The Son of the Reaper ~ Sons of Anarchy

Chapter 1

Clayton

This was Clayton's true happy place. The cool breeze of the late-night ride. The sound of his engine roaring through the forest with the only light coming from the full moon and his Harley. This was where Clayton could truly find peace.

If only it could last.

He rode behind his stepbrother Jackson Teller, or Jax. The two have known each other their entire lives and ever since Clayton's father and Jax's mother married each other, that bond only strengthened.

They rode together just for the ride in silence. To get their stress out without visiting one of the girls that hang around the club house. He enjoyed riding with Jax and Opie the most. Opie was another one of his friends he grew up with. The three of them were legacies in the club because their fathers were three of its founding nine members.

He heard Jax reave his engine louder and Clayton turned to him. He could see the little bastard smirking at him before taking off down the road. Clayton chuckled and raced after him. His long ginger hair flowed in the wind and his bright green eyes glimmered with mischief. They sped down the highway until they saw a gas station. Jax signaled for them to stop, and he followed him there.

"You're buying." Jax says.

Calyton rolls his eyes and holds the door open for Jax. The first thing Jax sees upon walking were the kids' books that were on display. Clayton chuckled a little and passed the father to get some food and drinks.

He passed the pretty cashier with blond hair and a green shirt on. She blushed before looking away, and once he came back with some things to buy, he noticed her shirt showed a little bit more cleavage than before. "How you doing, Louise?" Clayton asked politely.

"I'm fine CJ." She told him. Clayton smiled and pulled off a back of condoms off the shelf.

"Jax, you need anything?" He asks.

"Get another pack!" He calls out from the other side of the store.

He throws another pack of condoms down and then walks over to the books. He grabs the kid's book and places it on the table. "That should be it." He says

"You know you could buy these by the case." She says picking up the condoms. "Be a lot cheaper."

"Yeah, but that means I won't see you as much." Clayton tells her with a smirk. Her cheeks glow red, and he could hear Jax snickering behind him. He pays for the items and Jax checks out the bag and sees the book he was looking at in there. "I need something to read to my nephew, don't I?"

Jax chuckles a bit. "You're taking this uncle thing really seriously."

"I'm the godfather, I may be the best thing to a respectable male figure he's got." Clayton jokes.

Jax slaps the back of his head then notices something in the corner of his eye. "Shit, CJ!"

Clayton turns and sees a fiery mushroom cloud in the distance. "Isn't that-"

"Yeah." The two of them run out of the store and quickly ride their bikes to the Club House to get the others.

...

The following morning, they ride to the warehouse with Clay, Claytons father and the President of the club, Bobby, the Treasurer, and Tig, the Sergeant at Arms.

"What the hell happened?" Clay asked the cop there. He was on the club's payroll.

"Propane tanks caught fire." He answers. "Ammo was in there. The place just blew."