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“We were coming back from a mission. Westepped off the transport plane and the Colonel met us. He walkedstraight to Brax because he was one of the few men who had familythat would meet us when we were allowed to tell them we were headedhome. Brax’s wife was one of them. She’d come and bring theirlittle boy. That day, instead, the Colonel informed him they hadbeen killed by a drunk driver the night before. They were hit headon when the dumbass crossed the median to their side. Colonel hadtold him they didn’t suffer; they didn’t even know what hit them ithad happened so fast the witnesses said. Was quiet after that, thenhe got out same time as me, no other family, not really knowingwhat he was going to do. I asked if he rode, he said not in a fewyears, sold his bike when his kid was born, it scared the wife.Told him about the club, he bought his bike the next day and weheaded here.”

Damnwas said at the same time by allof us. “Big fucker, how the hell was he a SEAL?”

Flirt laughed, “Don’t let his size fool you,he can move just as stealth as a man half his size. And you arejust going to have to trust me when I say, he is one of thedeadliest men I’ve known.”

“Why is he still a Prospect?” Devilasked.

“Prez said he needed to do his time likeeveryone else. Like we did,” Flirt answered.

“I’ll have Prez put him on Sami and Allytomorrow while we are gone. Extra protection.” Speed nodded to meand so did Flirt. “We should be ready then.”

“Fuck yeah, my ass is ready for a nice ridewith you guys. We haven’t done that yet.

“Then tomorrow it is. Road trip.”

“You think you should call Stroker, run thisshit past him?” Jag asked.

“You’re going to be my VP one day. You goingto question everything I do then too?” I asked. It was wrong, Iknew it but the thought of Carly riding all the way back by herselfdidn’t sit right with me. Not under the circumstances.

“Asshole, that isn’t it. Don’t want the dadsto think we are already pushing them out.” Jag stared me down. Yeahand the funny part, he was doing the VP jobs. There had to beloyalty between the members in leadership positions in a club butif the club functioned right—it wasn’t blind loyalty.

“I know, I’ll go see him after I speak withWild Bill and set things up. You guys ready to head out?” I rosewhen everyone nodded in agreement. On our way out, I laid cash onthe bar to cover our tab and Syn’s tip. We walked out, mounted ourbikes, and headed back to Black Hawk.

When we drove in, Brax was on the gate andFlirt and Speed stopped to talk with him as the rest continued tothe clubhouse. Sitting on the porch as we pulled up was Dare,Shakes, Daisy, and the dads.

“You boys are back early. Soft Tails not busytonight?” Stroker yelled from his spot.

“Nah, got a few things to talk over withyou.” I walked up on the porch and Stroker stood.

“Club business?” Stroker asked as he walkedtoward the door.

“Yeah, Prez.”

“Everyone needed for this talk?” he cockedhis brow.

“Yes.” I looked over to the other men whowere already starting to stand.

“Okay, come on, let’s go to my office.”Stroker headed in just as Speed and Flirt pulled up.

“Dare, you might want to come in and hearthis too.” Dare got up and followed us all in. When everyone wasseated I started to tell them about the riders that had been seenand the ride we were taking tomorrow to intercept Carly.

“Okay, sounds like you have it all plannedout. We will be around to handle anything here. Is that all youneeded?” Stroker asked.

“Yeah, we are headed out in the morning. I’lltext you when we are heading back.” I looked at my dad and for thefirst time I didn’t recognize the look on his face.

“Alright, you boys have a good night. I wantto talk some things over with my officers.” The man was all Prez atthat point and we stood to leave along with Dare while Speed whowas part of the leaders stayed. “Dare, you can stay for this.Speed, you won’t be needed for this one.”

Speed got up from his chair as Dare sat backin his chair and then the six of us walked out of the office and toour bikes before anyone said anything.

“What the fuck just happened in there? I’vebeen in on their little meetings since they threw the Enforcerpatch at me.” Speed looked back to the clubhouse. When we came outShakes and Daisy had evidently decided not to hang around and waitand were no longer on the porch.

“Think they are pissed we decided to do it,before informing them?” Coast asked.

“Nah, I don’t think that would be it. Whenhave you known my dad to hold in anything if it bothered him oryour dads for that matter. They’ll let us know if we need to know.”Heads nodded in agreement and we mounted our bikes and headed toour homes. I hoped once there I would be able to get some sleep,any sleep, because I had a feeling that tomorrow I was going toneed to be rested.

ChapterSix

Carly

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