Dancing with Satan

Chapter Eight

It had been about two weeks since Ashton got shot. Needless to say he was fine and was back on his feet about a week later. He's one tough bastard, I'll give him that.

I had to sit down and talk with my parents after I never came home the night of the party and they simply put one rule into place, which was that I called them to tell them where I was and when I was going to be home. I didn't have a problem with that. At least that hadn't tried to stop me from going to the clubhouse all together. So all in all we were on good terms.

''When's the next run?'' I asked. The whole club had gathered together tonight to discuss some things. I was kicked back on the couch with a beer and a cigarette.

''Tomorrow,'' Damien replied gently. Being Ryder's right hand man, Damien was typically a very calm and collected individual. He was not high strung like Liam was and that was something I admired. I could compare him to that of a father figure.

''And am I allowed to go or do I get to sit around here playing house?'' I asked.

''You can go,'' Ryder rolled his eyes.

A smug look crossed my face and I let out a sigh. I must have definitely put him in his place with that talk two weeks back.

''Listen up, guys.'' Ryder stood up long enough to get everyone's attention. ''This run is going to be big and probably dangerous. I need you all to understand that,'' he started. He had my attention now. ''Damien and I have set up an agreement with another club. They want to buy some guns from us.''

''Let me guess, they aren't going to be getting any guns, are they?'' Liam asked as he chugged an energy drink.

''Nope. We'll be going in there guns blazing, get the money and get the hell out of there. We're in a tight spot right now financially and we can't afford to sell off those guns,'' Ryder explained.

Oh great, he just keeps reminding me that we're broke because of the 20k he had to pull together to get me out.

''And what if the tables turn on us?'' Devin asked.

''That's a risk we're going to have to take. We need this money if this club is going to survive. All of you need to be on top of your game,'' Ryder continued. ''Every member is coming.''

''What?'' I yelled. ''You know how stupid that is? They could wipe out the whole club if they had the mind to do it!''

''That's a risk we have to take,'' Ryder growled, repeating his words. ''You wanted to come, and now I'm giving you your chance. Don't screw it up.''

''You better hope this doesn't backfire on us, Ryder.'' My wheels were turning.

''Let me worry about that. You all need to prepare, this isn't a joke.''

''Which club are we meeting up with?'' Ashton asked.

''That doesn't matter right now. You'll find out soon enough and trust me, you'd probably sleep better at night not knowing.''

''Great,'' I muttered. Don't get me wrong, I was happy to be going on another run but I figured he'd at least let me go on a safe one first before throwing me into the gunfire. Literally. I guess it was a good thing we were very skilled when it came to guns though.

A couple of the guys had even been in the military before this, such as Damien, so we had that on our side as well.

''Is that all?'' Liam asked. He was hyped up now.

''Yeah, that's it. Just get ready and get a good night's sleep. We'll leave by sunrise and we have a half hour drive over to the warehouse. We'll discuss this more in the morning.''