und to be a lot of heat on the Beat Machines after the brawl and shootout last night

ecking ball on a field of fire. On top is "

ad. When a brother walked around, he was expected to wear

ening to get harder and harder as he remembered her tight curves and t

was the cause of the

omeone like her would never shack up with him for long-she was too clean

t steaming car, she was a vision. He'd strugg

ugh cracks, an A/C unit at each end blowing with small ribbons tied to the vent. It was not heavily populated: a few trucke

had come to meet. Four men, his brothers,

he enticing Rhian out of his mind and s

Eagle. A conflict wi

period of time-that lust had a long way to go if it wanted to meet his desi

his brothers at the boot

n record; he was the guy who called the cops and arranged bail when the brawls becam

outlaws could tolerate. He had decorated his house with road

e swore by his bacon and whiskey diet and breathed every breath for the duration of the club's existence. The Beat Machines made four runs a year, two of

aw bikers constantly, looking for any reason to pull them

He'd been running his own private guerrilla campaign against the cops ever since, using the internet to become well-versed in traffic and automotive law. Every citation he received, he t

ullshit if you're not fighti

cco juice in his lap. The only reason he began chewing tobacco was s

d soldier. Mitch had been a patch wearer for a little more than three years. Grim took great pride in presenting him with the patch and presiding over the vote. Many thought Mitch

residing over the table as if he were a lord at court. Thick forearms leathery from years of riding in the open air sprouted

fferent reasons. He was a widower as a result of the

at Machines for ten years at the time, and the police considered him a high-risk target. When they arrived i

Manila. That would mean a lot of money flowing through here. We'd be making more than twice as much as

. He didn't give a damn about starting a war, and

harder life for them. There was no worse crime for a

in, pushing a

saw where I was going in the ba

p this oncoming speed train with my pinky finger. And while I'm doing the rest of

Mitch had a point-that every man's actions were his own.But God

il that jerk's a$$ to the wall and make him pay for it. The war would be a g

. Rumors are going around that the cops want to pin this on some Machines member, and you're the most high-profile member we go

his bottom lip, making a circle.

nd that's just the ones these lazy fucks will tell me about when they're not protecting you." He motioned to Rude and Doug with his hand. "I know you're keeping an eye o

ks before. He had won comfortably, but not unanimously. Grim had graciously acce

in office had to be accompanied

hat was a blow. That was a deep blow. It would also explain a lot of things. Gabe

Keeping an eye on Grim to make

uation last night? What sort of Sergeant-at-Arms was he back the

hers conspire

'd sho

d. "We have the Flags. We can do

im, actions have consequences. We're running low on men, and you

several of their number off the road. The majority of the time on drug charges, which meant that those brothers were fucked for a

tion I'm taking as President? You can't do that," Grim said, his voice even-keeled. A heavy, har

at's a joke. I didn't brin

" anyone at all. Last he checked, raising children didn't entail delegating all of the work to your olde

e cared al

ch decisions on your own. We couldn't unless we

hat they, a minimum of Rude and Doug, were already on board with t

vote," Mitch said

that he knew it had to be this fashion. But the re

on't be a controversy to place a l

people in town," Rude predicted. There a

ade said. "Either he

Grim did, this was visiting happen in a very week's time, give or take each day. Unless he

n you think tha

ou. I'm unsure what it's. You're pursuing violence and pussy as if it were a variety of currency. If you'r

of remaining calm. you wish me to be calm? You're talking about throwing

e in. an on the spot and unstoppable thought struck him. The

ve even go

. Silverware clattered before of him. None

Rude. "One you ain't been

recognize me. I got a reputation. I don't

One beget the opposite, a clean chain

"Maybe you saw me reprehension her earlier outside. We saw one another, coincidence.