Page 84 of Last One Standing
“For now, maybe.” Ahead I saw the vehicles and bikes.
“What’s the plan?” Noel obviously had finished talking with Phoenix since his voice came through our speaker.
“Talking didn’t get us anywhere.” Four snorted.
I was about to speak when, from the side of the SUV, a large man was dragging another man by the hair.
“Shit, that’s Brick!” Kona gasped.
“An offering?” Shep shrugged. “I mean, I’ll take it, but I think if we let any of these guys leave, we’re causing ourselves future problems.”
He was right. “Let me just go out. If it falls to shit, drive through these motherfuckers.”
“Angel!” Kona shouted. “Why are you the one always offering yourself up to be killed?”
“Kona, please stay in the van with Noel and the others. Watch my six—I trust you.”
There was a silence, and I thought he wouldn’t say anything more. But he did.
“I love you, Angel. And you have to live so you can say it back to me.”
My heart thudded almost painfully in my chest. “Kona…”
“No! You get out of this and then tell me.”
I nodded, and realizing he couldn’t see me, I answered. “Okay.”
I faced Gabe, Four, Nick, and Shep. “Cover me.”
“Always,” they responded in unison, which would almost have been comical if the situation wasn’t so dire.
When I stepped out, the passenger door of one of the SUVs opened and Colette exited. Her red suit was a little dirty and her hair slightly disheveled, but she still appeared more put together than anyone else.
“If you fucking think I’m going to listen or believe anything you say, you’re a crazier bitch than I thought.” That was how I greeted her.
She laughed. “No, you’d be dead right now if you were an idiot.” She motioned to Brick. “I know a strong adversary, one that could be beneficial to my growing business.”
She wanted to work with us. Yeah, she was insane.
“You’re giving us Brick as a peace offering?”
She shrugged. “Call it an advance.”
“You fucking whore!” Brick yelled, only to earn a punch to the head from the man holding him.
I glanced at the other bikers. Tank was there, but he wasn’t giving anything away about what was happening.
“So I kill Brick, and then what?”
She smirked. “Then we sit and talk about how we’ll make a lot of money together.”
I narrowed my eyes at her, unsure how to proceed here. If I shot at her and Brick, I’d go down in a heartbeat. But…I looked at Tank again.
“You’d work with my brothers and the MC together?”
Tank’s jaw tightened. He didn’t like that idea either, and when she responded, “Yes,” I saw the unrest in the other Kings.
“I see.”
