Page 9 of Last One Standing
“I’m Brick, the president of the Dead Kings MC.”
I was certain Brick wasn’t his birth name, but who knew these days? Names were getting stranger and stranger.
“Nice to meet you. You come to this show a lot?” In my gut I knew he owned the place, but I wasn’t going to mention that.
“Whenever I can; I own the club.”
It took a lot of effort but I acted surprised, smiled, and played the typical thrilled person. “Oh, wow! That’s incredible. Well, you have a great club, and the show was spectacular.”
The side of his mouth kicked up but his eyes were assessing. “You’re friends of Leo’s?”
“Yeah.” We didn’t talk about clients, so if he told Brick we were friends, that was what we’d be. I wasn’t going to correct him.
He peeked over his shoulder in the direction of Anita, who was now talking to another couple but flicked his eyes our way a few times.
“What did you think of the show?”
Again, I smiled. “Wonderful. My brothers and I were highly entertained.”
Brick huffed. “Do you have a favorite queen?”
That felt like a trick question, a trap, and I wasn’t falling for it. “You have to be joking. The talent on that stage was all impressive.”
He lifted his hand and beckoned—that was the best way to describe it—for Anita to join us. Once he arrived, Brick wrapped his arm around his waist and possessively tugged him closer. I didn’t miss the way Anita winced at the jolt.
“Hard to tell out of makeup, but this is Anita Pounding.”
I beamed at him and held out my hand trying to come off as the big fan. “Oh wow, you’re spectacular.”
He slipped his hand in mine, and it took everything in me not to tug him to me and away from Brick.
“Thank you, that’s really lovely to hear. I’m Kona most of the time.”
Kona. What an interesting name. It fit him too.
“Good to know. I’m Angel.”
Kona smirked. “Nice to meet you, Angel. Did you and your friends like the show?”
“They’re brothers,” Brick corrected. “These are Leo’s friends.”
Kona tried to play it off like he didn’t know that, but there was something in how he gazed at my brothers that told me he knew.
“How great. I’m so glad we were able to get you all here. Leo is such a wonderful guy and works so hard. We were happy to accommodate.”
Kona might have been, but judging by Brick’s expression, he wasn’t as thrilled.
“If you have a moment, I have two people who were blown away by tonight and excited. Would you be willing to say hello?”
He didn’t give Brick a chance to answer. He pulled away from the MC prez and nodded. “Of course.”
I could have sworn Brick growled but as soon as Kona followed me, I brushed it off. When we were in front of JJ and Phoenix, I introduced Kona to them and the two of them well and properly gushed, making Kona blush beautifully.
“I’m a ballet dancer, and I was taken aback by how much goes into these shows,” Phoenix said, and Kona began asking him a ton of questions about his dancing.
I turned to my right and sure enough Brick was glaring—like trying to light me on fire glaring. He wasn’t buying a thing I was selling, and I knew with every fiber of my being that the Dead Kings were going to be a huge problem for us.
CHAPTER SIX
