Chapter 49

Axel
I was standing with the rest of my brothers and Alaric and his crew listening to Viper explain that Merigold was taken yesterday from Doc Ryan's parking lot. They looked at surveillance footage and couldn't Id the guys that took her. They said Lug Nut and her fought their attackers until they were both knocked out. But there wasn’t anything on the videos to give us a clue as to who did this. They don't have anything to go on. My gut is telling me it is a rival club. But who?
After everything we were told I’m barely holding it together. I can feel Rowdy beside me. He is so pissed he is shaking. The guy River I think speaks up " I'd like to see the footage you have. Did you get any from surrounding businesses?" " We did. I'll take you to see it in a minute. But there is something else you need to know first." Viper says. What more do we need to know? We need to be looking at ways to find our girl. Checking with the other clubs. Asking questions. Smashing some heads. Getting answers. Not sitting here on our asses.
Viper runs his hands over his face " Doc Ryans came to see me yesterday after Merigold was taken. Merigold is sick and weak. Doc says the longer she goes without medication and treatment the worse she will get. He is going to be called as soon as she is found so he can have the medical room ready to treat her as soon as she gets here." " Viper, I'm an Army medic. I want to be on the retrieval team. I can treat her in the field and while we are enroute. And I want to meet Doc Ryans so he can inform me of her condition." says Tony. Viper says " I'll set it up."
Viper looks at Alaric " Anyone on your team that wants in just tell me what you need. I’ll give you everything I have. I just want her home." There is more talking about who could have done this. If we have any leads. Viper takes River to look over the footage. Tank calls the doc to set up a meeting with Tony. The rest of us do the only thing we can do. Just sit and wait. The whole time I was on the run for the club the only thing I could think of was getting back to Merigold to win her back. All I want is my girl back. I'm going to find her and when I do I'm not letting her go. Not this time. She may fight me but I’m going to fight harder.
Mac was sitting at the bar with Rowdy, Tank, Ace, and me drinking coffee. We want to stay sharp ready to move as soon as we get the word. Tank looked over at Mac and asked " What's the story with calling Merigold Snow?" Mac smiled " She hasn't told you has she?" We shake our heads. " Ok. When we were in our teens we had movie night every weekend. Binging on popcorn, candy, any kind of junk we could think of. It was our way of chilling out after a week of school. The night she got her nickname it was her turn to pick the movies." Mac stopped when Alaric came behind him and put a hand on his shoulder. " You know she is gonna kick your ass when she finds out you told this story," Alaric says.
Mac puts his hand on top of Alaric’s and smiles. " Well, babe when we get her back I'll stand there and take anything she wants to dish out. But these guys are her family too. We have heard their stories from Snow. They should hear one about her.” Mac turns back to us. “Anyway, before my husband so rudely interrupted me. Snow picked Snow White and the Huntsman. That wasn’t something she would normally pick. Instead of complaining we sucked it up and watched it. Just a little more than halfway through the movie Jace looks at Merigold and says ‘Your Snow’. You could tell by the tone of his voice he wasn't joking or picking on her. He was dead serious. Snow White in the movie was kind of a badass. No matter what she faced she wouldn't let it knock her down. And then you add the way Merigold looks. He was right, she is that Snow White."
Alaric finished the story " No matter what happened to our Snow. Whether it is crap at school. The bullshit with her crappy parents. She never let it keep her down. She has always been a fighter and always will be. We knew Jace was right as soon as he said it. Convincing her was another story. She doesn't see herself as strong or a fighter so she laughed it off. She wouldn't accept it. It took Jace awhile to convince her. Finally, she threw her hands up, looked at me, and said “, Fine, I'll be Snow but you are my Huntsman. Snow's protector. I agreed and it stuck. I’ll always protect her. Most of us already had nicknames she gave us. Merigold and I were the last to get one." While listening to them I could see what they were saying was right. From the way they described this Snow character fit Merigold to the letter.