Chapter 7 #2
Both Psycho and I agree. When I tell them about Salvatore’s offer, Incubus is the first to say he can shove it up is fat ass.
Psycho is a bit more mellow but agrees and says no fuckin’ way.
I then explain the problem with going against the Mob, which draws the three of us into a long-ass conversation about how to say no and continue to live.
There are many ways to work this, we just need to find the best one.
My thought is to go over Salvatore’s head, which both of my brothers agree with, though they say we need to do it quietly and carefully.
Psycho said maybe with what Julie and Stash found it could help, letting the powers that be know Salvatore is a total fuckup and stealing from them behind their backs.
Making them look like total fools within their circles.
That should hit deep, as from what I’ve seen over the years the big shots worry more about appearances and what others think than more important things.
This might work to our advantage and finally get us out from under Salvatore’s thumb, which would finally set us free.
The three of us sit in my office for quite a while, trying to plan what is going to be the best direction to take our club.
Incubus suddenly looks me in the eye all serious as shit.
“Prez, we need to get both Julie and Stash in here because they need to come clean, and we all know it. Salvatore isn’t willing to put a five million dollar hit out because an accountant or bookkeeper found out he was skimming off the top.
What she found has him shitting himself, which we’ve never seen, even when we had that bloodbath with them a few years back.
I can’t believe I’m about to say this, but I can actually respect the brother-sister team.
They’ve held it together, and after the initial fight for power between me and Girlie, things have been pretty quiet.
Watching them, I can see the love they share, which for all of us is a fuckin’ new thing.
Don’t get me wrong, brothers, I do love each of you but their love is much purer than what we share.
Ours is built first from our time in the military, which led to this club and our fighting together to not only build what we have now, but also surviving whatever was thrown our way, and finally for our brotherhood within the Kings of Anarchy.
I’ve never seen that kind of love, so it intrigues me for some fuckin’ reason. ”
Both Psycho’s and my jaws fall open and are looking at Incubus like he suddenly grew another head.
Where the fuck is this emotion coming from, and especially from him?
Something is happening with all of us with the arrival of the Drake siblings, that’s for sure.
I know the shit I’m feeling when I’m around Julie is exciting and pissing me off all at once.
Never once have I ever let a woman tie me up in knots, but this purple-haired little brat is driving me fuckin’ insane.
She’s got enough attitude to keep up with all my brothers while having a heart of gold.
That you can see with how she’s stayed close to her brother, protecting him at all costs.
You don’t see that very often anymore. We all agree we need to have this conversation sooner rather than later, so Psycho gets to go grab Stash and Julie.
Incubus is giving me a weird eye look that I can’t read at all.
“What the fuck is your problem now, brother? Did I do something wrong or what? I’ve stayed off your ass lately, letting you run wild ’cause I know sometimes you need it.
Could have ripped ya a new one when you fuckin’ gunned down those two fuckers at our Airbnb, right in front of Julie, but I never said a goddamn word. So what’s crawled up your ass?”
He just keeps eyeing me without saying a word. Right when I feel like my head is going to explode, he gives me one of his evil-as-fuck smirks before fucking with me, which he likes to do sometimes when everything is quiet and on the down low.
“Damn, Cobalt, you’re so fuckin’ easy to rile up. So, when are ya gonna admit you want that little pain in the ass? Don’t deny it, we can all see it. Might as well take advantage of her being locked down with us. No, it doesn’t have to be a long-term thing but don’t fight it either.”
“Incubus, ya know I don’t like the bullshit that goes with all that relationship shit. We both know it can bite us in the ass. Yeah, she’s under my skin with her snarky mouth and, damn, her hot fuckin’ body, but honestly, it’s her damn big heart that is tearing me in two.”
Incubus is looking at me strangely until I hear a voice that haunts my dreams.
“Come on, Blue Eyes, why is it tearing you in two? And to clarify something you said about biting that fine ass of yours, if I did, you would come back begging me to keep doing it.”
I hear Stash giving his sister crap while my brothers crack up.
It hasn’t happened in years, but I can feel the heat hitting my cheeks.
Hating I have to turn around and face her, but being the man I am, I never back down from anything.
When our eyes meet, I know as much as I fight it, that tight as fuck body is gonna be warming my bed and body.
And seriously, I can’t wait. The chemistry between us is off the charts just being in the same room.
But I need to control my hunger for her until we get the answers we need to try and clean up this mess we are all involved in with the fuckin’ Mob, and worse, Salvatore.