way.
“So, when are we going to put an end to all of this shit?” a face that she hadn’t seen before said as he barged his way into the room.
“I don’t know, Axe,” Bull said as he ran a hand through his hair and then pulled his leather jacket off over his broad shoulders, exposing his bulging muscles. Serena instinctively averted her eyes.
“We can’t have this continuing,” Axe said. “I was counting on that money, Bull.”
“I know,” Bull sighed. “And don’t worry, they’re not going to get away with it.”
“When are we attacking?” Stick said as he closed the door to the refrigerator and spun around. “I say we go tonight.”
Serena instantly felt alarmed. The thought of them leaving and heading out into danger was the last thing she wanted to have to comprehend.
“No, not tonight,” Bull said. “That’s exactly what they’ll be expecting, and when we do what they expect, we’re only putting ourselves at an instant disadvantage.”
“So what, we’re just going to wait?” Stick asked with a scowl. “It’s already been a week since they stole the truck from right under our noses. They’ve probably managed to shift all of our stuff by now. They’re laughing at us, Bull!” He slammed his bottle down on the counter and curled his lip in rage.
The atmosphere in the room had rapidly nosedived and Serena was starting to wish that she had made her way back up to the top floor when she had the chance.
“I know how we need to play this,” he said sternly. “And from now on, that’s all that matters.” He glared at Stick before he pushed past him, knocking him in the shoulder and marched out of the room.
Axe and Stick looked at each other and Stick shook his head.
“He’s losing it,” he said. “He’s fucking losing it for all of us.”
“No,” a voice came from behind them, which startled Serena, it was Lynx. “He’s right. We have to bide our time. You two are relatively new here and I’m not undermining you, but you don’t understand how The Iron Riders operate. We’ve been fighting them for over a decade and they play dirty. We need to outdo them on such a big level that there will be no coming back for them. They’re pussying around us, making little threats and digs here and there. We’re going to rip the rug right out from underneath all of them and make sure they never get back up.”
Serena’s heart began to race again. She had never heard Lynx speak like that, she almost didn’t know that he had it in him.
Stick nodded slowly.
“You’re right,” he said admirably. “You know The Iron Riders and how they work better than I do. I just hate the thought of them screwing us over any more than they already have.”
“They won’t,” Lynx said. “But they will get what’s coming to them and more. We just have to let them think they’re winning first.”
Stick flashed a wicked smile and nodded his head. After all he had seen and done during his time in The Forsaken Riders, he had never considered that this may be the reason that they were moving so slowly. His brothers did have a plan and by the sound of it, it was going to be crazy. A plan to end all plans and every last member of The Iron Riders once and for all.
“Serena,” Lynx said as he turned and stared at her angrily. “I’ve already told you, I don’t want you partaking in any of these discussions.” His eyes were full of rage, and even though she was feeling just as angry right back at him, she bit her tongue and nodded before she turned to Stick and gave him a sad smile.
As she left the room and walked back up to her bedroom, she just hoped that he would feel the need to overrule Lynx’s wishes as much as she did.
CHAPTER 10
Night fell and she lay in bed tossing and turning as she looked out the window and up at the bright glow of the moon. She had waited for over two hours, hoping that Stick would come for her, but when it had gotten closer and closer to midnight, she
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