Chapter 10 - The Ambush
They moved quickly through the rear exit, the cold night air hitting them as they burst onto the loading dock. Doc Thomas unlocked the doors of his pickup truck, helping Sarah into the front passenger seat while Leo climbed into the back.
Just as Jax was about to climb into the driver's seat, the bright glare of high-beam headlights flooded the alleyway, blinding them instantly. The loud, throaty roar of multiple motorcycle engines echoed off the brick walls, cutting off both ends of the alley.
"Going somewhere, Jax?" Vance's voice echoed through a loudspeaker from the lead bike.
Four heavy motorcycles blocked the exit, their riders stepping off and drawing handguns. Vance walked forward slowly, tossing a heavy metal chain from hand to hand with a menacing smile.
"Did you really think it would be this easy?" Vance sneered, stopping twenty feet away. "You took my pride, Jax. You took my territory. And now you think you can just play happy family?"
Jax stepped in front of the truck's driver side window, shielding Sarah and Leo once again. He knew there was no way to win a gunfight against five armed men with his family trapped in a car behind him.
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"Let them go, Vance," Jax bargained, his voice calm and steady. "It's me you want. Take me. Let the woman and the boy leave."
Vance chuckled darkly, raising his gun and pointing it directly at Jax's heart. "You don't get to make demands anymore, Jax. Your story ends tonight."
