Trusting Nicole (The Last Hangman MC #4)(40)

“It’s alright guys.” she tells them, smiling her killer smile. The same one that made my knees weak the first time we met.

We walk outside to the picnic tables that are right outside of the compound and sit down.

“Aren’t you worried about your cover being completely blown now that they know?” she asks.

“It did cross my mind. Nothing I can do now and to be honest, I’ll be happy when I can stop pretending I’m a cop. It was a means to an end in the beginning but it’s getting tiring now. I hate it, always did except for the day we met.”

“What will happen when your cover’s blown?” she asks looking worried.

“Depends. I could just resign and they wouldn’t, or at least shouldn’t, find out as long as I don’t stay here. They could arrest me and lock me up for impersonating being a cop or Sergei could have me killed for treason.”

“Great.” She sighs.

“It’s going to be alright, don’t worry.” I kiss her head.

“Lips off of my sister, Sanders.” Gabe bellows making Nicole groan.

“Cock blocker!” she yells at him.

“Damn straight.” Gabe smirks at her.

“Ant wants to see you, Jason.” Aleck tells me. I’m not sure if it’s a good or a bad thing.

“Okay.” Not thinking about it, I lean over and kiss Nicole before heading back inside. I feel bad for a second for leaving her outside alone with her brothers, but considering the profanities and promises of ruining their sex lives I hear her shouting at them, she’ll be fine.

I walk back into the chapel and sit down after Ant motions for me to do so.

“Well, you’re full of surprises. First Nicole, then working for the Russian mafia and not being a cop. We never knew what to make of you, why you had such good intel and good connections, well now we know. We’re keeping you around for the time being, we’ll keep our mouths shut about what we know as long as you don’t cross us again. Don’t lie to us or go behind our backs again. We won’t tolerate another stunt like this. If you have anything else you need to say to us, speak now.” He means business, which is understandable, but I can’t lie and say it doesn’t hurt.

“They might not be here just for Nicole.” I sigh and show him Slider’s letter.

“Who is he?”

“Disciples’ Prez.”

“To you?”

“Old enemy.”

“Look, I’m offering you a chance to speak up and make amends for what you’ve done to us. You broke our trust. You need to earn it back.

“I took his parents, tortured them and killed them. Happy?” I glare at him.

“Fuck and now he wants revenge. I don’t get why us though. It makes no sense.”

“He’s dead set on killing me and hurting everybody around me. Obviously, they have something against Nicole too. I don’t know why they’d want you guys dead besides revenge for the Kings but from the phone call I got, he didn’t sound too keen on the Kings.” I say defeated.

“We’ll figure it out. We need to keep our women safe, that’s our top priority.”

“They seem to be wanting to frame the Russians so the target and focus would be off their backs. They placed old guns they had from deals they made with the Russians years ago in an old Kings hangar. The guns are at the station at the moment.”

“Motherf*ckers are getting crafty.” He shakes his head and we hear the loud rumble of a badly fixed bike.

We walk out to see who it is and to our surprise, it’s one of the Disciples’ prospects. Either he’s f*cking stupid or they promised him gold if he rode onto the Hangman territory.

“Who the f*ck are you and what do you want?” Ant asks him, not in a kind way.

“The Disciples have a message for Jason and Nicole.” He looks uneasy, that’s good, he’s scared of us and he f*cking should be.

“Go on then.” I tell him.

“T-they wanted you to know that you won’t escape the judgement that was planned for you all along. You won’t get away with your sins.” He goes to start back his bike and leave but a couple of the Hangman and Bastards stop him from going anywhere.

“I want you to deliver a message for me to your Prez, boy. Tell him to come out of hiding and come play with us. We took the Kings once, we won’t hesitate to take you down again. No matter the consequences. Just know that we won’t be as nice as we were the first time.” Ant smirks at him and the kid rides off almost slipping on his way out of the compound.

“What now?” Gabe asks Ant and they look at each other as if they have an understanding that no one is aware of.

“Now? We get ready for war,” I say, earning me a couple of glares.





CHAPTER 15




Nicole

Today can go suck a big fat one.

I didn’t expect to have to confess to everyone what I did, and I was expecting a much bigger reaction but they all seemed proud of me that I stood up for myself. The one I’m worried about is Jase. Gabe and Aleck asked him to stay so they could talk and sent me home. Callum was kind enough to drive me back and he’s now sitting in the living room drinking a cold beer while I heat up some leftover lasagna. I’m a nervous wreck, not from being alone with him, but because I know he’s going to grill me about what happened and also because of Jase being alone with my brothers.