Leo
I smash the white ball into the striped ball and it misses the pocket by a mile. JJ laughs and knocks me out of his way to take his shot.
Zach watches on with his full on, permanent glare and I ignore him like I usually do.
I can’t guess how he’s going to react when he finds out about me and India. Part of me thinks he’ll want my blood for going with his sister, but then the other part feels like he won’t give a fuck. He surprises you sometimes, so I stop trying to work him out.
“Who are they?” JJ murmurs, pausing his shot.
I follow his line of sight and an older woman is walking in with a girl who looks to be around India’s age.
I lean against the pool table and watch Slade get up and hug the older woman. The younger one is hot and has way too much body on show that screams she knows she’s hot.
“That’s my Aunt Lily, and cousin Harper,” Zach mumbles.
JJ’s not interested in the game anymore and I’m not interested in the new comers anymore. I play all the shots myself.
“Eyes off, Carter,” Zach growls, showing more life than I’ve seen in months from him, “You can keep your over used dick away from them.”
JJ doesn’t discriminate, age doesn’t bother him as long as the ass is firm and round, and the tits aren’t hanging around their knees.
“Shove your head back up your ass, McCarthy. Some of us don’t fuck too close to home,” he says, getting my attention.
Raising my eyes from the shot I was about to take, I’m ten seconds away from sticking this cue up his ass if he brings me into this again. He smirks at me, and I silently tell him to shut the fuck up.
JJ straightens when the cousin waltz’s over and takes a seat next to Zach. He looks uncomfortable with her being so close and again, I wonder what his problem is?
“Hey, chatterbox,” she chuckles, and Zach remains stoned faced.
This makes me laugh, she’s obviously used to his ways.
“Harper,” he mutters, “What are you doing in town?”
“As of now, and because mom can’t pick a decent guy, we are new residents of your shitty backwards town.”
JJ moves around the table, moving closer to Zach and Harper.
“Don’t be rude, brother. Introduce us to your cousin,” he grins, and I expect this will infuriate Zach even further.
Rolling his eyes, and sighing, he says, “This is Harper, Harper, this is Leo and JJ.”
I’m soon uncomfortable, she switches from looking me up and down and then JJ, it’s like she’s choosing which one of us she likes the look of the most.
“Maybe it won’t be so bad around here after all,” she drools.
Zach looks between the three of us and pulls her up with him as he stands. She comes up to his shoulders and his added height doesn’t faze her as he glares down at her.
“Stay away from these two,” he growls, and walks her away.
I guess I know how he’s going to be when it comes out I’m fucking his sister, if he’s this protective over a cousin.
Harper smiles over her shoulder and I’d put all my money on it that she’s putting in extra effort swaying her ass for our benefit.
“If he doesn’t want us near his cousin, he’s sure as shit not gonna want you near his sister,” JJ mutters quietly, telling me what I already know.
“I don’t care, she’s worth whatever is coming for me.”
“Plus, you can handle Zach or you’re not the guy I thought you was,” he laughs, and racks the balls up for a new game.
It’s not a case of not being able to handle him, no matter how right I feel with India, I’m still in the wrong when it comes Slade and Zach. However, if he wants to fight, I’ll let him throw the first punch then I’m fighting back.
Brothers stop what they’re doing when the sound of thunder falls upon us. There are too many brothers already here to be us riding in.
JJ and I put our cues down and follow dad outside, with everyone else. The entire club is on alert until we see who it is.
Niall comes to a stop first and brothers come to a stop behind him. I haven’t seen Niall since he became president over their chapter after Noah died a couple of years back.
Noah and Niall were originally patched into a club called the Devils Bastards. Until, one of their own, a guy called Danny turned on them and took the presidents patch for himself. He went on a rampage, going after our club and even managed to kill Oak and cut up Sparky’s face. Some of the brothers got out and came to dad. When everything settled down, they set up another Lost Souls chapter where they were originally based.
We weren’t expecting them today, and they look rough from where I stand by the door watching.
In fact, when he struts over to my dad, he is pissed.
“Brother?” dad greets him.
“We’ve been hit, the Black Crows attacked us late last night.”
It’s clear something has happened to them, tiredness creeps around them all.
“Let’s go inside and talk.”
Everyone follows each other back inside and JJ and I hang back, sitting at the bar.
Niall sits at Dad’s table and lights a cigarette as a prospect puts a beer in front of him. “They’ve been on the attack for weeks, they try to hit us, and we retaliate. But last night, they surrounded us. It quickly turned into a shoot out and then they started throwing in petrol bombs and rode off. Our clubhouse is gone, Cas.”
Dad hisses and Sparky leans forward.
“Why didn’t you call? Fuck, why didn’t you tell us about the trouble you’ve been having?”
“We had a handle on it.”
“Clearly fucking not, brother,” Slade says.
I love watching the older brothers in action. They’ve seen so much shit over the years, not a lot can touch them. Violence rolls off their shoulders like water off a duck’s back and they’re ready to fight at a moments notice.
“Do you know what this means?” JJ whispers, passing me a beer.
Smirking, I take the bottle and take a long swig.
“We’re gonna get to fight.”