Sons of Mayhem 4: Snakes and Angels by Nikki Pink Read Free Book Online Page A

anywhere.”
    We both gasped and swung our heads around to the source of the sudden whisper. Holy shit.
    “ Oh fuck,” said Eag, his voice quaking as the door closed.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
    Jase
    Heading into the main room of the clubhouse Jase felt pleased with how smoothly the meeting had gone. No one had batted an eyelid at him sitting at the head of the table and even the Doctor didn’t seem to mind.
    He scanned the smoke-filled room. It wasn ’t as busy as it had been for the wake, but there were quite a few people around. His eyes lasered in on a girl at the bar and he made his way over.
    “ Hey,” he said as he touched her on the shoulder.
    Lucy turned her head around languorously before smiling at him. She w as drunk. Or high. Or both. “Hey! I’ve got a message for you!”
    A message? “What’s that?”
    Lucy took a drink and gave him a quizzical look. “What?”
    “ The message. You said you had a message.”
    Lucy looked confused and then laughed. “Oh yeah! Call Nicole. She misses you.”
    “ She said that?”
    “ Yep. She looooooooves you.” Lucy giggled to herself.
    “ Why hasn’t she answered any of my calls?”
    Lucy shrugged. “I don’t know. I think that sheriff upset her.”
    Jase frowned. “The sheriff? He’s an asshole. That’s all?”
    Lucy nodd ed. “Oh and finals. And papers. College stuff. She’s a busy beaver!”
    That makes sense. “So she just said to call her?”
    “ Yeah. Don’t call her.”
    Jase grabbed her arm. “Don’t call her?”
    Lucy giggled again. “Why don’t you go and see her instead. She’s all alone in that room. You should surprise her!”
    Jase thought about it for a moment. “You don’t think that’ll make her mad?”
    Lucy laughed. “Of course not! It wouldn’t make me mad. She’ll love it!”
    Lucy turned away back to the young guy sitting next to her. Jase d idn’t know his name but he’d seen him around the club a few times. He was a hangaround, if someone ended up vouching for him he might end up becoming a friend of the club, and then a prospect. Maybe even a member one day. But for now he was just another young guy with a penchant for motorcycles, rough living and easy women.
    Jase left Lucy again and made his way to the front door, ignoring a girl waving an unlit cigarette looking for a light. Her face fell as he shook his head at her without speaking, not ev en offering her a second glance.
    He pushed open the front door and breathed in the cool air. He let the door swing shut behind him and it was like turning the volume down on life. He breathed deeply and then headed over to the row of bikes out front.
    He sat on his bike and walked it backward without starting it. The noisy clubhouse sat before him and he looked at it as if it were the first time. It’s mine now. My responsibility.
    With a shake of his head at the incongruity of being in charge of the club, he started up the motorcycle and headed out into the night.
     
    ***
     
    Something wasn’t right.
     
    After sneaking in behind some students he’d slipped up the stairs, and down the hallway to Nicole’s room. Just before knocking he’d heard something inside that sounded like a sob. He’d pressed his ear against the door and heard whispered voices and sobs.
    A jolt ran through him. He felt like he ’d been kicked in the stomach. Who was in there with her? Their voices were too low to make out the words through the closed door but he could tell from the tone it was serious.
    Dare I do it? Do I even want to know?
    Jase gulped. Fuck it. It’s better to find out sooner than later. He silently opened the door and stared at the two figures facing away from him on the sofa. One was Nicole, but the other one, the man, looked strangely familiar.
    When the next whisper came he realized with a shock who it was, and the shock only increased when he heard what he was saying. As he listened to Eag ’s tortured confession, rage, which he had thought quenched, boiled inside him