Ash (Dragon Riders MC #3) - Savannah Rylan Page 0,54

Link sees it, too.”

I watched our president point his finger at the parking lot before cruising past. I recognized that place, too. Me and Scottie frequented that park a great deal when we were kids growing up in the orphanage. We’d sneak out at night and climb over the wooden fence before meeting our girlfriends underneath the metal jungle gym. Like we were big and bad ladies’ men.

This place held a lot of memories for me.

And seeing Skeleton’s bike parked off to the side made me irate.

I’ll be damned if he’s going to destroy a part of my childhood.

Granted, the park was overgrown with weeds and shit now. After two children had been killed when I was in middle school in a gang shoot-out, the park had been closed down. And they never bothered to reopen it. That was what happened on this side of town sometimes. Things that were once staples were shut down and forgot about once things got too dangerous. A lot of people never saw the point in restoring this side of things, but I always saw myself restoring it one day. Piece by piece.

Maybe that would still happen. Maybe, one day, Hannah and I would be in a position of power to be able to do something about these rundown places. Like, the hot dog and ice cream place across from the park. Or the free clinic up the street that was begging for its last leg to give out. One of these days, I’d throw some of my investment money into purchasing these rundown pieces of property and restoring them back to their former glory.

But for now, I’d settle for wiping Skeleton’s memory off the planet so he could never come over here again.

We cruised up the road for half of a mile before we pulled into an abandoned building that used to be the K-Mart in town. We circled around the side of the dilapidated place and parked our bikes in the shade to give them some cover.

Then, we hopped off and gathered into a tight circle.

“Ash, this is your side of town. What’s the best way to get into that park from here?” Link asked.

I nodded. “If we cross the road and walk up about a quarter of a mile, we’ll come across a bunch of condemned apartment buildings. Behind those buildings are overgrown walking trails that lead right into the back of the park. If we stay quiet enough, the thickness of the trees and shit will completely cover us.”

Sly nodded. “Which means we can expect those areas to be patrolled by Skeleton’s goonies.”

Bowser sighed. “Unfortunately. So, we get dressed into what we can here, then stuff our pockets and shit with as much ammo as we can carry.”

Link pointed at us. “Just make sure you don’t shoot unless you know you can make a connection. Because the second gunfire pops off, we’re going to lose him if we aren’t close enough.”

Knuckles raised his hand. “You think a couple of us should go and scout out how many people are patrolling first? Just in case shit goes south or something?”

I looked over at him. “If shit goes south, we all need to be there. There’s no point in splitting up.”

Bowser shrugged. “I don’t know. Sly and Knuckles are a hell of a team when it comes to scouting things out.”

Sly nodded. “You bet your ass we are. If we get changed into our clothes now and stay low, they won’t even know we’re there.”

Link stared down at his phone. “I just figured out what the fuck they’re doing back there.”

I paused. “I don’t like your tone of voice.”

Bowser furrowed his brow. “Who are you talking to?”

Link slid his phone into his pocket. “The Chief of Police. Word has it that Skeleton’s holding his fucking auction back there, guys.”

I shook my head. “God damn it.”

Sly clenched his fists. “I’m ready to put a bullet in this man’s head.”

Bowser swallowed a growl. “How much time do we have before the police storm this shit and completely ruin our chances of getting to this guy?”

Link licked his lips. “An hour. Maybe two. You know how slow they are to congregate and get going. But I wouldn't say any more than two hours.”

Knuckles’ head fell back with a groan. “Fuuuuck.”

I sighed. “Okay, we can work with this. But we have to come to a conclusion as a group.”

Link stared at me. “I’m a step ahead of you, Ash.”

I nodded. “Then, let’s take a vote.”

Link drew