“That would be wise.” I give him a quick hug. “Later, dude.”
The air is heavy when I return, but Saint seems to have calmed down. I sit beside him, placing my hand on his knee. “For what it’s worth, I don’t think he has any loyalty to The Arrows anymore.”
“I agree,” Theo says.
“I don’t think he has any loyalty to the Saints either,” Galen supplies.
“I don’t disagree,” I say, “but our loyalty could be questioned too, for various reasons.”
My words linger in the air, and no one can deny the truth.
“That doesn’t mean we should trust him,” Saint adds, circling his arm around my shoulders.
“Agreed, but I know Bry a little, and I think he’ll deliver soon. Then, we can decide how much we tell him or whether we tell him anything at all.”
“Have you found out anything on Taylor Tamlin yet?” Saint asks Theo.
“I’m working on it, but I’ll hopefully have something later.”
“The Bulls seem well connected,” I admit.
“Better connected than we realized,” Saint says.
“Parker was the link between Finn and The Bulls,” Theo confirms. “We have footage of her entering their clubhouse a couple nights after we handed her ass to Ruben.”
“Do you think Ruben already knew the truth that night?”
Saint toys with the ends of my hair. “None of us would’ve walked out of there alive that night if he knew.”
I pull at my lips. “It makes little sense. If someone was watching the night I killed Luke McKenzie, why didn’t they pass that tape off to Ruben immediately?”
Theo shrugs. “Who knows? I’m struggling to piece this all together.”
“It’s a fucking shitshow,” Galen agrees.
“One you added to,” I remind him, but my chastisement lacks bite because he knows what he’s done and snapping at him continuously won’t help anyone. While I’m still pissed over his betrayal, reminding him every five minutes only hurts me too. I’m trying to put it behind me, but it’s difficult.
“I know.” His face and his voice are resigned.
“What are we going to do about The Bulls? They won’t stop until I’m dead.”
“It’s kill or be killed,” Saint agrees. “Which is why we’re taking them down.” He explains that Sinner is on board.
“How is it going down?” I ask.
“Boy wonder has tracked down all the key players within the organization, and we’ll eliminate them in a targeted attack,” Saint says.
“I’m still finalizing the details,” Theo says, “but we’ll hit each of them at the same time, wiping the leadership out in one fell swoop.”
“Will that be enough? Won’t the other members seek revenge?”
“They’ll be too busy scrambling to maintain their business,” Saint says, grinning. “Because we already have men infiltrating their ranks, and we’ll start picking off towns and taking ownership.”
“They’ll be too busy fighting to save their income to care,” Galen says.
“Is it really that easy to take over their turf?”
“It is,” Saint says. “I don’t know what Ruben is thinking. He knows he owns his turf because we’ve let him have it. We’ve coexisted peacefully for years because there was a mutual understanding.”
