Page 45 of All's Fair in Love & Wrath
“Then let’s vote. Wrath?” Fucking finally.
“All in favor of working with Saint to take out Cain and get his club back, raise your right hand.”
Every single one of us raises our hands except Chaos. It’s apass, but we all wait for what he’ll say or do. If we do this, we need him to lead. We need him to get us through it.
“You’ve all decided, then. You told me to sleep on it, and I did. If we do this, there’s one condition. I expect full loyalty in return. I can’t force that loyalty, we all know this, but seeing as how our end goal is aligned, we need to forge something new by working together to reach a common goal. We get Saint’s club back, and he retires the Kingsnakes MC and adopts it as another chapter of Hell’s Heathens: Autumn Bay.”
Fuck. There’s discussion all around me, but all I can think about is how Saint is going to react to this. You can’t buy loyalty with money, force, or fear, but collaboration to reach a common goal? This might just work.
“I’ll make the call.”
Chaos nods, dismissing us, and I pull out my burner phone, walking through the clubhouse like my ass is on fire, calling Saint. He picks up on the first ring.
“That was faster than I expected. This can’t be good.”
“It’s not great. I don’t know how you’re gonna feel about this.”
“Hit me with it, then. Can’t be worse than what I’m already dealing with.”
“Chaos’ number one thing is trust and loyalty. He’s agreed to help you, but he’s got one condition.”
“What is it?”
“We get your club back, kill Cain and his minions, but then you retire the Kingsnakes and become a chapter of Hell’s Heathens. You’d be the president of your chapter; you’d run it how you want, but your club would operate under ours, the parent chapter. We’d be forging a bond that would call to each other’s needs whenever needed. It’s your call.”
The line is quiet for a few moments, and I can’t imagine what the hell is going through his head. I’ve never been in thesituation to be desperate enough to give up something that runs blood-deep. This isn’t a small ultimatum.
“Done.”
“That easy?”
“When the people I love’s lives are on the line, yeah, it’s that easy. I have no loyalty to the Kingsnakes name now, just to my family. Tell Chaos I agree to his terms, but I want to start hunting now.”
“Agreed. Get me everything you have on Cain’s whereabouts, numbers of men, and what we can expect. It’s time he learns what it feels like to be hunted by a Hell’s Heathen.”
I pull out my personal phone, bringing up the group chat and letting them all know.
Me: Saint accepts the terms. Now to get a plan together.
Malice: I love a good bloodbath!
Sin: It must be really fucking bad over there for him to agree
Me: I have an idea
Chaos: We’ll get it done then. Update me as soon as you have the information from Saint. Then we’ll move in. Saige is refusing to sit this one out
Sin: So fucking glad I don’t have that problem
Malice: Same. I don’t want my little pixie anywhere near what’s going to go down
Chaos: Fucking woman is gonna be the death of me
Me: Don’t act like you don’t like it
Me: Speaking of women
Sin: You ready to admit your feelings for a certain blonde locked in your room?
