“Need to keep our ears to the ground in case the Shadow Warriors try to return from the dead,” Zeke’s brother announced next to him.
Did Rage already tell Zane the rumor? If so, that was fucked up. He should’ve told the president first, not the VP.
“Return from the dead like zombies?” Wheels joked.
Chaos offered his opinion next. “They’d be damn stupid if they resurrectedthat club.”
Zeke agreed. “And more than stupid if they try to fuck with us.”
“Guess there’d be another fucking cleanup on aisle five,” Cruz said.
“Agreed. No room for those motherfuckers in or around Shadow Valley,” Rage growled. “Or, fuck, on the Earth in general.”
Zeke shook his head. “Ain’t gonna argue that.” Especially after what they did to Kiki, Rage’s mother. Another victim, Jazz, Phoenix and Lyric’s mother, got the worst of it. What the Shadow Warriors did was so fucking bad, Crow’s ol’ lady was scarred for life. He glanced over at Rage. “So, what’d ya hear?”
“Gotta do with those fuckin’ Deadly Demons,” the sergeant at arms sneered.
“Those motherfuckers,” Chaos snarled. “They were decimated when that federal task force ripped them the fuck apart.”
“Yeah, and then the Mafia took out any of those fuckers left. Lesson learned. Try to fuck over the Mafia and they’ll fuck you back even harder while using your own blood for lube,” Cruz said next.
Chaos continued with, “Then plant you six feet under with your head stickin’ out of the ground so they can shit down your throat.”
“Or blow your club into a million fuckin’ pieces,” Wheels added with a smirk. “Ka-fuckin’-boom!”
Yeah, the Mafia didn’t fuck around. They had no problem neutralizing any threats. But he didn’t give a shit about the Mafia unless it affected them.
“For fuck’s sake, what’s the fuckin’ rumor?” Zeke was losing what little patience he barely clung to.
Instead of Rage answering him, Zane spoke up next. “Aswe all fuckin’ know, anyone still breathin’ went to ground. Or patched into other MCs. The OGs figured they might reappear at some point.”
“We ain’t the OGs.” Zeke needed a goddamn answer from Rage, not a fucking history lesson from Zane. “For fuck’s sake, what’s the goddamn rumor?”
“The Demons’ territory’s been open ever since their fuckin’ demise. We missed a golden opportunity to take it the fuck ourselves.”
“Tell us the shit we don’t already fuckin’ know,” Zeke barked at Rage. He slammed his palm on the table, and yelled, “What’s the goddamn rumor?” causing all heads to twist his way.
About fucking time they paid attention to the person sitting at the head of the table.
“Word has it that Twisted Souls took over their territory in West Virginia. Got no fuckin’ doubt some of the former Demons joined them. Not sure if they’re takin’ over the Demons’ Ohio territory, too.”
That wasn’t good news. Not at fucking all. The DAMC’s territory didn’t need to be crowded by those stupid motherfuckers. “How ‘bout the territory they claimed just south of us?”
The Demons had expanded into Pennsylvania right before their club got wiped out. Because of their move north, Zak had reluctantly worked with the feds to keep a war from breaking out between the two MCs. He wanted the federal task force to do the dirty work so the DAMC wouldn’t have to.
A smart move by Zeke’s father.
“Not sure of that, Prez, but we need to keep on top of this shit. Could end up being a fuckin’ issue,” Rage stated the obvious.
Chaos shook his head. “Knew we shoulda taken that goddamn territory.”
“The OGs didn’t ‘cause it was too much for them to handle with their numbers,” Zeke reminded him.
“Coulda split it between us and the Knights.”
“At the time, the Knights didn’t wanna expand,” Zane reminded Chaos.
“Now they’re gonna regret it.”
