Healing Gabe (The Last Hangman MC #3)(22)
“Thanks.” He sighs and walks in, sitting next to Aleck.
“What happened?” I asked, not wasting any time.
“Well, after what happened to Line, she moved back in with her parents just in case. Things have been quite rocky between us for the past couple of months because of all the problems with the club. She doesn’t like me being linked to you, she says someday something bad will happen and it’ll be too late to back away from you guys. Anyway, for a while she was okay at her folks. She fell into a routine and things started to get better, no more notes, no more people spying on her until two weeks ago. I just found out this morning but apparently, someone has been following her and the notes have started again, worse than before. Ranging from you’re going to die you f*cking slut to, you’re next and there’s nothing your little detective husband can do about it. He can order all the protection he wants for you, we’ll strike when he least expects it. She is f*cking terrified for her life and for her folks. She doesn’t feel safe anywhere and doesn’t know what to do, neither do I. Since I didn’t report the first few notes she got because they were clearly aimed at me for helping the club and the precinct couldn’t exactly know how much help I’ve provided you lot. We don’t have enough evidence so she can’t go into witness protection. I know we know who is after her, me, us, but as far as the law is concerned there is no proof. I need your help. It might not be the smartest idea to come to you because it is my helping you that has brought this on but I’m at loss as to what to do.” He sighs, defeated. I can’t believe they are targeting Sanders’ wife.
“Fuck. Look, I know hanging out and helping us is bad for you, both for your career and personal life, but we’ll do all we can to protect her and make sure no one comes after her. You’re not going to like what we will have to do to keep her safe, but we don’t have much choice. They are smart, they won’t fall for our games, but we have enough to take them down our way.” Ant tries to reassure Sanders.
“At this point, I don’t give a f*ck how they are taken down. I want them all to pay for what they’ve done to all of us. I’m sure they are somehow behind what happened to Ayden.”
“Blades used to be in the Kings before he joined the Bastards.” I can’t help the rage that’s building up in me.
“How do you know?” Sanders asks looking into my eyes.
“He’s one of the guys responsible for the living hell I’ve been in for years.” I growl.
“Fuck!” All three men exclaim at the same time.
“You could say that.” I rub my face, being brought back to that night all over again. “We need to take them out, they’ve been f*cking with us for long enough. I know the long standing war that’s been going on between us and the Kings is a part of our history but this has to stop. Not only just for our sakes but for our women as well, we can’t keep putting them at risk because of what we do.”
“I agree. They need to be dealt with once and for all. Once we start though, it’s going to get really bloody. We’re all going to be risking our lives, so we need to ask everyone if they are in or not, give them a choice but we need as many men as possible to do this. The Kings vastly outnumber us but Ray is coming over later to discuss what we’re going to do and I’ll ask him to do a vote to find out who’s in from the Bastards and we’ll go from there,” Ant says.
“You guys need to act and fast.” Sanders says, looking at each one of us in turn. “We suspect the Kings have a huge drug deal in three days. It’s your chance to take down a good chunk of their club. Here’s the address of the exchange.” He slips a piece paper over to Ant.
“How do you know this is true and not some kind of trap?” Ant looks between the paper and Sanders.
“Because one of our cops infiltrated their club a couple of months ago, he’s been keeping tabs on them and reporting back to us. He managed to get himself in after the notes to my wife started, I trust him and sent him there myself. I hope it wasn’t a huge f*cking mistake, he’s been living, breathing, eating and f*cking like them. He’s going insane, what he’s had to witness is unbearable; it goes deeper and darker than what you could ever imagine.”
“I have a pretty good idea of what they’re capable of. I need you to do me a favor.” I look at him intensely.
“Name it.” He returns my glare and gives me a single nod.
“Tell your guy that if he ever hears anything about a girl named Vivian, to let you know exactly what was said. I need to know if they’re after her or not.”
“You’ve got it, Gabe.” I nod at him.
“We’ll be there before the exchange. Do you know with whom they are doing the exchange?”
“The Fallen Angels. From what I gathered, the Kings have been trying to screw them over for with their last couple of deals and are holding two of the Angels’ women captive. I don’t know what they are playing at but they need to be stopped.”
“Alright, we’ll talk with Ray and see what can be done. I know he’s had a good relationship with the Angels in the past so we can try and get them on board as well. Everybody wants the Kings gone so it shouldn’t be hard to find clubs to help take them down.”
“Good. I want in too.”