The Promise (Dogs of Fire: Wolfpack Book 1) by Piper Davenport

Author:Piper Davenport [Davenport, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2016-11-21T23:00:00+00:00

Maverick

Three days later...

MAVERICK WALKED INTO the Club and back to the conference room. Ryder and his ex-biker buddy, Reese, were meeting with the Dogs to figure out a game plan. Maverick had been invited into the meeting due to the fact that the Spiders had singled Lily out. Normally, recruits weren’t included.

He arrived to find all of the officers in attendance, along with Ryder, whom he’d already met, and a dark-haired man who Maverick hadn’t seen before.

“Hey, Mav,” Hawk said and nodded at Reese. “This is Reese.”

Maverick gave him a chin lift. “Hey.”

Reese returned the chin lift, and Maverick greeted the rest of the brothers. Crow banged the gavel, and everyone took their seats.

“Right,” Crow said. “Ryder, Reese, give the rest of the brothers some background, and then we’ll get down to business.”

“Reese and I have an unfortunate lineage,” Ryder started. “My pops is Hatch; his is Brick.”

“Fuck,” Hawk said.

Maverick glanced at Hatch, who raised an eyebrow but stayed silent.

“Could get confusing,” Knight joked.

“Doubt it,” Hatch retorted. “I’ve never murdered anyone.”

Maverick’s ears perked up... shit. If the Spiders’ Hatch was a murderer and Brick had a reputation of being worse, then Lily was in more trouble than he realized.

Ryder nodded. “A few of us have formed our own loose group... ex-Spiders’ kids. We recently fucked up the Spiders’ little trafficking scheme, so they’re gunnin’ for us, but we’ve been able to keep them at bay for the moment.”

“How does Jenny fit into this?” Maverick asked.

Ryder glanced at Reese who nodded. “Jenny’s currently passing herself between Brick and Hatch. She’s promised them things she can’t deliver, but my guess is they’re gonna see what she can give them before they get rid of her.”

“Meanin’ they’ll kill her,” Reese said. “Slowly.”

“Shit,” Maverick hissed. “Outside of Lily, who or what else has she promised?”

“Poppy,” Hatch growled.

“What the fuck?” Maverick snapped.

“And Tillie,” Ace said.

Maverick felt his blood freeze. “She’s fuckin’ fourteen.”

“There’s a market for that,” Reese said.

“Goddammit!” Maverick stood, his chair hitting the wall behind him.

“They’re covered, bud,” Ace assured. “We’ve got recruits on ’em.”

“Older recruits,” Hatch clarified. “And Flea, Buzz, and Train.”

“Flea’s on Lily when I’m not,” Maverick ground out. “I don’t want him distracted.”

“Not the time, Mav,” his dad warned.

“Lily’s protection is my priority, Ace.” Maverick scowled, using his Dad’s club name. “So I don’t give a fuck if this isn’t ‘the time.’”

“She’s covered,” Hatch said. “Flea’s on Lily. The others are on the rest.”

“Sit down,” Ace ordered.

Maverick took a beat and then sat down again.

“You interrupt again, Mav, you’re out,” Crow warned.

Maverick nodded. He knew he was pushing his limits. He shouldn’t even be at the meeting—they’d made an exception—so he forced down his rage and did his best to stow his opinions.

“Go ahead, Ryder,” Crow directed.

“We technically ‘stole’ their stash when we liberated several young women from their forced confinement, so they’re lookin’ to recoup those losses,” Ryder explained. “I own the Brass Frog downtown, and I found out we had a mole. He was aiding the Spiders in their procurement of women from the bar.

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