was no place for a woman. Didn't mean her men wouldn't tell her what was goin' down. Like I knew our prez in Ballarat, Talon, would confide in Wildcat with all business he saw to. Which was how it should be in this day and age...unless it was something violent as fuck. Then they were better off not knowing, and their men were better off protecting them from sleepless nights.
"Something you should all know," Lan started. He met my eyes, and I gave him the nod to go ahead just as Beast and Memphis walked in the back door off the kitchen. Once they sat, Lan went to continue but I interrupted.
"Memphis, you should sit here." I stood.
Memphis shook his head. "Don't be fuckin' stupid. I'm too old and tired, so you're running the show for now, fucker, until I talk to Talon."
"Memph—"
"No, shut the fuck up. Let's talk."
With a stiff, shocked nod, I put his words aside and went on. "Beast, Memphis has given you the go-ahead to be here. Means he trusts you. I don't yet. Earn that trust from us here and we'll always have your back. But we can't trust yet. Not when we know there's a traitor among the Caroline Springs charter."
"I'll do what I have to. No cunt should fuck with the brotherhood."
"Agreed." I nodded. "Whatever you hear today stays in this room. If I find someone knows something that's been talked about today, I'll know it's you because the others at this table have my full trust. They’re true brothers who have my heart and soul."
He eyed us all then gave me a chin lift. He understood. If he fucked up then we'd fuck him up.
"Now, Lan, what were—"
The back door banged open and in walked one of Blackie's brothers. I stood quickly, my gun drawn and under his chin in seconds.
"Started without me, I see." The punk smiled.
" Parker ?" Pick hissed.
Lan cleared his throat. "As I was going to say, I have a new partner who is deep undercover in the Venom MC Club."
"What the fuck?" Pick barked.
I stepped back, lowered my gun and sat back down, seeing the guy wasn't a threat. Parker pulled out the chair next to me, turned it around and straddled it. He grinned at Pick then Billy and asked, "How's sweet Josie?"
"Don't fuckin' ask about her. Tell us what in the fuck is goin' on," Pick bellowed.
"Calm down," Parker said. "Like Lan said, I'm a detective who's undercover in the hell of fuckdom with the Venom club."
"Parker?" Josie stood in the doorway, no doubt hearing her man yell his damn head off.
Parker's smile was wide. He stood and approached Josie, but Billy moved quickly and stepped in front of him with a hand to his chest. "Not another step," he warned.
Parker rolled his eyes and said over Billy, "Good to see you, honey."
"What are you doing here?"
"Meeting, little girl." He smiled.
"Precious, head back into the living room. We'll talk soon," Pick said.
She looked to her man and took note of his serious expression. She nodded once, waved to the room, and headed back down the hall.
"Pick, Billy, wanna tell the rest of us how you know this guy?" I asked.
But it was Parker who said, "I own and still live, sometimes, in the place Josie used to live at."
Well, fuck me.
"All right, how about we all sit the hell down and get some shit sorted," I said. Once Billy and Parker sat their arses down, I asked, "Got anything to tell us?"
"Got shit all. Only been within their walls for six months. Since I'm new, they don't tell me shit. All I do know is that the guy who's dealing with the slave business used to be a member of Venom. He'd left just before I got in. What you do have to worry about is Venom fuckin' shit up for you Hawks guys. They want your turf, your businesses and they're willing to play dirty to get it."
"Fuck, just like we thought."
"You got a rat. Overheard the sergeant in arms talking on the phone to someone from your club. He was getting nice information on who's where and shit."
"Tell us something we don't know. Just installed cameras at the compound. Missed the garage because we found
"Something you should all know," Lan started. He met my eyes, and I gave him the nod to go ahead just as Beast and Memphis walked in the back door off the kitchen. Once they sat, Lan went to continue but I interrupted.
"Memphis, you should sit here." I stood.
Memphis shook his head. "Don't be fuckin' stupid. I'm too old and tired, so you're running the show for now, fucker, until I talk to Talon."
"Memph—"
"No, shut the fuck up. Let's talk."
With a stiff, shocked nod, I put his words aside and went on. "Beast, Memphis has given you the go-ahead to be here. Means he trusts you. I don't yet. Earn that trust from us here and we'll always have your back. But we can't trust yet. Not when we know there's a traitor among the Caroline Springs charter."
"I'll do what I have to. No cunt should fuck with the brotherhood."
"Agreed." I nodded. "Whatever you hear today stays in this room. If I find someone knows something that's been talked about today, I'll know it's you because the others at this table have my full trust. They’re true brothers who have my heart and soul."
He eyed us all then gave me a chin lift. He understood. If he fucked up then we'd fuck him up.
"Now, Lan, what were—"
The back door banged open and in walked one of Blackie's brothers. I stood quickly, my gun drawn and under his chin in seconds.
"Started without me, I see." The punk smiled.
" Parker ?" Pick hissed.
Lan cleared his throat. "As I was going to say, I have a new partner who is deep undercover in the Venom MC Club."
"What the fuck?" Pick barked.
I stepped back, lowered my gun and sat back down, seeing the guy wasn't a threat. Parker pulled out the chair next to me, turned it around and straddled it. He grinned at Pick then Billy and asked, "How's sweet Josie?"
"Don't fuckin' ask about her. Tell us what in the fuck is goin' on," Pick bellowed.
"Calm down," Parker said. "Like Lan said, I'm a detective who's undercover in the hell of fuckdom with the Venom club."
"Parker?" Josie stood in the doorway, no doubt hearing her man yell his damn head off.
Parker's smile was wide. He stood and approached Josie, but Billy moved quickly and stepped in front of him with a hand to his chest. "Not another step," he warned.
Parker rolled his eyes and said over Billy, "Good to see you, honey."
"What are you doing here?"
"Meeting, little girl." He smiled.
"Precious, head back into the living room. We'll talk soon," Pick said.
She looked to her man and took note of his serious expression. She nodded once, waved to the room, and headed back down the hall.
"Pick, Billy, wanna tell the rest of us how you know this guy?" I asked.
But it was Parker who said, "I own and still live, sometimes, in the place Josie used to live at."
Well, fuck me.
"All right, how about we all sit the hell down and get some shit sorted," I said. Once Billy and Parker sat their arses down, I asked, "Got anything to tell us?"
"Got shit all. Only been within their walls for six months. Since I'm new, they don't tell me shit. All I do know is that the guy who's dealing with the slave business used to be a member of Venom. He'd left just before I got in. What you do have to worry about is Venom fuckin' shit up for you Hawks guys. They want your turf, your businesses and they're willing to play dirty to get it."
"Fuck, just like we thought."
"You got a rat. Overheard the sergeant in arms talking on the phone to someone from your club. He was getting nice information on who's where and shit."
"Tell us something we don't know. Just installed cameras at the compound. Missed the garage because we found
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