Chapter 15

Spook

Two weeks have pasted since I made it official with Greer. The Chaotic’s and Devils split the list of politicians. We’ve made progress with eight of the ten names.

With one more week to Dimitri’s deadline for Greer, the clubs have joined forces for the last two. Retired Senator Dyson and philanthropist, Jackson Wright are the remaining two men.

The ironic aspect of these two men and their involvement with Dimitri is that they both rally against violence towards women, but here these two men spent thousands with Dimitri per Rose’s searches through Dimitri’s financials.

Rudy, Trigger, Ryker and I are traveling to a small town outside of Athens to pay Senator Dyson a visit. Brute, Red, Poison and Banshee are headed to Bell Buckle, Tennessee for Jackson Wright.

The other men on the list gave us more information on Dimitri than we expected. With everything we’ve collected, we sent it to Mauve who has connections with the Feds. We’re expecting her contacts to flood Dimitri’s gates and take him down.

Pulling up to a mansion in the woods and inspecting every facet of Dyson’s estate, we find that he has no security. We decide to park down the street a ways and walk through the woods to gain access.

Creeping through the woods, we take in his side entrance, which is nothing but a sliding glass door. We move to the back entrance that is opened with a screen door visible.

Making this our point of entry, we stealthily make our way against the brick exterior of the house. The corner closest to the door is hidden by a tall bush. We gather around Rudy to receive instructions on the best way to approach.

“The place looks empty, but who would leave their mansion unattended.” Rudy queries.

“A man who thinks he has nothing to lose.” I supply my insight.

Trigger grunts. “You got that right. Most men with more money than sense think they’re invincible.”

We all nod as Rudy continues. “Instead of splitting up, I think it’d be better if we stay together and breach the backdoor.” He surveys us and we all agree. “Let’s get this shit over with.”

We slowly round the corner and press our bodies against the outside of the mansion again sidestepping until we reach the door. Coming up to the screen door, we peer in.

At a kitchen table, a man slumped over is present. We enter and slowly approach the man. As we get closer, we hear a clicking sound. Scoping the area, I see a device under the man’s chair that has a wire attached that leads back to the screen door latch.

“Get the fuck out!” I yell. “There’s a bomb.”

We haul ass out of the door and before I can make it completely out the door, a loud BOOM sounds and I’m airborne followed by darkness.

***

Rudy

Coming to, I push my upper body off the ground and take in the scene. My brother’s are scattered around the backyard.

I crawl over to Trigger who’s closer to me and roll him over on his back. I watch the rise and fall of his chest. I tap him on his cheek a few times and he finally opens his eyes.

“Come on, bud. I need you to get your sorts about you and help me with Ryker and Spook.” He grunts in response.

I slowly get my legs underneath me and head to Ryker who’s on his hands and knees shaking his head.

“Ryker, how ya doing?”

“Fine!” He growls.

I look over to Spook who is face down and hasn’t moved an inch. The closer I get I see the shards of metal and wood sticking out of his back. I run the rest of the way and kneel at his side. I feel his pulse point in his neck and it’s there but faint.

“Trigger, I need you to get over here. Ryker, I need you to find the closest hospital.” I bellow.

When Trigger gets a full look of Spook’s wounds, his face pales. “Fuck, Pops.”

I grimace. “I know. Help me get him up and we can carry him to the SUV.”

We grasp him by his biceps and lift. The only response we get out of Spook is a grunt. As I put one of his arms over my shoulder, Trigger does the same with the toes of Spook’s shoes dragging against the ground.

“The closest hospital is thirty minutes out.” Ryker shouts from behind us.

“Let’s go. Ryker run ahead of us and open the back of the SUV and get it started.”

It takes us a few minutes to track back to the truck. Once there, Trigger helps me lay Spook on the backseat on his stomach. I slide along the floorboard close to Spook’s head.

I lean forward and whisper in his ear. “Stay with us, Spook. Your Queen and Princess need you. Shit, brother, we need you. Just a little bit longer and you’ll have help.”

I look to the ceiling of the truck, “please let him make it for his sake and Greer’s.”