“Tack,” Shy clipped.
“Tabby, youwannahelp, don’t holdus up, we got shit to do,” Tack growled then added, “And I’mthinkin’ you get it’skindaimportant.”He turned to Shy.“To do what wegottado, you need control.You won’t have control.”
“Yeah, like Snap has control,” Boz mumbled.
Snap felt his neck get tight, ready to take down a brother,even if that brother was Tack, to ride out on Bounty.
But Tack’s eyes just slowly came to Snapper and he rumbled,“Snap is riding.”
“Could that happen about now?”Snapper asked sarcastically.
“A statement has to be made by one of the Chaos women,” Tabannounced.
“Christ,” Snapper hissed.“Can this stupid-ass shit bedone?”
“Why is it stupid-ass?”Tab retorted.“’Cause I’m a girl?”
“Uh,” he leaned toward her, “yeah.”
She leaned toward him.“That’s what I call stupid-ass.”
“We’ll make your statement for you,” Hound put in.
Tab turned her gaze on Hound and even Snapper lost track ofwhat was happening and paid attention with the look that settled on her prettyface.
“You do not take your fists to a Chaos woman,” shewhispered.“You boys got an alarming trendgoin’ onwith your womenbein’ caught up in your shit.So aChaos woman needs to make a statement and Tyra might break a heel, Lanie mightbreak a nail, Carissa probably doesn’t even know how to form a fist, Milliealready went through her trauma, Sheila’s on the Western Slope, and Bev’s atwork, so this is on me andI’m riding.”
Tack was done.
So was Snap.
Tack got there before him.
“Deal with your woman,” he ordered Shy.“Rosalie hasreported the incident, wegottaget to them beforethe cops do.We don’t have time for this.We need bail, you and Pete are onthat.”He finished with Shy and looked over his shoulder to his brothers.“Therest of you, let’s ride.”
“Dad!”Tab shouted, but Shy clamped an arm around her whilethe rest of the brothers rolled out.
They marched through the common room of the Compound totheir bikes lined up at the front outside.
When they rode out, Tack was lead, Hop behind him with Highriding next to Hop where Shy, as one of Tack’s lieutenants (with Hop) and asthe Club’s Sergeant at Arms normally rode.But High made a motion to Hop andfell back.He then made a motion to Snap, who rode forward.
Of all of them, not that he’d left much in question bearingdown on Speck like he had, High knew where his head was at with Rosalie.
It was a huge solid to take that place in formation.
It was late winter.Cold.Dark.Night had long fallen.
But Bounty would know they were coming.
They’d be prepared.
They’d be ready.
They’d be waiting.
And they were.
Snapper sensed her waking up and looked over the topof his book to her.
