Caesar and Jose headed to a van and climbed in.
Cole turned to Wolf. “Get a hold of Mack. Find out where Cajun is with that truck.”
“Yeah, boss,” Wolf replied.
Crash walked over to Shannon and cupped her jaw, his fingers sliding behind her ear. “Be right back, Princess.”
She looked up at him with worry in her eyes, but she nodded, saying nothing. He pulled her face up for a quick kiss, and then he climbed on his bike. Cole and Crash pulled out, following the van down the street.
Shannon waited with Red Dog, Green and Wolf, who was on the phone with someone about that truck Cole had mentioned. “I don’t care if your GPS is fucked up. You got the address, use some initiative and just find it!” He hung up, cursing. “Stupid son-of-a-bitch!”
Red Dog looked over at Shannon. “You doin’ okay, honey?”
“Yes, fine. I just don’t like standing around here.”
“No, that ain’t it. You just don’t like being away from your man.”
“My man?”
“Don’t even try that coy shit with me. Everybody in the club knows what went down at the fights the other night.”
She blushed and kicked at a stone, her hands in her back pockets. “I suppose they do.”
“Ain’t nothing to be shy about, darlin’.”
She looked up at him from under a lock of hair. “Thank you for that night, by the way.”
“For what?”
She shrugged. “You were really sweet to me.”
“Sweet? I ain’t sweet.”
“Yes, you are. You act all gruff, but you’re really a sweetheart.”
“Yeah, well, you know, don’t spread it around,” he grumbled.
She grinned. “I’ll keep your secret.”
About twenty minutes later, Red Dog’s cell rang. He pulled it out and put it to his ear. “Yo.”
After a short conversation he held his phone out to Shannon. She looked at it, and then him. “What?”
“Your man.”
She took the phone from him and put it to her ear. “Hello?”
“Babe. You’re on the back of Dog’s bike. He’s gonna bring you to me. You good with that?” Shannon’s eyes went to Red Dog, who was standing with his arms crossed, his eyes on her.
She nodded, “Okay.”
“All right. See you in a minute. Put Dog back on.”
She held the phone out to him. “He wants to talk to you.”
He took it and put it to his ear. “Yeah?” After a short conversation, he disconnected. “Mount up.”
Green and Wolf moved to their bikes, and Shannon followed Red Dog to his. She waited while he threw his leg over and lifted the bike off its kickstand. Then he fired it up and turned to her. “Climb on.”