her how many men were there.

"I knew I should have come with her, I just knew I should have f*****g come with her"

"There's nothing you could have done Angel, if anything I'd probably have two of you lying unconscious in my infirmary if you had joined Sam"

"I guess so, I highly doubt I would've been able to do anything and I'm stronger than her"

She lets out a sigh.

"I'm gonna get on the first flight to South Dakota, I need to be with Sam"

"Ok, I'll make arrangements at my clubhouse for you to stay"

"Oh, thank you"

Angel said sounding surprised.

"I'll also arrange for someone to come and pick you up at the airport just let me know when you'll be arriving"

"You don't have to do that, Ace"

"Of course I do Angel, you're obviously important to my Sammy so I'll do anything to make your stay here comfortable"

"Thank you, I really appreciate it"

Her tone has completely changed and even though she's still got a lot of anger in her tone, she's a lot calmer now and has got more sadness, pain and worry in her voice.

"You're welcome, I'll send you my number and you can call me when you've arrived"

"Ok, thank you Ace, bye"

"Bye Angel"

I hang up and look down at my sister.

"Who was that?"

I let out a sigh.

"Sams friend...she's coming to see her"

Topaz nods her head and we both leave the infirmary but not before I gave the pack doctor a warning to call me if there are any changes with Samantha.

"So, care to explain why the DiFranco brothers haven't come to see their baby sister yet?"

Urgh!!.

I knew this question was coming, I just wish that it was Axel who asked me and not Topaz, he's the calmer one out of my siblings.

"Ace"

I stop walking and drop my head, I'm really not in the mood to deal with a Topaz tantrum right now.

"You haven't told them, have you?"

I look up at my sister and sigh before shaking my head no.

"Oh my god Ace, WHY?"

"Don't f*****g shout at me Topaz, I may be your big brother but I'm still your alpha and president and I won't tolerate you speaking to me like that"

"Yer well, I don't care Ace...Giovani and the twins deserve to know what's going on with their sister"

"You think I don't know that Topaz...I f*****g do, for god's sake"

"Then why haven't you called them?"

She growled in pure anger.

"I don't know...a part of me wants to wait until she's woken up so that I can give them some good news as well as the bad news but the other part of me..."

"Is afraid they'll take her away from you"

Topaz says finishing my sentence for me.

"Yer"

My sister gives me a hug and I hug her back.

"Don't worry Ace, you're not gonna lose Sam again"

"How do you know, Topaz? even if her brothers don't take her from me, what's to stop Sam from upping and leaving me again?"

Topaz chuckles.

"You really are an i***t, Ace"

"I beg your pardon"

I pull away from my sister and look down at her with anger clear on my face whilst Topaz looks back at me with a smile.

"Samantha is in love with you i***t, any moron with a brain and a set of eyes can see that, she's just very angry and bitter because of how you treated her when you dumped her"

I drop my head once again when my sister mentions what I did.

Breaking up with Sam is now officially the biggest regret of my entire life, I only did it because I was being threatened by the Satans Angels MC who threatened to harm my princess if I didn't break up with her and now I wish that I had just ignored the threat because they eventually got their hands on her anyway and have harmed her in ways that I never could've imagined.

"Besides, we all know Sam is your mate...she ain't going nowhere"

Topaz said with a smirk making me feel better.

"You're right Topaz, I'll give them a call later on...right now, I need to have a long hot shower and some decent food"

We start walking again until we reached the clubhouse.

When we walked in, I smiled seeing David and Joel having a fun time with a couple of the club whores.

"Hey pres"

I heard my members greet me and I greeted them back with a nod.

I head over to the bar and get myself a much-needed beer before turning around and looking at my club members.

"Hey pres, how's the Luna?"

"Same old same old, Carter"

I say with a sigh.

Carter places his hand on my shoulder and gives it a comforting squeeze.

"She'll wake up soon Ace, I can feel it"

I look at Carter and give him half a smile.

"I hope so, Carter...I really, really hope so"

I take a swig of my beer whilst looking around at all of my club members, I need someone to pick Angel up later but everyone here seems pretty smashed already.

"Hey Carter, is anyone here sober?"

"Just you, me and a couple of the prospects...why?"

"Sams friend is flying in from California and I promised I'd send someone to pick her up"

"I can go and get her with T if you want?"

"Really? are you sure you don't mind?"

He shakes his head slightly before taking a sip of his drink.

"I'd do anything for Sam, she's like my little sister, remember?"

I nod my head.

"Thanks brother, I should warn you though she's a feisty one this girl and she's got one hell of a mouth on her"

"A feisty woman with a mouth on her, hmm...I wonder who that reminds me of?"

He says whilst narrowing his eyes over at the table where the Valkyries who include my sister are sitting.

We then looked at each other and burst out laughing.

"She'll fry your d**k off if she hears you speaking about her like that, Carter"

"No she won't, she loves my d**k"

"Eww!!, TMI!!"

He chuckles and I shake my head.

"I'm gonna go and have a shower"

"Ok brother"

I head towards my bedroom and lock the door, I then strip out of my clothes placing my cut on the bed and my boots by the door before putting the rest of my clothes in the hamper.

I was about to enter the bathroom when I was distracted by a picture of myself and Sam on my bedside table.

The picture was taken when I was nineteen and Sam was seventeen, a few months before we had broken up, we had gone to the beach for my birthday and Topaz was going around taking pictures of everyone including myself and Sam.

She had taken so many pictures of us that day but this one was my favourite because we were looking at each other with so much love and we've got big, bright smiles on our faces, I've also got my arms wrapped around Sam's waist whilst one of her hands was placed on my chest where my heart is almost like she was claiming it as her own.

