Owned & Untamed (Back Down Devil MC #11)(48)

“Sure,” Jasper said. “Then what? We start that war with the Hell Five? Trev, tell him the rest.”

“The rest?” I asked.

“There’s bigger financial backing than we think,” Trev said. “The Russians think we’re involved? I think the Irish kicked up a little to the Hell Five to give them incentive to bulk up on their gun running. And someone down south is willing to supply a ton of drugs. Durango and Jop are trying to patch together a lot of deals at once.”

“The land is important to hide everything,” Jasper said.

“So what if we let this go?” I asked. “Let them buy the f*cking land. Let them try anything on it. We’re there each and every time to bust it up.”

“Is that what you want in your girl’s backyard?” Trev asked.

“More so, if there is bigger backing,” Jasper said, “there’ll be bigger security. We have to stop this deal.”

“Jim will pull out. Take whatever hit he needs to.”

“That’s fine,” Cade said. “But it doesn’t fix everything.”

Trev stood up and pointed to the paperwork. “Cade, put all that shit away. I want a full table right now to figure this out.”

I left the room and went outside to check on Jim. I had two beers with me. I told the two prospects lingering around to go f*ck themselves and leave us the hell alone.

Jim touched my ride and took the beer from me. “Think I could get on one of these?”

“You’ve never questioned yourself before in life,” I said. “Don’t start now because of a f*cking leg.”

“It was my favorite leg though,” Jim said.

I laughed. “You’re a dick. Are you ready for this?”

“Whatever needs to happen, it’ll happen.”

“You won’t get those debts paid off, brother.”

“That’s okay. The bank could take whatever they want from me.”

I grabbed his shoulder. “Hey. I’ll help. I promise. Just stay put here and wait until I come get you.”

“I’ll be right here dreaming of a ride.”

I turned and saw Trev and Jasper at the clubhouse door. They both nodded to me.

“I’m on my way,” I called out.

“We’re not nodding to you,” Jasper said.

“Bring Jim to the table,” Trev said.

That was a shock to me.

A guy that wasn’t patched in being invited to the table? That was unheard of. Unless they were going to kill him.

I looked back at Jim. Ten seconds ago I promised I’d help him.

Now I was leading him to his death.

**

Jim was way out of place as he stood at the back of the room, explaining everything that went down. The entire table heard it straight from Jim’s mouth. That was a good thing. The guy was basically on f*cking trial. His life hung in the balance.

“And that’s it,” Jim said.

“So we vote,” I said. “Get this shit out of the way right now.”

“No,” Jasper said. “We can’t vote this. We need outside influence.”

“Brothers from Frelen are coming up,” Trev said. “Three. They’ll be the deciding vote. We’re not going unanimous on this.”

“Jesus Christ,” I said. “Just kill the f*cking deal and wipe the Hell Five the f*ck out.”

I was heated. Livid. Ready to take on my brothers.

Trev pointed to the door. “Jim. Go get a beer. On the house.”

He left and looked around the table. “What the f*ck did he say…”

“We had a meeting not too long ago,” Trev cut in. “We said our enemies were going to come hard. New leadership. New vision. Everyone wants to attack us. So here we are with a huge problem.”

“So let’s just start killing innocent people,” I said.

“Sends a violent message,” Cash said. “To everyone. Innocent and guilty. That’s a heavy foot to put down.”

“We do what we have to do,” Austin said.

“The guy out there defended our freedoms right here. And then he got left behind when he came home. I am not leaving him behind again.”

“So we’re bringing personal shit to the table?” Jasper asked.

“There’s something we can do,” Cade said.

“What?” Trev asked.

“Crime scene,” Cade said. “Turn the land into a crime scene.”

“How so?” Cash asked.

“Get an investigation up there. It’ll stall the deal. Jim can pull out. We can get in and bust the rest of it up. Make the Hell Five look weak. Make them look stupid.”

“Better yet,” Trev said. “We f*ck with their heads.”

“How so?” Jasper asked.

Me and Trev met eyes. We both started to grin.

“The prospect,” I said. “He’s still up there.”

“The one I shot?” Kye asked.

“Yes,” Trev said. “Plant him on the land. Fucking locals will have a field day with that.”

“That’s perfect,” Cash said. “Hell Five won’t know how to react. Whoever is backing them will be pissed. The deal will go on hold. The only thing though is that it’ll put Chief Danielson on our ass.”