“Let’s hope the Beast stays in his cave for now,” I said.
Hatch paused at the door and shook his head. “Jesus. Spiders, Predators, Beasts. You’re wrong. This isn’t hard. This shit is fucking ridiculous.”
I agreed, and we greeted the rest of the men before starting church.
Wyatt
HATCH AND MAISIE left two nights ago, and Sundance asked that I bring Teddy to the cabin. I had no idea why, but since my brother jumped at any chance to be with the club, I okayed it.
We pulled up to the cabin and Teddy rushed inside before me like he always did, but when I followed, we found no one inside. Totally unusual for the Primal Howlers’ club. I pulled my phone out to text Sundance, but he walked in and waved us outside. “This way.”
“Where are we going?” I asked as he took my hand and tugged me out the back sliders and towards the outbuildings.
We arrived at the shed and I frowned. “What are we doing here, Sundance?”
I knew what this building was used for, outside of mechanic work, so my stomach started to churn. Sundance released my hand and slid his arm over Teddy’s shoulders. “Come with me, buddy.”
“What’s going on?” I asked, trying not to panic, particularly when we walked in and the entire club stood shoulder-to-shoulder facing us.
“Sundance,” I warned.
“Teddy, I have an important question to ask you.”
“Okay, Sunny,” he said.
“We find ourselves a man down, so we were wonderin’ how you’d feel about prospectin’ for the Howlers’.”
I groaned, but Sundance smiled over his shoulder at me and it was my cue to trust him. At least until we were in private.
“Okay, Sunny,” Teddy said.
“We’ve got your cut here, with your name patch.”
Orion stepped forward, a cut in his hand, with ‘SHOTGUN’ on the name patch and a prospect rocker across the back.
“Who is Shot…gun?” Teddy stuttered out and I was a bit taken aback by the fact he was able to read it. He could read a little, but his level was very rudimentary at best, so I was really impressed he’d managed this.
“It’s you, buddy,” Sundance said.
“Shotgun!” Teddy said excitedly.
“Exactly. So, if you prospect with us, you’ll need to be here a lot more and you’ll need to do what I tell you to do. You’re gonna have to help around the club and shops and help clean the cabin. You wanna do that?”
Teddy nodded and Orion helped him with his cut. “Look, Riot, I’m a Howler.”
“I see that, Teddy Bear.”
“Now, if you’re gonna be part of the club, you need a bike.”
“Sun—”
“Baby, he needs a bike.”
“Bike!” Teddy shouted.
Sundance slapped Teddy’s shoulder and then settled his arm around him again, guiding him outside.
“Now, Wrath has been restoring Gerty, and he’s added somethin’ just for you.”
