Page 25 of Desert Heat

“What? Is she… yours?”

“Damn straight, she is.”

They came fast and all at once after that. It’s a good thing the snow hadn’t come yet or it would’ve turned bright red.

Bellows, grunts with the sound of crunching bones was a melody I missed. They kept coming.

But Tank and I still stood.

When they all were down on the ground, the first hint of pain broke through the animal rage that had taken over me.

“You good?” I hollered over to Tank.

“Yep, just starting clean up.”

One by one, Tank started looking for cell phones, taking out the Sim cards and cracking them. Then he smashed the phones for extra insurance so none of this would blow back on us.

I sauntered over to one of the SUV’s, motioned for the shell-shocked driver to lower his window.

“Unlock the car, and help us load your boys in. Don’t ever come back here again.”

“You-you won’t hurt me?”

I stared at the kid in disgust. “I don’t beat a boy who pisses his pants at the thought of a fight. You are way out of your league coming here tonight. Do yourself a favor and don’t join, pledge.” My eyes had cut to the stupid ‘Hello my name is…’ label stuck to his chest.

I shook my head before smiling. “Tank!”

“Yeah?”

I motioned for him to come over then pointed at the sticker. “We are so doing that shit when we get home.”

“Fuck yeah,” he snickered.

“I can’t believe the woman slept through this shit.”

“I do. I took care of mine before tucking her in like a baby.”

I rolled my eyes, wincing as I tasted blood. “Shit. I forgot someone landed a cheap shot as I was pummeling his friend.”

“Did you lose a tooth?”

I checked. “Nope, all good. Get the fuck out of here,” I tapped on the hood of the pledges car after we hauled five guys in by the back of their shirts and slammed the door.

The rest of them stumbled into the other SUV before speeding away.

“This is like old times… eh?”

“I’m so damn glad you’re here with me, brutha.”

“Me, too. I’m going back in to drink some Brandi.”

I stayed out in the cold, dark, autumn night until the rest of my adrenalin wore off.

Sassy was going to be a problem.

She made enemies.

The kind that break the MC code.

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