“No. Not just yet. I want to hold an officers meeting.”
“Alright, but you know she’ll be pissed you did it without her.”
“This one time, I’m not leaving her out to be an ass. The girls are better off where they are right now, not knowing what went down yet. Besides, I am kind of going with Kara’s plan anyway.”
Seth nodded, and I gathered the officers together in the war room.
“It was brought to my attention that some people are slacking off when they are on warehouse duty. I want these assholes found and punished. Now, I’d kick them out in a heartbeat, but the problem with that is we’d be short more members and God knows we can’t afford to lose another fucking member of our club. Austin and I were jumped at the bar by the two fucking traitors I set loose in the woods. They’ve been dealt with. From now on, traitors won’t just be released, they will be cut open and fed to the dogs. If they can’t be loyal to us, then they don’t deserve to live. We can’t afford to pad the fucking Blue Diablos with more of our traitors and deserters. So, from now on, traitors and deserters will be bled, then they will be released, and the dogs will be set after them. Those the dogs don’t get, the bears will. I’m not fucking around anymore. And don’t expect Kara to be more lenient. She’s a fucking bitch.”
And for once, it was a good thing.
Chapter 11
Kara
I took Reagen back to the coffee shop. Draco was the barista again. “Hey, if it’s not Reagen and her friend. Still want me to curse that guy’s friends for you?”
“Yeah.”
“Here’s my list.” He handed me a folded piece of paper.
“If you don’t really do this, Seth is going to come here and break your fingers,” I explained
“No, he won’t,” Reagen protested. “I won’t let him do that. I’ll withhold sex if he does. Not that I can have sex with him anyway, I’m pregnant.”
“You can fuck while you’re pregnant. Who told you, you can’t?”
“I can do it,” Draco said.
I read over his list. None of them would actually prevent Jacob or anyone from coming after us. They were all temporary things. I needed a more permanent solution. “Give me Seth’s money, none of these stupid curses will work.”
“Sure they will.”
“Not for what we need.”
“Well, tell me what you need.”
I thought about it. I knew if he killed anyone, the karma would come back on him. Draco didn’t deserve that shit. So, what would help us? Maybe if we knew something, if we knew if someone was coming.
“We need to know if someone is after her.” I pointed to Reagen. “If anyone who allied with this guy is specifically gunning for her. Is that something you can do?”
“Yeah, that’s something doable. My break is in fifteen,” he said ominously.
And that’s how we ended up in his fucking car, watching him carve ruins into his arm and go into a trance.
“What the fuck?” Reagen whispered and I slapped at her. She needed to shut up and let him concentrate if it was real, and either way, it was a fucking show.
“I feel evil. An unfinished business. Anger. I feel it coming for both of you.”
I scoffed. “Yeah, we have a whole MC after us.”
“No,” he said loud and clear. “There’s only one man.”
I looked at Reagen as she instantly closed off. Fuck. This was bad.
I told Tony fucking everything, and he took it in stride. He didn't call us crazy, at least. I let Reagen go deal with her emotions. This wasn't good for the baby. Soon, though, the subject changed, and we were back to figuring out how the fuck we were going to get along.
Tony
“So, dual leadership. We need to figure out what that means,” I said. “Care for a beer?” I grabbed two from the fridge, and after knocking off the caps, I handed her one.
“I never turn down a beer,” Kara said with a smile.
“So, what’s the plan for dealing with your old man?”
“We stand our ground, we don’t attack, but if he attacks us, then we defend with everything we’ve got and the Crypt Keepers have our backs.”
“Yeah, how did you get the Crypt Keepers to agree to have our backs?”
“I know their Enforcer. He was my high school boyfriend. He got me a meeting with his Prez, and all I had to do was convince them that the rumors were true, that my father was the double crosser they heard he was, and they were all too happy to help. We’ll see what really happens when shit goes down.”
“Yeah, I guess we will. So are you and the ex still hot and heavy?”
“He wants to be, but no, I guess not.”
“You know everyone expects us to fuck.”
“Yeah, well, I’m not the kind of girl who does what everyone expects.”
Funny how she wasn’t denying the fucking part, though. Most girls would even if it was a bold-faced lie. The bitch had balls anyway. “Yeah, well, I’m not the kind of guy who does either, but hey, it might be fun.”
“We should capture a Shadow Order, torture them for information. Cut off their body parts and leave them burning on their doorstep.”
“Yeah? Which parts?”
“The cock and maybe a few fingers.”
“Wow, Kara, I didn’t picture you to be so aggressive. Brutal.”
“Then clearly you don’t know me.”
“No, clearly I don’t. Tell me more. I might just like this alliance after all, especially if you give in to the screwing.”
“Oh, go fuck yourself, Tony,” she said but laughed. I smiled. I was wearing on her.
“We need scouts,” I said, changing the subject. “Do you think the Crypt Keepers would provide us with some?”
“That wasn’t the arrangement I made with them, but maybe I can ask.”
“I just figured if we send our men, they’ll be recognized as our men. But if we send Keepers, well then, they won’t
