Coyote (Hawks MC Next Generation #1) - Lila Rose Page 0,27
and stepped through. I followed. Already in the office were Griz, Blue, Vicious, Killer, Stoke, and Cowboy. He was a younger member, just twenty-one—a good guy who helped me out at the business a lot.
“You should be restin’,” Talon tried. I stared him down. “Yeah, I’d be the fuckin’ same.”
“Heard from their leader?” I asked.
“We’re expectin’ a call any second, since Killer used one of the guys’ phones and sent a video of one of the captives gettin’ worked over.”
Fucking good. I knew they would have gone about it the right way. Killer wouldn’t have shown his own face or his tats. He wouldn’t have worn his cut in it either. Totally anonymous, but still, since they were fucking with us, they’d know where it would come from.
“They tell you anythin’?” Ruin asked.
Griz snorted. “Sang like cockatoos.”
“You mean canaries,” Cowboy said.
Griz glared. “What?”
“The sayin’ is sang like canaries.” When Griz just stared Cowboy down, he added, “But it doesn’t matter what kind of bird it is.”
Blue snickered; Stoke flat-out laughed.
“What did they say?” I asked.
“Sit before you fall down, Coyote,” Talon demanded, nodding to the chair in front of his desk.
I wasn’t going to be a fool and argue since I felt like crap, so I did.
“Apparently the main guy, whose name’s Cub, was goin’ after Channa on his own. He roped those guys into helpin’ because he wanted payback on her since she made him look like a little pussy,” Stoke explained.
“Did they say what they think we stole off them?” Ruin asked.
“All he said was that we’d have to take it up with their leader. But if that fucker doesn’t tell us what it is, we’ll do some more work on the guys we have. I want this finished by the time night falls,” Talon said.
“Agreed,” I stated coldly, just as some of the other brothers did.
The phone rang. We shared a look before Talon put it on speaker. “Speak,” he ordered.
“This is Wolf. I’m the leader of the Wolf gang and see you have some of my men.”
“I’m not sure what you’re talkin’ about,” Talon answered. In case the phone call was compromised, he couldn’t say too much. “But how about we meet and sort a few things out?”
There was silence for a few beats. “I’m out the front of the compound.” The call ended. Shock rocked through me.
“He’s got some damn big balls,” Blue said.
“He does. Let’s go see what he has to say.” Talon stood, and we followed him outside. Others tried to join, but Talon told them to stay back. When we neared the locked gate, a lone man stood on the other side.
What the fuck was this? Did he think he was invincible? Unless his men were hidden somewhere close. I glanced around, like other brothers were doing, but didn’t see anything out of place. This Wolf guy, who had an Asian background, didn’t look like he belonged to a thug gang. A mobster one, yeah, with his crisp white suit, black shirt, and long jacket. His long dark hair was neatly tied at the back of his neck. His eyes were what told us he had confidence and something a little crazy in them.
Why had he started a gang? Why in the area we lived?
“Talon, I presume?” He even didn’t sound like a damn gang member. He spoke clear and correct.
“Yeah, and you’re Wolf.” Talon stopped just on the other side of the gate and crossed his arms over his chest. “You’ve come alone.”
He nodded. “In good faith.”
Blue snorted. “Good faith? After one of yours caused not one, but fuckin’ two crashes and near deaths of some of ours?”
Wolf’s jaw clenched. “Cub acted alone. He’s… let’s say… unruly. I never wanted anyone hurt. I only ordered him to ask questions, but he has something against your club that isn’t a part of my gang. I reside in Melbourne and have a few members who travel from here to the city. Cub was one of them. It was lucky I was in town checking on them when the situation happened.”
“You sayin’ he went out on his own for all this shit?” Talon asked.
“Yes.”
Talon’s silence told us he wasn’t sure whether to believe this guy. Still, Talon put his hands on his waist and stated, “He has to pay for what he’s done. Two brothers are injured, and so is a woman who’s under the club’s protection. He was going to kill them all if he had his damn way.”