Page 132 of Shattering Nash

Inez sucked in a long drag of her cigarette. “He crossed me. You know what that means.”

Yes, I do.

“I’m gonna blow up his fucking world.” Inez laughed. “And I’m going to use your security to do it.”

Nash cupped his mouth. When Inez got an idea into her mind, there wasn’t anyone on earth who could talk her out of it.

“I believe you owe me,personally, Nash. Things could’ve turned out a lot differently for your girl had Zeke gotten to her before my boys.”

I do.

“We’re listening,” Oz said. A united front. Nash didn’t expect anything less.

Inez looked over at Ace and pointed. The president of the club stepped forward.

“After we had the meeting with Anders, he said he needed to think about the deal. We offered sixty-five, thirty-five. Fair considering our distribution means we’d be taking the risk on delivery.”

It was a little high, but Ace had a good point.

“Got a call from a friend asking a lot about our affiliation with Ghosttown Riders.”

Nash furrowed his brows. As far as he understood, there was no affiliation. Even when Ghosttown did a few jobs for the Underground, they were the lowest risk and never put them in connection with Killcreek, as far as he knew.

“Why?”

Ace smirked. “He’s in talks with a buyer. A huge deal. It’s a lot of product. But part of it requires transport, and he’d have to take the route straight through Ghosttown. He’s looking out for his own ass, not wanting to get on the bad side of the Underground. Said the buyer offered him double his usual fee. Wanna guess the customer?”

He didn’t have to.Anders.

“Without our deal he doesn’t have the option to go through the state. But he’s trying to backdoor it.”

Oz squared his jaw. “Ghosttown is not an option. That deal was made a long time ago through East.”

Ace snickered. “I know that. And you know that. But they fucking don’t.”

Inez stepped forward. “All we need is for you to make a call to Anders. Tell him you’re willing to cut a side deal without me. Anders can make that deal with the out of state seller, and for a fair payout, you’ll allow passage through Ghosttown.”

What?He jerked his gaze between Inez and Ace.

She waved her hands, rolling her eyes. “I know the deal with Ghosttown. I’m not looking to fuck with Mayberry. But we need Anders to think he can move product through it. Just need youto make the call and sell it to him.” She spread out her arms. “And we’ll do the rest.”

Nash was trying to see her vision but struggling. “He won’t go for it, Inez.”

“He fucking came to you initially, didn’t he?” she snapped.

“And Oz turned him down. He knows our ties and loyalty to you are too strong.”

Inez snorted. “You don’t think like him, Nash. You’re thinking like the Underground. Anders isn’t part of us, and he doesn’t think that way. There’s no loyalty or honor with that fucker. And we’re gonna use that to our advantage. Put it in motion.”

“And why are you requesting our security?” Oz arched his brow.

“Because using yours makes Anders think this is all legit. You send in your guys to act as allies for him, he’ll get comfortable and won’t question it.”

True.

“And one more thing,” Inez said, and her gaze drifted past Nash’s shoulder. “I want one of mine working with yours.”

Nash turned to the woman leaning against the wall. He hadn’t even clocked her when he’d walked in. It wasn’t a fault on him, she was just that good. It had been years since he’d seen her. But her reputation was notorious.

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