Patriot (Savaged Souls MC #4) - K.J. Dahlen

Chapter One

Last Part from Jett...

Cobra was about to say something when the front door flew open, and the men he left at the warehouse came in.

“Boss we got a problem” Thor, his VP called out.

Cobra looked up at the ceiling and growled. “What the fuck?” Snapping his head toward his men he demanded, “Tell me that Boomer and Blacky are dead?”

“They're dead all right,” the second of the three men, named Player told them. “The thing is they didn’t die on their own. Three men came looking for them.”

“Do you know who they were?” Gunner wanted to know.

All three men shook their heads. “Two of them wore a different cut than ours.”

Gunner looked at Cobra then back at Cobra's VP and asked. “Who’s cut?”

“Satan’s Warriors,” Thor replied.

Gunner shook his head and rubbed his hands over his face. “Fucking hell,” he swore. Looking at Gypsy he asked, “What did they do to Boomer and Blacky?”

“They lowered their bodies to the floor. Boomer was happy to be down and asked them to cut his hands free. One of them grabbed him by the hair and pulled this huge fucking machete from behind him and cut his fucking head off. Then the other did the same to Blacky.” Gypsy shook his head. “Never seen anything so fucked up as that before.”

Player took a step forward. “They even took the heads with them.”

Cobra looked at his man and nodded. “So whoever sent them wanted proof of death.”

“You know these guys?” Gunner asked.

“Yeah, I know them,” Cobra admitted. “We’ve had a run in or two with them back home. They come out of New Roads, Louisiana. They’re a dirty bunch.”

“What about the third man?” Jett wanted to know.

Thor tipped his head to the side. “Well now, that’s just the thing ain’t it? He stayed back out of the moonlight. But I got a good enough look at him to read his cut. He wore a Savaged Souls cut. I couldn’t see his face to know which one he was.”

“The hell?” Gunner growled.

“Dad, he could be one more of Blacky’s men?” Dana suggested. “He claimed there were four. Arizona was one, Scorpion was another one, but there are still two more.”

“She’s got a point Gunner,” Cobra agreed.

“I might know of one or two of them,” a soft voice called out from the doorway to the hall.

Everyone turned to see Becky standing there with Patriot.

Gunner and Cobra could see that she was trembling and Patriot was holding her up. She was clinging to him almost as if her life depended on it.

Gunner saw the look of fear in her eyes. “Darlin’, you all right?” he asked her softly.

She leaned into Patriot’s embrace and nodded. “As much as I just want to forget what happened to me, I know I can’t. I won’t say I’m sorry Blacky is dead but I would have wanted him to suffer at least a little bit more than he did.”

“What more do you know about Blacky and these traitors?” Cobra asked.

Patriot helped her over to the nearest chair and sat down with her in his lap.

Everyone gathered around to hear what she had to say. She then told them about Grizzly and Gunner lost it. He turned a table over while roaring with rage at the latest betrayal and the room got quiet for several minutes.

“I...” Becky rubbed at her temples as she spoke again, “I-I remember someone else too, though. And I don’t think he's one of yours.”

“What do you mean?” Gunner asked.

“The same night they were arguing about the price or something. Blacky wanted more money from this guy, the one with the green eyes, and the other man kept telling him that the deal would stand as they agreed on. Blacky said something about how he didn’t care. If he was going to betray his MC, the price was going to have to be high enough to make it worth his while and that if the man wanted into a good deal, he should be prepared to pay a higher price. The other guy was not happy at all.”

“So someone else is involved?” Cobra sated the question that they all wondered.

“Well, we might however have a lead on this guy,” Harry announced. “We’ve had a chance to go through most of the paperwork he left and strangely enough Blacky knew how to investigate people. He also knew when someone was hiding something. But when he investigated a man named Damen Cole, he only got so far. We’re digging deeper but