Page 113 of Wolf.e
I look at my men, every one of them aside from Ax and Kai is fucking shell-shocked that Jake tried to do me in. Including me.
There was a good solid minute of silence when I played them the recording from Brinley’s phone. Smart little hummingbird. But I wouldn’t have needed it. My men would’ve believed me anyway. It took two hours for Rick to clean my cuts and stitch me up while the men worked to put the two traitors in the ground after we lit both their cuts on fire.
“Jake was like my brother. He let greed and envy cloud his judgement. From this point on it will be like he never existed,” I tell them.
“Amen, brother.” Kai knocks on the table.
I nod. “My only mistake was trusting him. I didn’t see it until it was too late and that’s my cross to bear.”
“We all trusted Jake,” Robby says.
No one is happy, aside from this choice Jake made, he’s been everyone’s brother for thirty years, but once this meeting is over, we’ll never talk about him again. He betrayed us and he got what he deserved. You don’t turn on your brothers.
“I have a meet set with Aiden Foxx.” I wait for the room to calm down with my announcement. “I plan to talk to him about patching over and I want to do it fast. While all this is still fresh.”
Their chatter ensues for a few seconds before I speak again.
“I’m only bringing two of you. The rooftop of Savannah Meadows. It’s crowded below, less chance of him trying to kill me,” I tell them.
I look around the room. “Ax, I need you to be my VP now if you’re ready to step up.”
“Of course,” he says, no hesitation.
“All in favor?” I ask.
I wait for theyays. When they come, it’s unanimous.
“And Kai, are you with me?” I ask, everyone understanding I want him to be my next Sgt at Arms.
“Hell yeah, brother, I’ve always got you,” Kai answers with a grin.
“Kai to change?” I ask, and they all say yay in agreement.
“Shelly will swap your patches. Mason, you can move to Enforcer.”
Once again everyone agrees.
I snap the gavel down and blow out a breath, glad rehashing that fucked-up story is done.
“Now, outside of all that, there’s one more thing. I know this is new, me having an ol’ lady.”
“We love the little assassin,” Flipp says from his end and grins.
“Yeah, Brin is the one for you.” Mason says, his face expressionless but sure.
“You seem fuck, I’m just gonna say it kinda happy,” Kai says.
I blow out a breath and nod. “Yeah, she’s the one,” I agree, clearing my throat.
“All right. Fuck, boys,” I say, changing the deeper subject I’m still not used to talking about. “It’s been a day. Everyone grab a drink, a double. We’ve got a full house until this is settled. Ax, Kai, meet me in a half hour and we’ll leave. Everyone else—eat, drink, see Shell if you or anyone in your family needs anything.”
I make my way out of the room amidst the chatter, remembering as I pulled Jake’s cut from his bloody body this morning and cut his VP patch off before burning it in the outdoor fire pit at St. Henry’s. I know these boys will spend the night thinking about Jake and that’s okay. They know not to talk about it in front of anyone. All the families will know is that he’s a traitor, except my queen, because she was there and even if she wasn’t I’d tell her anyway.
The main hall is full of club members’ families. We had them all come here on lockdown for the next few nights until we can either patch over or kill every DOS member in Harmony.
Even through the crowd, I can spot her leaning against the bar talking to Layla, painted on jeans, tank top, her hair loose and wild, not a mark on her after what she endured this morning. Thank fuck.
I lean against the door frame of the Chapel for a minute and just watch her. I’ll never tire of looking at her. I remain there, just because I want to see her reaction and pull my phone out of the basket we dropped them in before chapel.
