Trusting Nicole (The Last Hangman MC #4)(15)

I walk into the room and take my spot behind the reading desk. I set my cup down and pull the file we have in front of me. I don’t know exactly how this is going to go, whether they are going to question my relations with the Last Hangman or if they are just going to let it go. Things were pretty shaken up after what happened to Viv, Nic and Jenny. The two ‘cops’ used to transport the girls were some of my men. I thought I could trust everyone, but clearly looks can be deceiving. The head office did a background check on everybody who works here and three people were fired because they didn’t meet the right criteria to work for the law. They had passed all other tests so it was surprising they were let go. We still don’t know what had them gotten fired, but good riddance. Don’t need any more shady people here. I wonder what they found out about me.

I clear my throat to get everybody’s attention, I’m not well liked here so I’m not expecting a lot of them to willingly help in the man hunt that will need to happen when the Disciples get to New Orleans. The only person I can relate to and who actually doesn’t question every single one of my moves, is Lewis. She’s still pretty young and new to the force, but she’s the best asset this station has.

“Thank you all for joining me this morning, I won’t take much of your time. As you all know, after what happened last month with the Hades’ Kings motorcycle club, only ten of their original members were left alive. They moved out of Louisiana having lost their turf but have allied themselves with one of their chapters from Texas. Their other chapters have pretty much left them and are now laying low. The new MC is called the Hades’ Disciples. They are keeping in with the lineage of the Kings, being ruthless and attacking innocent women, mainly the ones who are scared and want nothing to do with them, they get a sick kick out of it. We’ve gotten wind that they’re coming to New Orleans to avenge the fallen Kings. We assume their main target will be the three MCs that caused the destruction of the Kings, meaning the Last Hangman, the Fallen Angels and the Bastards from Hell. We-” I stop, hearing a couple of officers scoff and chuckle. “Problem?” I glare at them, not sure it’s very efficient but it keeps me from fully snapping at them.

“Stupid names for stupid people. Seriously, who wants to get into a club that will get you killed at some point. I say we let them fix their problems amongst themselves and don’t bother trying to help or stop those Hades’ Disciples.” Walkers, one of my officers, says whilst laughing.

“Clearly you haven’t heard what the Disciples are doing, have you?” I ask, my voice laced with sarcasm.

“Enlighten me then.” He crosses his arms over his chest, provoking me. I hate that f*cker.

“My pleasure.” I pick up my mug and take a long disgusting gulp before moving around the desk. “You see, those men are capable of things much worse than the Hangman, Angels and Bastards. It is well known that they kidnap women, any random woman they see fit to fill their need. And when I say need, I mean anything, testing out drugs on them, new torture methods, sexual abuse, gang bangs within the club. They also do a lot of this in random public places, humiliating them and making them wish they were dead. Anything to feed their sick and twisted minds. Now, how would you feel if your wife or your sixteen year old daughter were the ones being taken by those men, if I can even call them that? Huh? Would you still want the MCs to solve their problems amongst themselves whilst we just sat back to wait and see what comes out of it?” I’m getting a kick out of seeing him pale at the realization of what those bastards are doing. I should be locked up with those f*ckers. “Nothing else to say?” I raise my eyebrow at him and he shakes his head. “Good.” I walk back behind the desk and look over at Lewis who’s walking over to me with a slip of paper and an envelope in her hand.

“I’d suggest keeping the envelop for later,” she says quietly.

I nod, putting the envelope in my pocket and reading the slip of paper. “Looks like they are moving faster than we anticipated. They were last seen in Baton Rouge. They tried to grab two women outside of a club last night. The guys put up a fight and the bouncers beat them up but that means they will be here in two days, three at the most. We need to set up a plan of action to stop them from causing chaos in New Orleans.”

“What can we do?” Rienks, another officer asks, clearly worried about what might happen if we were to sit back and watch.

“We need to get all the forces from the surrounding cities to set up road blocks and stop them, arrest them, kill them, I don’t care as long as they are stopped. You might not care about what damage they might do to the people living here besides your families, but the women of the three MCs I mentioned earlier will be the targets of the Disciples, and there’s no way I’m allowing any of them to be hurt again because of those low life *s.” I exhale harshly, trying to calm down. I don’t even want to imagine any of my newfound friends being hurt by those f*ckers.

Lewis steps up on the platform and faces the officers. “A plan will be drafted and distributed by two pm, make sure you read it thoroughly and stick to it. No rogue behavior will be tolerated. This is a serious case that needs to be shut down ASAP.”

I nod at Lewis then walk to my office. Talking about this case is affecting me a lot more than I thought it would. It’s hitting too close to home. Jenny died because of some of those men. Charline was targeted by them and so were Gabe and Aleck. I need to stay focused and not let it get to me as much as it is, but the reality is that I care for those people. I don’t want any of them to be hurt by those f*ckers.