DAX
EAGLE
I knew my Little Hellcat wouldn’t miss anything.
“Puzzler, Mastiff’s father was the president at the time and he ran a disorganized crew.
I decided because the boy was still so young it was wrong to kill him if he got a chance to get out of this life and start over.
We ran them out of town they lost everything, and instead of seeing it as a new start he turned into one of the most ruthless leaders of the Mad Dogs, Nevada chapter.
Mastiff has grown the Mad Dogs to three chapters big, having crews in Utah and Idaho.
If he really decides to come after us then we will be wiped out for good, because he learned from my mistake and leaves no one alive,” I explained watching her bright blue eyes for any hint of what she was thinking.
Turning on her heel she walked up the steps to the loft leaving us sitting there with our thumbs up our asses.
I glanced over at Weston to see if he had any clue what was going on but he was sitting back in his chair with his head back and eyes closed.
If he wasn’t worried then I would leave her be for the moment but it made my skin itch that she just walked away from me like that.
The anger I had when I walked into my room and saw her clothes strewn across my bed and on the floor made me punch a hole in the wall.
I had to search the whole room to make sure she didn’t fuck with anything else before I could calm down.
Picking up and folding all the new clothes Tilly got for her, I went to put them up in her room then decided differently.
If she wanted to leave them here then they were going to stay here.
After that I had gone to my office to get work done when all the alarms went off and our security system on the fence went offline.
It sent the whole compound into a panic, all the men knew of the danger we could be facing at any moment.
I’d decided to keep it from all the women, there was no need to cause them to panic when we had no clue if or when it was coming.
Seeing the chaos that happened reinforced to me that we needed to get stronger, smarter and to do that we needed people like Dax and Weston on our side to do it.
Two Tricks got the best of the best hidden in his empire and I would do whatever it took to keep my people safe from a disaster I caused by being too weak.
“East, did you set off all the alarms and crash our system?” I asked, causing the man to open one eye at me which he promptly closed.
My fists clenched at his disrespect. He might not be one of my crew but he was someone I needed to get along with if I wanted Dax to stick around.
“My money’s on you doing it because Dax isn’t good enough to infiltrate our system that fast. I had one of the best people I could find to build the security for that and he said the only one who was better than him worked exclusively for Tricks.
Add in the fact that when we tried to look into Dax there was absolutely no footprint for her anywhere on the web,” I pushed hoping to get some kind of reaction out of him, although if he’s been living with Dax that will be harder than I thought.
Weston sighed and opened his eyes sitting up. “My consultation rate is three-hundred an hour.”
“Wessie, that is quite the pretty penny, how do we know you're worth it?” Cognac asked.
Clearly Cognac had bonded with this guy in their time together or he wouldn’t be using those ridiculous nicknames. It had taken him years to stop doing that to the rest of us, but if you didn’t get a nickname then you were not on his good side.
“You’re kidding right? I literally demolished your security in five minutes from that crap computer and your cell phone. If I had my own set up anything you had on your network would have been mine for the taking. Besides that guy was right, I am one of the best.” Weston answered glaring at Cognac.
“So did your cocky ass attitude rub off on her or did she rub off on you?” Sprocket asked, tapping his chin in thought. “Hmm, my guess is you got it from her, that woman came out of the womb ready to take over the world.”
Seeing as how we finally got him talking I was going to use it to my advantage.
“The Phantom Saints would like to hire you to work on our system. We will pay your fee and buy whatever you tell us to so we can have the best system we can. I have women and children at the compound to think of and keep safe.”
Footsteps thundered down the stairs as Dax came flying back into the room.
“Oh so you’re willing to do whatever it takes to protect your people from this Mastiff jackass no problem.
Yet a guy who went to jail for you and ended up getting mixed up in a tough situation doesn’t deserve your help?
Explain the logic between that to me? He spent two fucking years in prison to keep you out so you could protect everyone else and keep the crew safe and running.
Then when you don’t offer him any protection in jail he does the best he can then you just toss him out like trash! ”
The venom in her words slapped me in the face causing me to lean back as she stalked towards me.
My mind raced trying to catch up with where she was coming from— then I remembered.
She had asked us a question when we first met her at the party.
At that time we had no idea what she wanted from us but we had obviously gotten it very wrong.
I thought it was a metaphor of working with Tricks and if we betrayed him what would happen, not taking it literally.
“Oh fuck she asked you the question didn’t she?” Weston muttered, shaking his head.
I met Dax’s gaze, her anger making them more mesmerizing. “Ask me the question again.”
She scoffed and balled her hands into fists, my jaw started to ache again from her attention earlier.
“Dax. Ask me the question again.” I demanded.
Jutting out her chin she took a deep breath and gave me the same scenario as last time then asked me the question that means more to her than she lets on. “Upon him getting out of jail and coming back to the club what would you do?”
“He never would have had to work with the drug ring because I would have had his back. Any man who would take the fall for me deserves to be protected in return. That man would have been welcomed back with open arms and a big ass party,” I answered never letting my gaze waver from hers.
“Obviously you would change your answer, you knew you got it wrong last time. How can I believe anything you’re saying now?” Dax demanded.
“Because that’s what he did for me,” Void answered, shocking Dax her eyes wide.