This chapter runs concurrently with Stolen. I have tried to show more of Ren's side of the story, what he was thinking and feeling.
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Ren was in the kitchen enjoying a cup of coffee, he had returned to the house several days earlier. He had arrived late at night to the sounds of Hawk mistreating his girlfriend and unable to stand by silently once again Ren had intervened and stopped the physical violence.
"Found something out in the shed you might be interested in." Brad told Ren as he walked into the kitchen.
"What is it?" Ren asked as he got to his feet.
"Come have a look for yourself." Brad said as he headed back outside.
Ren followed him shaking his head with a grin. Obviously Brad was excited over what he had found.
In the largest shed Brad had been sorting through discarded items and Ren looked at what he had uncovered in one back corner. A large trailer that could be attached to the back of a motorbike sat in the corner with a broken axle.
"It shouldn't take much to fix it up." Ren said studying the trailer.
The two men began discussing the repairs needed on the trailer and the best way to go about them. Ren had long finished his coffee before they ended their discussion and Brad had pulled the trailer out of the corner and into the middle of the floor.
"I'm going to go get myself a cold drink. I'll take your cup back if you like or you want to head back inside?" Brad offered.
"At the moment I've had all I can take of the whole situation with Hawk and Sky." Ren said with a deep sigh as he held the cup out.
"Be back shortly." Brad said as he took the cup and headed back towards the house.
Ren turned his attention back to the various things packed away in the back of the shed. With a little bit of exploring he found an old claw footed bathtub that had been retired to the shed for no obvious reason.
"Ren! Renegade! There's some real trouble brewing!" Brad exclaimed as he rushed into the shed.
"If Hawk is belting Sky again I'm gonna.."
"No, he's turned Seth loose on her." Brad said angrily.
"The bastard!" Ren swore and hurried from the shed to break into a run as he headed for the house.
Jake and Hawk were walking to their bikes as Ren neared the house. A chill of horror ran down Ren's back as he heard Sky start screaming and he grabbed Hawk by the front of his jacket pushing him backwards towards the house.
"Get in there and call Seth off her!" Ren ordered as Brad passed them.
"She belongs to me! I can do what I choose with her!" Hawk growled but Ren saw the fear in the younger man's face.
Realising Hawk wasn't about to co-operate Ren pushed him aside roughly and followed Brad quickly. He caught up with him outside the room Hawk, Jake and Sky had been using. Inside it he could hear Sky screaming with pain and terror, her voice high and desperate.
"The door's locked!" Brad exclaimed as he rattled the handle and tried to force the door open with his shoulder.
"Move!" Ren ordered.
Brad stepped aside and Ren kicked the door hard beside the keyhole. There was the sound of wood splintering and the door opened slightly before returning to where it had been. Ren dropped one shoulder and charged the door; he ignored the pain as the door refused to move more then an inch or two. Suddenly the door swung open under the strength of his pressure and he half staggered into the room.
Ren wasn't prepared for the sight of Seth moving between Sky's thighs while his friends held her legs wide apart. He felt his rage boil up inside of him and then his hands had hold of Seth and he pulled him off of Sky and the bed in one strong heave. Seth staggered to catch his balance as his feet touched the floor and then he crashed out the doorway backwards as Ren's fist met his face.
Ren saw movement out of the corner of his eye and turned as Zane took a swing at him. He barely felt the fist that caught the side of his jaw and knocked his head to the side before he closed in on Zane with short cruel jabs that landed hard on the other mans ribs.
Ren was barely aware of his friends in the room or Brad at his side as he ordered Seth and his two friends from the room. They stopped and faced him in the lounge room with Jake and Hawk. The image of Sky pinned beneath Seth's large body was fresh in Ren's mind and the rage it had caused still boiled just below the surface.
"Get your stuff and get the hell away from here!" Ren ordered.
Seth pressed the back of one hand to the tender skin around one eye and glanced at the back when he took his hand away. He then slowly worked his jaw, which was stiff from the second punch Ren had landed.
"I'm not finished with that blonde, I'll leave when I've had my fill." Seth said aggressively as he eyed the smaller man.
"If you want to be able to walk away you'll leave now." Ren snarled as he rolled his shoulders and took a step towards Seth.
Seth backed up a step at the rage in Ren's eyes, he realised that Ren would resume his physical aggression without much provocation. An uneasy feeling that made the hair stand on end on the back of his head warned Seth that if he was in a fight with Ren in his present state he was sure to loose.
"We'll leave." Seth conceded.
"What the hell were you thinking turning them loose on Sky?" Ren demanded of Hawk.
There was silence for several moments.
"Damn you answer me! What the hell did you think you were doing? Or didn't you think!" Ren demanded of Hawk.
"She belongs to me! What I do with her is none of your god-damned business!" Hawk said angrily.
Ren fought to control his temper as Jake began arguing with Hawk.
"I am still waiting to hear why the hell you interfered. What was going on had nothing to do with you." Seth said to Ren.
"Anything that may bring the police down on us here sure as hell is my business!" Ren snapped.
