Page 71 of Avenging Devil: Part 2

“I can discourage her from leaving.” Salem raises his hand. “She likes her job and is good at it. I’ll keep her busy.”

“Assign a prospect to tail her, if she goes off compound for any reason,” I suggest. “I don’t trust her, now I know what part she played in Niran’s misfortune.”

“Talking of prospects.” Prez seizes the opportunity I’ve given him. “First, we need to discuss fuckin’ Kid.” He pauses for a solemn moment to descend, then informs us, “Patsy and Alex have agreed to arrange a funeral.”

“He got folks, Prez?”

“Nah.” Token takes it on himself to answer Scribe. “No fuckin’ one.”

“I’m patching him in,” Lost states, in a voice stating he’ll accept no argument. “Kid gave his fuckin’ life for the club, we can ask no more.”

“Send him out with a big bang?” Keeper suggests. “All chapters sending representatives.”

“Kid would have been over the moon,” I observe, shaking my head at the useless loss of a promising life. “I’ll get in touch with my counterparts once we’ve got a date set.”

A moment of silence passes as we remember the prospect who’d served such a short time with us.

It’s broken by the VP. “On the subject of prospects, I was fuckin’ impressed with Curtis in Nevada. Can we give some thought to patching him in?”

Salem’s happy to back Dart up. “I agree. Not only was he good with explosives, he did some excellent sharpshooting. He handled his shit well, and fuck knows he’s been entrusted with enough secrets of this club.”

I add my support. “I fuckin’ agree.”

“Leaves us fuckin’ short, VP. It will only leave Connor. No way can we follow up Grumbler’s suggestion of tailing Cyn.”

“Don’t forget Ross.” I stare at Wrangler. “Bolt’s been talking to him about being able to handle a bike. I suggest we bring him on board.”

Lost looks at me sharply, then gives me a raise of his chin. “So the proposal is patching Curtis and bringing Ross in. Let’s vote on the first.” Lost grins, liking this part of the job. Hell, we all do when a man has proved himself. “Show of hands? Who’s for?”

Every brother puts up his hand.

“Motion carried.” Prez bangs the gavel. “Curtis to get his patch. We’ll get that sorted at the next church. Now on to Ross?”

There are no objections to the ex-Marine becoming our latest prospect.

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