Page 52 of Down & Dirty: Reaper

“About the ambush. She led me right into the lion’s den.”

Knowing Indie, she thought it’d be entertaining. One reason she hovered outside the conference room in the hallway.

“You thought that was an ambush?” Vi howled with laughter. “That was only a social call. You wouldn’t have survived a real seven-against-one ambush.” She wasn’t lying.

“I would’ve gone down trying.”

Reaper might be smart, fit, and an expert sniper but he’d be no match for her father and his former team. No one would.

“It’s cute that you think you would’ve even had a chance to try. My father has perfected the Hulk smash. Mercy was, and probably still is, a pro at torture. The rest would’ve helped disappear your body.”

“How’d Mercy get the scar?”

“That’s his story to tell.”

“Have you heard it?”

“I heard a sanitized version when I was a kid because I asked him directly. I think he was worried about me having nightmares.”

“That man worries?”

“Believe it or not, while he and Rissa, his wife, had no desire to have kids of their own, for someone with the personality of a chest freezer, he was good with my sisters and me.”

“How was he with the Shadows’ kids growing up, like Grim, T-Bone, and Ghost?”

“He was good with them, too. But it wasn’t like he was rocking us to sleep and singing a lullaby or anything. If anything, he was more like the protective, scary uncle.”

“It’s a good sign they approved of our plan.”

“I don’t need their approval,” Vi reminded him. “More accurately, I wouldn’t care if they didn’t.”

“You should. They’ve got over one hundred years of experience between them. We can’t discount that.”

“I’m not discounting it. But I also don’t want them shouldering in on our mission. We are capable of taking care of the problem.” Or at least, she hoped they were. Time would tell.

While she liked having access to the OGs, if needed, she didn’t want to rely on them for help.

“Let’s remember that they have a shitload more experience when it comes to these kind of mercenary-type maneuvers. And to hear their positive opinions on it helped cement the idea that we’re handling it the best way possible.”

“All my father cares about is not getting law enforcement involved.” Diesel was not happy when Zak decided to work with the feds all those years ago when the task force was dealing with the Russos and the Deadly Demons MC.

But despite him being pissed about it, the task force got the job done and the DAMC came out on the other side no longer having to worry about the Deadly Demons running through their territory trafficking drugs.

Except now they were dealing with the same bullshit, only with a different club.

They needed to end the Russos once and for all.

“He specifically called them pigs.”

“Get used to that,” she warned. “All the bikers do.”

“Despite being related to some.”

“And married to some, too. I mean, my cousin Bella is married to my cousin Axel.” Once she realized how backwoods that sounded, Vi clarified, “Don’t worry, they aren’t related to each other.” She went on to explain, “Axel, a retired cop, is Zak’s brother. Their father Mitch was also a cop. Nash is married to Cross, who’s also a retired cop.”

“Right. Cross is one of Bri and Chaos’s fathers. I’m surprised the club didn’t have a problem with Nash being gay.”

“He’s bi, but yes. It wasn’t him being in a same sex relationship that bothered my father or anyone else in the club. It was the fact that Cross used to wear a badge.”