Page 24 of Bolt (Iron Thunder MC 1)
Flash shook his head. He was about to deliver some bad news. “According to my informers, the Silver Knights are planning to sell half of the inventory this week.”
“Fuck!” Spike growled beside me.
“So we need to get it back before that,” Drax said. A collective buzz rang out in the room. We all knew a war would have to be waged against the Silver Knights, but maybe we all hoped we’d have some time. But by the sounds of it now, we’d have to attack in the next few days.
“We need to set a date for the raid,” Flash continued.
“Two nights from now,” Drax said.
Spike and I glanced at each other. That was too soon. We had a lot to prepare for. The prospects would have to be trained, weapons would have to be arranged, we’d have to come up with a plan of attack. All in a short period.
Silver Knights were our archrivals for a reason. They were not to be taken lightly.
“Yeah, we have to move fast,” Flash said.
“Two nights,” Drax reiterated.
Everyone was talking amongst themselves now. Spike was raising questions with me about the attack.
We need to mobilize the prospects. Do we have any info on the holding cells of the shipment? How many men do we need exactly? I can have the prospects ready by tomorrow night if we have a solid plan.
Spike’s brain was buzzing, and I watched him speak at a mile a minute. I was trying to wrap my brain around the situation too, unsure what the implication on Cassie would be if the attack went ahead. Who would watch her?
There was no way in Hell I was bringing her for a raid on the Silver Knights. It was too dangerous.
Why the fuck was I thinking about her at a time like this?
“Bolt!” Drax’s voice across the room interrupted my thoughts. A few others turned to look at me too.
“Yeah?” I shouted.
“Didn’t you say something about watching Chip’s sister? What’s happening with that? She still around?” Drax asked.
I could feel the others’ eyes on me. Especially Flash’s, all waiting to hear from me. They’d watched Cassie, seen her around the Clubhouse when she was with me, but I hadn’t exactly been supplying information about her to everyone.
I nodded at Drax now. “Yeah, she’s still around. I’m trying to figure out what to do with her.”
“She threatened to go to the cops on us.” That was Flash. He said it with a hiss in his voice. Most others in the room weren’t aware of this piece of information, least of all Drax. Now when I looked at him, I could see how displeased this made him.
“She did what?” he snarled.
“I’m handling it,” I said.
“How?” Drax was eyeing me closely.
“I’m watching her. She’s not getting anywhere near a phone or other people.”
“You let her go to work today!” Flash interjected. I could see Drax looking alarmed.
“I was with her the whole time, let her go to work to avoid suspicion. There are people she interacts with and works with every day. If she didn’t show up today, there’d be alarms raised. That’s what I was avoiding,” I explained.
“You’re making too many allowances for this chick. That’s what you’re doing,” Flash countered.
Drax raised a hand to shut us up.
“Bolt. Are you confident you have her under control?” he growled at me.
“Yes. I’m positive. She’s not doing anything or going anywhere.”
“She doesn’t deserve your time!” Flash added.
“Back the fuck down, will ya? Let him handle her. She’s his responsibility now,” Drax said.
I was prepared to fight it out with Flash if I had to. I wasn’t about to let anyone else handle Cassie. She was all mine.
Flash settled and I nodded at Drax. “Yes, I take full responsibility for her. I’ve got it covered.”
“Good. The kid’s sister is definitely not one of the problems I want to waste any time on. The rest of you better come up with a plan. We attack their holdings in two nights. We need to be fuckin’ prepared.”
Thankfully, attention was once again successfully diverted away from Cassie. Even though I could feel Flash throwing darts at me with his enraged glares, there wasn’t much he could do about it now.
Spike came up to me, thumping my back. “Hope you know what you’re doing, brother. She seems like a pain in the ass.” Then he walked away.
Maybe she was a pain in the ass. Maybe Flash was right, and I was just wasting my time and expertise on Cassie, but something about her ignited the need in me to keep her safe.
Church was over a few minutes later. Everyone had a task before the raid. I went in search of Cassie so I could figure out what to do with her next.
When I walked into the bar, it was swarmed with the regulars. Sophie and Cassie were behind the counter serving drinks.
