“I like it.” Atlas gave me a warm smile. “We’re going to get these assholes. They think they can come into our town and take over, but Mustang Mountain won’t stand for that. Let’s get a number set up. Ashley, think you can take the lead on spreading word around town? We don’t want that number to get into the hands of the wrong folks or we’ll be chasing dead end leads all over Montana.”
“I’d be happy to help.” My cheeks warmed with Thunder smiling at me like I’d just won the Nobel Peace Prize. Taking an active part in the fight for Mustang Mountain was just what I needed. Sitting around feeling useless wasn’t helping anyone.
Thunder got up and tugged me to my feet. “We’ll head out and get started.”
“I don’t know how bad it’s going to get.” Atlas stood and walked with us to the door. “Take care of yourself and each other.”
CHAPTER9
THUNDER
I hated usingAshley’s family ranch for our set up to catch the Savage Bones, but it made the most sense. We had to wait a few days for another shipment of fertilizer to be delivered, then Ashley sent Dusty on an errand to Bozeman that would keep him away overnight. She wanted to stay at the ranch, but I had her and Scamp tucked away at Priest’s cabin with him and Rae to keep both of them out of harm’s way.
A few of my MC brothers and I had staked out the ranch. We’d been sitting around for hours hoping the Savage Bones would show. I’d just taken a sip of coffee when my phone lit up with an incoming text.
Lightning:Truck just turned off the road and is headed your way.
Me:Thanks, bro.
I crouched downin the hayloft of the big barn. From here I had a bird’s eye view of the shed where the barrels of fertilizer sat. A truck inched down the drive, its headlights dark. Four guys got out, including the two I’d seen at the café. They grabbed something from the bed and disappeared inside the shed.
Juice, one of the younger guys in the club, crept out from where he’d been hiding and rolled underneath the truck. We couldn’t afford to be discovered when they left, so he was supposed to plant a tracking device to make sure we knew where they were headed.
He crawled out and disappeared back into the shadows as the Bones carried the first barrel out of the shed. Hope that this plan might actually work filled my chest. We’d been battling these thugs for so long. It was time for us to get a major win.
It only took about ten minutes for them to load all the barrels and head back out the way they came. Once they’d cleared the drive, I alerted Lightning and Juice to follow from a far distance. The tracking device blinked on the app on my phone. Looked like we were in business.
They’d taken the bait. Now all we could do was wait. Once a sufficient amount of time passed and we made sure no one was coming back to the ranch, I rolled my bike out of the barn and fired up the engine.
I had a warm-blooded curvy angel waiting for me, and I was eager to get back to her.
A half hour later,I slid behind the wheel of Ashley’s car and pulled the door closed. Priest offered to have the two of us crash as his place, but I was too eager to finally take her home. With the Savage Bones pre-occupied with moving fertilizer and our guys tracking their every move, it was safe to take her back to my cabin. I would have preferred to have her be the first woman to ride on the back of my bike except we had Scamp with us.
“How did it go?” Ashley reached into the backseat to scratch the dog behind the ears. She’d been up waiting for me and except for the quick rundown I’d given Priest, I hadn’t had a chance to fill her in yet.
“They took the barrels. Lightning and Juice are following them now. We were able to get the tracker on their truck, so even if they have to fall back, we still ought to find out where the Bones are holing up.”
“That’s great news. And you’ve got someone who can take over once you pinpoint their location?”
I glanced her way as we bounced over a rut in the road. “Yeah. Don’t worry about it. I’m not going to let any of the guys get hurt.”
“It’s not ‘any of the guys’ I’m worried about.”
Her concern filled my chest with warmth. It had been a long time since someone had worried about me. This thing between us was new, but I was in it for the long haul. And now that I’d found her, I was going to make sure we had the rest of our lives together.
“Don’t worry about me, Baby Girl. I can take care of myself.” I reached for her hand and held it up to my lips. “And I’m going to take care of you too.”
We were almost to my place, and I couldn’t wait to show her exactly how willing I was to make sure every single one of her needs was met. My phone vibrated with an incoming call. I pulled it out of my back pocket and glanced at the screen.
“Hey, what’s up?” Either Juice was calling to tell me they knew where the meth production site was, or something had gone wrong.
“They stopped at a place way past the old lumber mill. There are a hell of a lot of them. I held back, but Lightning…”
“What happened?” Something was wrong. I sensed it deep in my gut.
“He kept going. I can’t reach him.”
“Send me your location and stay put. I’m on my way.” I hung up and stepped on the gas.
