“Maybe that’s your problem, Tony. Maybe you should go see Phoebe or Harley and get fucked or sucked or something. You’re fucking tense, man. You’re a fucking time bomb ready to explode. Hell, at this point, I’d say fuck Elle or even June, but for the love of God, go slam your cock in someone’s pussy.”
“In the old days, Maxum would punch your mouth for saying that.” I couldn’t even explain why I fucking brought him up. He was no longer anything to us other than enemy number one, but it was hard to let go of the fact he took us all in like a fucking father.
What a damn twist of fate, man. Fuck.
“I don’t give a flying fuck what Maxum would have done. He’s a fucking traitor. Sure, I used God’s name in vain, but he used God to cover up his fucking bullshit crimes, so I think God will forgive me before he forgives Maxum. Fucking murderer. Tell me that hit on you is over.”
“No, I don’t think it is, but I’m not letting anyone get a fucking jump on me.” We were on such fucking high alert, I doubted anyone was going to fool me into getting a bullet in my skull. Not unless they had a sniper, which I didn’t know any MC who was lucky to have one of those other than the Quarter Kings, and they weren’t enemies or allies, too rolled up in their hoity toity French shit to worry about us.
“I don’t have a goddamn solution. I don’t know what the fuck we should do. Light ‘em all up? That would end this fucking war once and for all.”
“Can’t promise you’d get everybody or I’d be all for it. People escape fires all the time, then you’d have the survivors coming after us with a vengeance. No. That’s not the answer I’m looking for.”
“What, you want a peaceful solution?”
“I don’t want more of my members to die, so yeah, I want something that will stop this war and prevent more deaths.”
“We can’t stop the fucking war, we might as well fight to the death!” Austin screamed. He thought my temper was the problem, but sometimes he couldn’t see past his own fucking nose. Austin was my best friend all the way, and I knew he could explode more than I could. I never let my anger cloud my decisions while here he was, ready to go blow everyone up.
Austin was pissed. We all were. We were all just glad no innocents had been harmed in the fight. Seth blamed Reagen and Bonnie, but we all knew shit would have gone down without their presence and most likely, though he’d never admit it, if it wasn’t for Reagen, we’d be down an Enforcer, a fact that none of us wanted to admit to and a fact none of us wanted to see come true.
I finished my beer and studied the game board. “We need the Crypts on our side.”
“I thought they were.”
“Not to the extent we need them. They want to help take Maxum down, but they said nothing about having our backs if or when we get attacked again. We need to figure out a permanent alliance with them. They have the numbers we lack, and we need them if we’re going to survive when the smoke clears. We need to find out what they want in return, and we need to find a way to get it for them.”
“The Enforcer has the hots for Kara. Maybe we could trade her,” Austin said with a cheeseball grin.
“Are you out of your goddamn mind? We don’t trade people.” I didn’t know why I was suddenly protective of that bitch. She was fucking crazy and had abandoned us in our time of need. But I wasn’t dumb enough to think it would be easy for her to jump right in. She had been saying for years her father was not a good man and nobody had her back. And from the sounds of it, she had been running and hiding from the man this whole time.
“It’s war, and we do whatever it takes. You said it yourself— we find out what they want and find a way to get it for them. If what they want is Kara, then we find a way to convince her to get with the guy.”
“We’re not giving them Kara. Get that idea out of your fucking mind.”
“Well, why the hell not? Don’t tell me you have the hots for Kara.”
“No, you fucking fool,” I protested. “If we give them Kara, we’re practically sending Maxum to their door, and he’ll blow them to smithereens to get at her. What kind of alliance would that be? Those who are left will join the other two clubs and come after us, then we’ll be completely screwed. Use your fucking head. And I don’t mean the one between your legs, you fucking moron.” I slapped him in the back of the head again.
The door opened and Kara stepped in. “What the fuck do you want?”
“Hi Tony! I’m happy to see you too.”
“Where the fuck is Seth and Reagen?” I asked her. I forgot the two used to be each other’s bitch. I could guarantee that was where Reagen ran off to if Kara has been sniffing around here again.
“Why would I know?”
I glared at her. “Don’t fuck with me, Kara. I am not one of those men who drool after you that you can pull a blindfold over.” As I said it, I noticed her all black ensemble. Night riding like that could get her killed up here in the mountains, but she was in her element. She had always been hot and off limits. Now, she
