“She’s reliable. She came to us and showed us the email. Havoc and Riot have both championed her,” I say. What I really want to say is she’s mine and no one better fucking question her ever again, but alas I have to wait until I have a few rounds with her ex before laying claim. “But you should all know that she is the mayor’s stepdaughter.”
“What the fuck? Are you trying to get us all placed in a prison cell next to Blaze?” Chains questions. The room is grumbling about that news. I knew this would be a huge factor in telling them this.
“She’s not like that.” Riot slams his hand down getting everyone’s attention. “Raegan doesn’t like or want anything that has to do with the mayor. She despises him for what he and her mother did to her father. She’s only here now to give her father some time with his new wife. Raegan’s not a rat, and if she says she can help, then she can. She doesn’t have any hidden agenda. That’s not the type of person she is. Anyone else remember her trying to take on that Viper who stole the little old lady’s purse last week?”
“Wait, is this the same bitch that clocked Havoc in the parking lot? The one who also took down a prospect?” Dash asks with wonder. “Damn, she’s a feisty one. I wouldn’t mind having a little piece of that.”
I have to keep my smirk in check as Havoc shoots Dash a dirty look. A few brothers chuckle at Havoc and Riot is one of them. I completely ignore the last thing he mentioned and the bitch comment, because if I dwell on it then I might shoot him between the eyes.
“Listen, we have a chance to infiltrate their camp from the outside, but we need to vote on it. Raegan thinks that she and Hawk can create a bogus file and send it to them while she plants a bug on their server. We’ll be able to access their files, and it’ll help us take them down from the inside out.”
“So, let’s put it to a vote then,” Reaper, my Sergeant at Arms, demands. He’s never been one to beat around the bush.
“I vote yes to bringing in Raegan to help Hawk,” I say and then peer over to my right to continue the voting.
The vote goes around the table and Havoc is the last to speak. After voting yes, we’re all in agreeance that Raegan will help bring them down. Hawk is beside himself. I’ll have to make sure to monitor their interactions. He isn’t an evil guy, but I can tell the crush he’s already formed in his head about her.
“Alright, with that settled let’s talk about the protection run. I think Riot, Hawk, Diesel, and the prospects will stay back along with some of the Tucson Chapter. We’re looking to be gone five days max from here to the border of North Dakota and back, so everyone needs to be on their toes and not let your guards down. If the Vipers get wind that most of us are gone, they might try to make a move on our territory.”
I get a nod from my men. We discuss our other businesses before church is declared over and the gavel pounds down on the table. Everyone exits the room except Havoc, Brass, and me.
“Everything good here?” Brass asks as the tension builds in the room.
“We’re good,” I say and nod for him to leave.
Brass shuts the door behind him, and when I turn back to face Havoc, I’m met with a fist to my jaw, almost knocking me down. Fuck! That one clocked me good.
“I’ll give you that one, brother. Even though it was a cheap shot,” I growl and wipe off the drop of blood from the corner of my mouth.
“Why her? You get pussy thrown at you every day. Why her?” he spews.
“I didn’t plan?—”
“Bullshit! You knew, I told you everything about what she and I went through. Is this a joke to you? A game?”
“What? No, brother. She had this pull on me and then the night the prospects picked her up, I couldn’t believe it was her. She’s…” I try to think of the best way to put this and spare his feelings, but I know nothing I say will help right now.
“She’s magnetic, I know. Raegan is not made for this lifestyle. She’s not some club whore you can use and then throw away. Raegan is everything we’re not, she’s kind and pure,” Havoc says defeated. Moments pass and he’s lost in thought, I want him to get all of this out so that we can move on from this and never have to bring it up again.
“Havoc, Raegan is a grown woman now and can make her own choices. She’s not the little teenager that you knew six years ago,” I express trying to let him know that the picture in his head of her isn’t what she has become. “And for the record, I know that she’s not a club whore and don’t plan to treat her as such,” I seethe at him.
“How long have you been keeping this from me? I saw the way you were with her last night when Hawk grabbed her, so don’t try to say that it just happened. You’ve never cared about how women are dealt with around here.”
“Havoc…”
“Just tell me!”
“I had no idea who she was when I first saw her. I saw her at the hotel bar up at the rally in South Dakota a few months back. We hung out for a bit, but I never thought I’d see her again. The night she was picked up by us, we realized that we already knew each other. It started then, but I stopped it before anything could happen. I knew that it would complicate things in the club, so I pushed her away. But when I saw her with fucking Hastings I knew I couldn’t stay away. I really tried Havoc, I did. But she keeps reeling me in, I think about her all the time, like she has a spell on me.”
“Have you fucked her?” he asks.
“That is none of your goddamn business, Havoc. Don’t cross a line that you can’t come back from,” I warn him. There is no way I’m going to let him disrespect Raegan. Never have I cared about my brothers knowing about a good lay, but with Raegan, I want to keep it only between me and her.
“Did she tell you that we kissed yesterday? Yeah, we had an unbelievable time catching up at our spot on the bridge.” He’s goading me and I’m close to falling for it.
“Yeah, she told me everything, Havoc,” I play along and lie.
“Fuck!” he yells and slams his fist on the table after not getting the reaction he wanted. I knew that if something happened Raegan would’ve said something.
