Lucas pov

Rayne pulls away and looks at me. "Lucas, this is not something you are going to win. I will train, and I will stand beside you in this. And I will get my wish." She turned to leave after telling me this. I watch her walk out of the room, and she looks over her shoulder and notices me watching her. She gives me a seductive smile and sways a little on her hips. With a frustrated sigh, I collapse onto the bed. I need to take care of this raging hard-on right now because she is truly making my life difficult. I have had blue balls for months because of this woman.

I leave the room and head to the bathroom for a cold shower. After a much-needed cold shower, I exit the room, change into some clothes, and head down the stairs. I rush out of the house, get in my car, and drive to the warehouse. I need to make plans for how I am going to handle Maxim and take care of this bitch. Having driven to the warehouse for twenty minutes, I exit the car and make my way to the entrance. I put my hand on the pad, and it unlocks. I enter and make my way to my office.

I take a seat at my desk and begin going through the paperwork I neglected. When I hear the door open, I turn to see Nico standing there. Nico walks up to the desk and settles into the accessible chair. "Oh, hey boss, welcome back," he says.

"Nico, what do you need?" With a bored tone, I ask. "What has died and crawled up your ass?" With a hint of amusement on his face, he asks me. I give him a death glare, and when the door opens again, Collin enters. "Hey Lucas, what are you doing here, and when did you get out?" Collin asks me.

"Well, last time I checked, this was my office, and I need to come up with a plan and get to the bottom of this shit with Maxim. I also need to end Elena." They both exchange glances as I say something to them. I know something is going on, and I have a feeling it has to do with Rayne.

I pinch the bridge of my nose with my fingers. Then speak. "Where is Rayne?" I ask with a dangerous edge to my voice.

Collin responds, "Well, boss, she might or might not be with Elena right now."

"Dammit!" I yell as I quickly get up from my desk and leave the office. I make my way down the hall, past the gym, to a door leading to the cells. Which one, exactly? I growl, and they point to the cell at the end of the hall.

"AHH, FUCK! FINE!!" I hear Elena sob. "Stop you crazy bitch." I walk to the cell, stop in my tracks, and look at Rayne.

I hear Rayne say, "Awe, but the fun has just begun," as she examines all the various instruments of torture. "Well, I burned your hands with the blowtorch; perhaps I ought to try." She squeals with excitement as she stops short of finishing her sentence. She picks up a salt shaker and dagger and says, "I found it." How in the hell is she going to use that? To myself, I think.

Elena is slashed repeatedly across the arms, legs, and stomach by her slowly. She then cuts her cheek in one long, deep cut. Elena thrashes and screams. Rayne then sprinkled salt on the injuries. When she is finished, she returns to the table, returns the tools, and picks up a bat. I dash into the room to stop her as she raises it and prepares to swing.

"You made your point, Rayne. Come with me. Let's talk," I say as I grab the bat and place it on the table. I give Elena a look. I say, "We are not done with your sorry ass yet," as we leave the room.

"I was not done with her, Lucas." With a pout, she says this. "Rayne, you are done. Please do not go back in there. "Are you understanding?" I say in an authoritative voice. She says, sarcastically, "Yes, Father," and she walks past me while crossing her arms. I stop and watch her, and I groan. I really underestimated how much of a problem this girl would be.

We get to the main part of the warehouse, and I see Korey. "Take her home and keep an eye on her at all times." I say to him, "Okay," and he takes hold of his cousin's arm, dragging her out of the warehouse.

"I want to stay, Lucas; this is not fair. Let go!" She screams as she struggles to free her arm from Korey's hold. Not wanting to cave in to her, I shake my head and head back to the office.

"Call my father and Frank and tell them to come here right now." I say this as I walk past one of my guards. "Also put a gaurd on Rayne and my son. I always want to be aware of what they are doing." I yell as I close the door to my office after entering. I turn to face my desk again, pick up the folders I need on Maxim, and proceed to the meeting area.

About twenty minutes later, my dad, Frank, Korey, Caleb, Nico, and Collin walk in. I greet them and then sit down at the table after I throw the files on the table. "This is everything I could get on Maxim. He has no known weakness, so we will be going in blind if we don't find any soon." I say this to everyone in the room. "I will not be made to look weak, and I will not go in blind," I shout to them.

I stand and start to pace the room, trying to come up with a plan, when I hear Caleb speak. "I have an idea, but you might not like it," he says, and I turn to look at him. And motion to finish.

"Let Rayne join. We could train her and use her to trap him. She is the one he is after." Caleb says.

I stood there in shock at what he had said. The guys all agreed with him, but I was against it. He was right; I wasn't going to like it.

"Hell no, Your right. I don't like it one bit." I said, shaking my head.

"Son, its a good idea. She is the one he wants. We can't keep leaving her in the dark; it's time to tell her everything and then train her. I know you don't want her in harms way or your son, but we don't have any other choice." My father says this, and this makes my blood boil with rage.

"If this were mom, you wouldn't think twice about keeping her out of it. You have kept her out of all this for 20 years. But your ok with sending my girlfriend, the mother of my child, out there where she could be killed. Possibly leave Dante, your grandson, motherless." I growled at my father, getting ready to storm out of the meeting as I slammed my fist on the desk. My attention snaps to the door as I watch her walk in. Rayne, of course, it was her. Why the fuck would she not be where she was supposed to be? "WHAT THE FUCK!" I screamed

"Son, I already talked it over with her, and it is done. Do not take this out on her or Caleb; this is our best shot." I watched my father tell me as I could feel my whole body start to shake and tremble with rage. I knew it was rolling off of me in waves. I turned my attention back to Rayne as she met my glare with one that almost, and I will say that again, almost made me feel bad for being so pissed about this.

I threw my hands up in the air before I walked up nose to nose with my dad, my finger jabbing him in his chest. "Fuck it all. When shit goes bad, I will not be the one whose hands her blood is on father! Do you fucking understand? Oh, and if my son loses her, I will make sure you suffer the rest of your life, remembering it was your fault." I glanced at the room that had fallen so silent you could hear a pin drop. I then turn to Rayne and say, "I will not stand by and wait for them to kill you; I refuse." I said to her, and you could hear the emotion in my voice before I walked out, slamming the door as hard as I could.

Fuck! This was the last thing I wanted to deal with after getting out of recovery from being shot. Maybe I should go fuck Elena up some. Maybe that will make me feel better.