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“No, enlighten me,” I say, feeling a smirk play on my lips.
“It’ll keep you in everlasting ignorance.”
And with that, I’m left to navigate the murky waters of my new reality. The only thing standing between me and a bullet in the brain is an outlaw biker gang.
Oops,club.
CHAPTERSEVEN
Lucky
With Aria settled in the clubhouse with the girls and a few prospects, I make my way to the sanctuary so we can talk business. I’m not an officer yet, but the officers voted to let me in at this meeting since I’m so close to Geoffrey and Aria Morgan.
Once we take our seats around the table, Ace nods. “This meeting will come to order,” he says, hitting the gavel on the block. The room goes silent.
“First order of business is that we’re making money hand over fist. The partnership with Rojas is more lucrative than we ever imagined, which is good news for us until we’re ready to pull the trigger on our final plan.”
A hint of a smile plays around his mouth, and I feel myself slowly relaxing into the leather seat.
“Fuck yeah,” Dix growls and keeps the applause and contentment going at the good news.
“But,” Ace says over our cheers, extending the word until we settle. “This can’t last forever, not if we still want to stay on track for revenge.”
“We do,” Dix growls, all trace of his earlier happiness gone. “There ain’t enough money in the world to let those motherfuckers get away with what they’ve done.”
His words mimic what most of us feel but hearing it from him when he’s married to Arturo’s daughter is strange.
There’s an electric energy in the room, but Ace does his magic and keeps it simmering without allowing it to boil over.
“The question is,” his gaze swings to me, “will Geoffrey’s detainment fuck up our plans?”
“Nah,” I sigh and shake my head. “Morgan runs a tight and efficient operation, so the business will run for quite a while without him. I mean, he’s always gone, anyway.”
“You sure about that?” Dix’s brows arch as he poses the question.
I nod. “Yes, and Aria managed to grab the company ledgers before the feds kicked us out of the building. Therealledgers,” I clarify, mimicking her earlier words.
Shades perks up at this news. “Where the fuck are they?”
I grab my backpack and turn it upside down so the four leatherbound books spill onto the table. “Go through them and see if there’s anything in there we need to know, especially about Rojas and LTC.”
“Good work, Lucky.” Ace’s satisfied nod makes me feel like I’m not fucking everything up.
“As much as we all like raking in the dough that working with Rojas brings,” Dix starts and looks around the room. “We need to start looking to the end of our relationship with LTC. We’re flush with cash. We haven’t got caught—thank God—and I’m ready to end the rest of them.”
Dix’s bloodlust is at fever pitch, and while I don’t blame him–guy fell for his wife before he knew she was Arturo’s daughter–I’m surprised he’s so eager to get rid of her only remaining family.
I laugh and shake my head. “And here I thought you would be the voice of reason.”
“What can I say?” Dix says with a shrug. “I love Valentina as much as I hate her father. And more importantly, what she doesn’t know won’t hurt her.”
I didn’t necessarily agree with Dix about keeping his wife in the dark, but his relationship is none of my business.
Ace adds, “When we hit ‘em, it has to be careful and deliberate. If we fuck it up, it means war. Again.”
“We won’t fuck it up,” Dix insists as he looks around the table at each of the brothers. “We can’t afford to make any mistakes, which means that we need to keep the plans to ourselves, even in front of our women. Especially Valentina.”
“I’m with Dix,” Coop offers. “The LTC can’t kill our men and think we’re too weak to retaliate.”
