“What the fuck did you see?”Rhino is searching the screen.
“Hermes, take it back to just as the crowd comes into view and then stop.”Hermes does as Anvil says.
Anvil stands and walks to the TV, pointing at the bottom right of the screen.“Zoom in right here.”
As Hermes does, a large, dark-skinned, dark-haired man is standing there.From the back, he looks like anyone else.Anvil tells him to hit play but to slow it down.The news report starts up again, but slower, and that’s when I fucking see it.
Dragon.
“Motherfucker,” Raider hisses.
“I’m going to kill him,” Mercy sneers.
“What the fuck?”Terro chuckles.
“Anvil, I want you to reach out to him.Find out what the fuck is going on and why he did what he did,” Raider barks.“There is nothing we can do about this right now.We’ll have to wait for them to reach out to us.Until then, let’s have a great fucking night.”
We all whoop and holler as we make our way out of church to the great room.The three new guys are sitting at the bar with the club girls wrapped around them.My Sparrow is standing at the opposite end with Ainsley and Tasia looking as if they are scheming.Raider and Mercy make a beeline for their women, and I follow suit.Going around the bar, I sweep the braid over her shoulder, kissing the back of her neck.
I whisper in her ear, “I really like your hair braided like this.”
She looks back at me, giving me the softest smile.“I’ll be sure to wear it like this more often then.”
I kiss her temple.“Good girl.”
My Sparrow melts at the praise.I step into her back, pressing my erection against her.My girl, being who she is, leans forward on the bar, pressing her ass back against me.I’m just about to grab her and take her to the closest place that doesn’t have prying eyes when Raider moves to stand on one of the tables.
He first looks in our direction.“Charlie, I need you to get a shot ready for everyone here.”
“You got it, Prez,” she answers, stepping away from me to do exactly what he asked of her.
I slap her on the ass as she walks away from me, smirking when she squeaks before turning her glare on me.With a small smile on my face, I make my way from behind the bar to lean on it next to Tasia, who is bouncing in her seat.
“This is the first time I’m getting to see one of these,” she mumbles excitedly.
“Usually, we would throw a huge ass party.Right now, that’s not going to happen.When we settle shit with the Knights, we’ll do just that.”I grunt.
“Alright, alright,” Raider calls over the group, settling us down.“I want to start with we usually invite a shit ton of brothers and throw a big fucking party when we do this.However, with everything going on, we don’t have time for that at this moment.”
A round of boos rings out across the room.Raider sighs, crossing his arms over his chest, glaring across the room.He lets us go on for a few minutes before waving his hands in a quiet down motion.We all quiet down as Charlie and Sunny make their way through the crowd, passing around shots.
“As soon as things are settled and we’re not looking over our shoulders all the time, we’re going to throw one hell of a fucking party,” Raider calls out, shot raised.
We all hold our shots up.“To the ones fallen and gone but never forgotten.”We say as a club, and we shoot our shots.Like they’ve been working together for years, Sunny moves through taking empties as Charlie passes another round of shots.As she passes me, I loop my finger into the top of her jeans, stopping her.She looks up at me, eyes wide.Leaning forward, I give her a quick kiss on her lips and then her temple.
“Alright, let's get to the point!Twitch, I need you up here,” Raider calls out.
Twitch makes his way up to Raider, ever the stone wall he is.Raider waves at the chair next to him.Twitch steps up onto the chair, looking out over the crowd.Raider lays a hand on his shoulder, squeezing gently.
“Twitch, can you please slide your cut off?”Raider states sadly.
The man looks at Prez and then out over the crowd before sliding it off.He slowly and reluctantly hands it over to Prez.Raider takes it, looking the cut over before addressing the brothers with it held high.
“You wear this as a symbol of brotherhood, devotion to being there for the underdog, and never letting another person disrespect you or your brothers.You respect what it means and the men that have come before you to make this club one not to fuck with.”Raider turns, looking at Twitch.“Twitch, do you agree to uphold all things that are Kings of Anarchy?Protect those who can’t protect themselves, never allow anyone to fuck with you, and always back your brothers.Do you agree?”
He cocks an eyebrow.“I agree to continue doing what I do.”
“Brothers, is that good with you?”Raider calls to the room at large.