I close my eyes as the familiar pain fills my heart once again only this time it's intensified because the pain isn't just from losing my Sammy but also from recent events.

"I'm so sorry, baby"

I whispered whilst giving the picture one last look before going into my en-suite bathroom and having a shower.

It felt so good to not only feel the steaming hot water on my body easing all of the knots and pains in my muscles but also to wash myself.

I haven't had a decent shower ever since Samantha was admitted into the hospital and I was starting to stink, my hair was thick with grease and dirt and I hadn't changed my clothes at all.

I know it's disgusting but I honestly don't give a f**k, my main focus is Sam and making sure she's ok, hell if Topaz hadn't encouraged me to take a break and have a shower then I probably wouldn't have left Sams room until she had woken up.

Anyway, after having my shower and brushing my teeth, I quickly dry myself off and spray some Lynx on myself before getting dressed and putting my cut and boots back on, I then style my hair and spray some aftershave on myself before leaving and locking my room.

"Hey doc, how's Sam doing?"

I mind link my packs doctor as I head into the main area of the clubhouse to get something to eat, I'm f*****g starving.

"She's still the same president Wolf, I'm afraid"

I let out a sigh.

"Do you have any good news for me, doc?"

"Actually yes, I've got the results back from the CT scan I performed on Sam as well as for the numerous other tests I had performed on her"

"Great, I'll come and see you once I've had something to eat"

"Ok, I'll see you soon president Wolf"

"See you soon, doc"

I take my seat at the head of the table and immediately dig into my food.

Despite the obvious worry and anxiety that was thick in the air for my Sammy, everyone was talking amongst each other and trying to liven each other's moods whilst my sister and Carter were having a mini spat over nothing and my poor brother Axel was messing with his food instead of eating it.

He's worried sick about Sam and hasn't been himself ever since she was brought back here by a prospect.

"Axel, stop playing with your food and eat it"

"I can't brother, not until I know my PIC is ok"

I let out a sigh.

Axel and Sam are incredibly close with each other and have got a very unique bond, they were best friends and often referred to each other as their PIC which means partner in crime.

They were as thick as thieves before she left and were forever playing pranks on my club members including myself and my dad who isn't the most approachable man on the planet, in fact, he earned his road name Beast because that's exactly what he is but when it came to Sam and Topaz, he was like a big cuddly bear.

My dad has got a soft spot for Sammy, she earned a permanent place in his heart when she was just a little girl and he would always call her his second daughter, this is why he would never get angry at her whenever she would prank him whereas world war three would kick off if anybody else tried.

Nobody in the pack was safe with Axel and Sam around and they knew it because if they've got balls big enough to prank the infamous Johnny 'Beast' McCarthy then everyone was fair game.

No matter what my Sammy did to my pack, all of my members still loved and adored her and I can tell that everyone here even some of the club whores are extremely worried about her and are anxiously waiting for her to wake up.

This traumatic event with Sam has hit everyone hard, even harder than when she left here eight years ago but for Axel, it's hit him the hardest, well, except for me of course.

"She is ok Axe, we're just waiting for her to wake up"

He scoffs and I look over at him.

"If you think she's gonna be ok when she wakes up then you're sadly mistaken"

He says before getting up and leaving the table.

I know things won't be easy when Sam wakes up and it's gonna take all of us to help bring our old Sammy back but I'm willing to do anything and everything if it means getting my baby back to normal.

A Few Hours Later...

It's been around four hours since I left my Sammy alone in the hospital.

I've been antsy and on edge ever since I left her and my wolf has been restless just wanting to be near her but I know I've left her in good hands with my hospital team, besides, we'll be going to see her as soon as Angel arrives, we just need to be a little patient.

I decided to take advantage of the spare time I've got by getting some things done such as meeting with the pack doctor after having my dinner, checking out Sams bike which I'll admit is a beautiful bike but I don't want my woman riding on it unless she's with me and her arms and legs are wrapped around my body.

I also put on my big boy boxers and made a call to Giovani DiFranco to inform him of his baby sisters attack.

To say he was angry would be an understatement, he was absolutely apoplectic, so much so that our phone call lasted over an hour and a half because Giovani, Ryder and Ryan would flip out and trash things, they'd argue with both myself and each other and just when we'd all be calm enough to have a decent conversation, I'd tell them something else and all hell would break loose once again.

In the end, we managed to have a decent and calm conversation and Giovani informed me that they'll be flying in to South Dakota as soon as possible but it may not be for at least another two days because they're currently in Italy on pack business with their uncle's club.

Now after doing everything I needed to do, I'm back in the bar having a beer and waiting for Carter and Topaz to come back from the airport with Angel.

HONK!!, HOOOOOONK!!.

"What the f**k?"

I stand up and walk out of my clubhouse followed by several of my club members.

We all stood and watched as my sister, Carter and who I assume is Angel gets out of the club truck.

As soon as Angel steps out of the truck, there was a whole bunch of gasps and murmurs from around me.

"Oh my god, is that who I think it is?"

"Oh yes my friend, that's definitely her"

"f**k, she's so much hotter in real life"

I was feeling so confused listening to my club members speak about Angel, do they know who she is?.

"Hey, how do you guys know Angel?"

They all snap their heads towards me and look at me in shock.

"Wait, you don't know her?"

I shake my head no.

"Are you kidding, pres?"

"Do I look like I'm f*****g kidding, Jayce?"

I growled and he flinched.

"Pres, that's Angel 'Midnight Skye' Mendez, she's the second strongest MMA fighter around and is known as the Latin version of Ronda Rousey"

WHAT?.

You've gotta be f*****g kidding me.