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“Thanks,” I turn to look at him. “Truly, Rome.”
“No problem, let’s go get your woman,” Rome says with conviction.
After that, the last leg of the car ride was made in silence. Rome and I both let our thoughts wander where they did letting ourselves get into the right headspace of what was to come. It was going to take all of us. Every single last one to save Emma from Robert.
* * *
When we pulledup to the Chaos Brotherhood compound there were two recruits guarding the main gate. They look at our vehicle like they were trying to determine who the hell we were and what type of threat we may possess. I don’t blame them. I know Shadow would have upped security with what happened. He wasn’t going to take any chances. I just hope he had told the guys on the gate our names so we didn’t need to cause a scene. And trust me, scene-causing is something I was totally content on doing if these asswipes caused me a hassle. Doubt Shadow would make me pay for it either.
“Boss?” Rome hesitates as he slows his approach.
“Let me deal with it. No sudden moves,” I tell him not wanting to cause any sort of issue.
“Name,” the man on the driver's side barks loudly as we come to a stop. We barely could hear him over the bulletproof glass installed on our vehicle. With a nod to Rome, I had him roll down his window. “Name,” the kid questioned again.
I say kid because this guy had to have been in his early twenties. He still looked green and barely looked like a biker. Sure he had some tattoos covering his arms but without the black leather cut he was wearing that marked him as a member of the club, he could have passed as just some random person on the road. He didn’t even have long hair or a beard. Neither was required to be part of the club but he just didn’t look scary at all. I’m not sure where Shadow found this kid but I sure hoped he showed some promise to be kept around and trusted.
“Trevor,” I grunt, giving him just as much the cold shoulder as he gave us. If the kid wants to use one-word syllables then I can too.
“You expected?” He counters, raising an eyebrow as he looked between Rome and me like he was trying to determine who was actually the boss here.
“What do you think?” I retort already over this kid
Shadow and I will definitely be having a chat about this.
“Open the gate!” He shouts, stepping back from the car with one last glare at us.
As the gates fully opened, Rome rolled up the window and then drove us through. The large metal doors slammed quickly closed behind us as the last inch of our car made it through. It slightly annoyed me but it wasn’t my position to bitch about how Shadow wanted to operate his own security. At least not today.
“Pull up next to that black Tahoe. It’s Steels,” I instruct Rome. He does exactly what I said and as we're getting out Steel followed closely behind by Shadow are walking out the front door to the clubhouse to greet us.
“Bout time your ugly mug shows up,” Shadow calls out.
I roll my eyes and meet up with him, giving him a firm handshake. “You’re ugly mug could have come to visit as well.”
“You and I both know I would never leave Rachel and the kids here alone,” Shadow mumbles.
“Ha,” I chuckle. “Like Rachel hasn’t begged you to her and the kids visit. We all know that’s bullshit.”
“You ain’t the only one with enemies, Trev. Mine are a little more violent than your own.” Shadow shrugs like that’s explanation enough and in reality, it is. Right now Robert and his connections are truly my only enemies. Shadow, however, has pissed off plenty of people and I know a few of them are the type to use his family against him.
“Aight, fair,” I retort. “Before your woman comes barreling down here reaming my ass how about me head inside and debrief? I really hope you all have some info for me.”
“You’re right about that. She isn’t happy you all were staying nearby for the week and not once did you bring the girls here to visit her. Rachel is pissed I’ve kept her cooped up here until shit is handled with… well handled,” he avoids stating who he is currently having issues with. I know if he needed our help he would ask for it but the man prefers to keep things in house to help keep our business clear of more nefarious activities.
“You and I both know the reason we stayed at the house is the amount of security we have on it. The jammers and everything else there helped keep any and all signals blocked unless I specifically approved them.” It’s not like I have to explain any of my reasoning or why I did what I did to the man but he’s basically family so I didn’t mind doing it.
“You don’t gotta explain it to me, Brother. Just my wife,” he laughs. We both know that damn woman isn’t going to accept any sort of logical answer if it isn't the answer she wants. “Keys got the security tapes from the diner and they caught a couple of faces. Hopefully, you all can identify them. The one looks oddly familiar but for the life of me I haven’t been able to place him and neither can Steel.” Shadow clasps the man's shoulder before leading us inside.
As we walk in I notice the place is mostly empty. There’s no music playing, any partying going on, and most importantly there aren’t any club whores wandering around trying to entertain the man and find their warm bed for the night. Instead, there are kids hanging out watching television on the far side of the room with several old ladies watching over them.
“Lockdown,” Shadow answers the unspoken question.
That makes sense. Women and kids are always to be protected. What better place to do that than bringing them all here to stay under one roof? Takes less manpower to watch them all in one place than it would to place a brother on each family to watch them all. Shadow always has been a smart man.
“Alright, show me this man, and let’s see what sort of ideas we can muster up of where they are hiding.” Silently, our small group makes it to the president’s office down the hall with more members of his Council waiting for us. Looks like this long night is about to get even longer. None of us will be sleeping until we have a solid lead to work off of.
THIRTY
