Chapter Seven
Safe House
Reaper
My cell rings.It’s Jock.
“Hey, Boss.”
“Get your ass here now.”His voice is snarly.Something is wrong.
“What?”I look at Scarlet.She is sleeping on the sofa next to me.“Why?I’m needed here.”
“The Hyenas have thrown us a message.”
“Oh, yeah?”
“In the form of a bomb.”
“Jesus.”I spring up and rake my hands through my hair.That’s more wrong than I was expecting.“What’s the damage?”
“We’ve got a dead brother.”
My heart squeezes.“What?I’ll gut the lot of them.”A coldness creeps over my skin and I grit my teeth.“Who?”
“Belly.He was at the gate when they threw a Molotov over.Took him by surprise.Sons of bitches.”
I pinch the bridge of my nose.Belly had been a good guy.Loyal and smart and with a fondness for pepperoni pizza which showed.
“They think they’ve sent us a message,” Jock goes on, “well, I’ll fucking tell you, Reaper, they’ve just poked the bear.We need to plan our revenge.This is goddamn war.All-out war.”
“Too right it is.”
“And as VP I need you back here.We’ve got to vote on it.”Jock’s voice is stern.
“You sure it was them?”
“As sure as I know I’ve got a goddamn dick between my legs.”
I pause and step farther away from Scarlet.“The safe house is safe but still, we’ve got two women here.One is on the Hyenas most wanted list, and the other an innocent doctor.”
“Ah, the redheaded beauty,” Jock scoffs.“I told you, keep your head in the damn game, Reaper.Don’t get distracted by pussy.”
“My head is in the game.She’s an innocent.”And she was so much more than a pretty face but I kept that thought to myself.“We dragged her into this so she has to be protected.We agreed on that.”
“The women will survive for a couple of hours on their own.The safe house hasn’t been compromised.No one has ever found out we even own it.Get back here or you’ll be onmymost wanted list.”
