SAVAGE ROAD - Layne & Shelby by Ana W. Fawkes Page B

Ax, ” I called out. “ Keep this guy quiet. ”
    Ax lumbered forward and put his
massive boot to the guy ’ s
throat.
    The shotgun brought attention to us,
which was exactly what I wanted.
    Guys started to pour from the bar
and from the trailers. They all had a similar look to them. They were thick
with fat over muscle, long beards, black hair, evil eyes and faces. Their
fingers were covered in rings, and wore nothing but black leather cuts that
were worn out, with holes in them.
    They were really terrifying to look
at.
    I pumped the shotgun and pointed.
    That didn ’ t stop them.
    They kept coming.
    It wasn ’ t until the guy in front put his arms out did they
stop.
    “ That ’ s Viper, ” Finn whispered to me. “ President. Stryker ’ s
next to him. VP. ”
    Viper had two scars at the insides
of his eyes. It made him look even angrier. Maybe that ’ s where they got the name Viper from. He was the
only one who didn ’ t have a
beard. Or hair. He was completely bald, his jaw chiseled like shitty broken
stone from scars.
    I opened the shotgun chamber and
dumped the shells. I closed the chamber and tossed the gun to the side.
    “ Viper, ” I said. “ Nice to finally meet you face to face. ”
    “ Go
fuck yourself, ” Viper said.
He opened the gate, pulling it toward him. “ You
shot him? ”
    “ Yeah,
I did. He pointed the gun at me. Only right I defend myself. Considering I was
shot at yesterday. ”
    Viper grinned. “ That ’ ll heal just fine, won ’ t it? ”
    “ Yeah,
I ’ m sure it will, ” I said. “ Who shot? ”
    “ I
did, ” Stryker said,
stepping forward.
    “ And
they call you Stryker? ”
    “ If
he wanted you dead, you ’ d
be dead, ” Viper said. “ But I wanted to just send a
little warning. ”
    “ Yeah?
And what ’ s that? ”
    Viper reached out and grabbed at
the bandage on my shoulder. He tore at it, leaving it dangling. He then stuck a
finger into the wound, breaking it open.
    I threw an uppercut and hit Viper
in the jaw. He went stumbling back, Stryker catching him. Stryker threw Viper
forward at me. I stepped back and we were then nose to nose.
    “ You
don ’ t realize what you ’ re fucking with, ” Viper whispered.
    “ You
don ’ t realize who I am, ” I said. “ President of Devil Call MC. No more bullshit,
asshole. Stay the fuck away from my town. My clubhouse. My club. ”
    “ All
yours, ” Viper said. “ You just show up and that ’ s it? ”
    “ That ’ s it, ” I said. “ The
biggest mistake you ever made was not making the call to kill me yesterday. I ’ m going to bury each and every
one of you pieces of shit. ”
    Viper grinned. He then laughed. He
looked at Stryker. “ You
believe this guy? He ’ s  got
some balls. ”
    Viper then made a grab for me. For
my balls.
    His fingers grazed between my legs
and I punched his hand away. I threw another punch at him, hitting him again in
the jaw.
    That ’ s
when all hell finally broke loose.
    Stryker lunged at me, hitting me in
the side of the face. I side stepped and turned, but Finn was already there.
Like a goddamn ninja, Finn was in the air and then had Stryker on the ground.
    Me and Viper were in a stare down
as the rest of our guys were fighting. You could only hear the sounds of
knuckles hitting flesh and bone, blood spraying, and spitting on the ground.
    Rylan and Brett were on the ground,
rolling around.
    Ax had some guy by the throat,
lifting him up.
    Finn pounded on Stryker, taking as
many punches as he was delivering.
    I stepped toward Viper. We were
then nose to nose again. I wasn ’ t
backing down. I wasn ’ t
afraid of him. I wasn ’ t
afraid of the Mountain Killers. I knew what they thought they had on me. On the
MC.
    I grinned.
    “ What ’ s so funny? ”
    “ I
actually came here to bring you a present. ”
    “ Is
that so? ”
    “ Yeah.
Why don ’ t we call off our
men and have a chat? ”
    “ Fair
enough. ”
    Viper reached back and pulled out a
gun. He pointed it up and