Ryder: A Wings of Diablo MC Novel by Rae Lake (drm ebook reader .TXT) 📕

intelligence, I can’t ride, I can’t be at the table. You know this just the same as me.”

“I also know that I am the fucking president of this club and my word is law, now get your ornery ass inside fucking church.” He held the door open wider and I just glared at him as I made my way in the sacred space.

“What do you know about the Boys of Djinn?”

I almost laughed out loud. I hadn’t heard of the Boys of Djinn in over a decade. “They were a small group, they never even got their club started. They were wannabe’s, most of the members didn’t even know how to ride a bike.” I shrugged, trying to figure out what that had to do with anything happening here today.

“Well, I guess they got their shit together because they’re the ones who came after Storm. According to him, it was completely unprovoked, the same crew went for Prez too.”

I couldn’t believe it, these bastards were nobodies when we first encountered them years ago and now they were fucking with our money. I guess it was time to go back and finish what we started all those years ago. There’d been a truce but no one really knew much about it. There was only one man who did, Prime.

“You gotta speak with Prime before we go to battle with these bastards. There was a truce between the two clubs but I was never told all of the details, he would be the only one to know.

“Yeah, I thought I would. I want to make sure that our people are safe first, then I think we will pay Prime a visit. It’s long past due.” Wire looked at me pointedly, like he was expecting me to say something else.

“I won’t tag along if that is what you are worried about?” I said trying to read him.

“No you’re coming, matter closed. I’m just waiting for you to ask about the drop. As my treasurer, I would think you would be more concerned about how much was taken.”

I shook my head and looked in the opposite direction. He kept calling me the treasurer and as much as it was true that his word was law there were some issues not even he could get around.

I couldn’t ride, which meant I couldn’t do my duties and if I couldn’t do both of those then I couldn’t hold a seat. I was only still in the crew because I was a first generation member.

“Wire, I respect your word, I understand what you’re trying to do but I know where I am right now. I know what needs to be done, the club needs to go on. I can’t be treasurer if I can’t ride, it’s just not possible.”

Wire was a good man, a loyal man and he held no punches. He knew I was right. I was a liability more than ever in the condition I was in. There was no way that he would be able to let me keep my seat.

“You’re right. Fine, I will let Storm hold onto it in the meantime but the minute that you’re one hundred percent, that chair belongs to you. No matter how long it takes.” He slapped me once on the shoulder and went to open the door behind me. My time in church was done.

I turned the chair preparing to roll back to the room I had been given, but my curiosity was getting the better of me. “Wire, I know I have no place even asking but,” I turned around to look at him, “how much was taken?” It had been my job to know exactly what was coming in and out of the clubhouse for the majority of my life, I wouldn't be able to think about anything else besides the money until I knew for sure how much was missing.

He dropped his head down and rubbed the back of his neck, stressed out, “Between Storm and Prez, they made off with over four million dollars.”

If my soul wasn’t attached to my crippled body it would have jumped right out of my seat.

“What the fuck! In cash?”

“Yeah, it seemed like it was orchestrated too, they got both of them in the same way. We set it up for both drops to be moving at the same time.”

“Why the fuck would you do that? Why would you guys move that much cash at once in the first place?”

He stood up straighter and glared down at me, “Well our treasurer and the man who usually handles all of our cash was too busy laying up in bed to assist in the planning so we just fucking winged it.”

Fucking hell. Now, there was something else that I needed to think about. How it was potentially my fault that the club lost millions of dollars.

“Yeah, well next time if you don’t fucking know, come ask. Shit, if they know we rolling around with that much money they’re going to be gunning for us. “

“We’ll be ready.”

I turned and rolled out of the door, I hoped that he was right. This could turn into a shit show if we didn’t watch our backs.

Chapter 8

My eyes popped open and for the second time that day, I woke up startled and gasping in panic. The sweat poured off my brow and my heart raced in my chest, I looked around the dark room to get my bearings.

I was having a fucking nightmare.

I took a few deep breaths but it only took a second for me to figure out why I had woken up so suddenly.

Pain.

The pain was so intense that I couldn’t think of anything else besides the incredible ache. I tried some breathing exercises they tried to teach me while I was in the hospital but that shit was not working. I reached over towards the nightstand that used to be there, the same one I had broken earlier in the day. I had no idea