tell him so he doesn’t know about that dancer yet. Skunk did let her make a phone call; I guess it wasn’t to any of you. “I heard him screaming at her that she was supposed to call Darko and she didn’t. There are four chapters at the clubhouse right now, which is why he sent me. He said to tell you he didn’t like what Rabid did, whatever that means. It wasn’t like he could walk in here—hell, you would’ve kill him on sight. I don’t know the dancer’s name ‘cause crazy Lulu had to watch her. I heard she was a dancer though and something to somebody in one of the MC’s. Can I have another drink, please?” She looked at her empty glass and focused on it while waiting to see what would happen next. Swiper let out a roar and headed toward her but Black Dog held him back as Mad Jack and Darko came forward. “Swiper, get away from her.” Darko looked at his other SAA and glared at him. He turned to Mad Jack. “Jack, which of the dancers didn’t come in tonight?” “Dusty was dancing and Tina said Honey called earlier and said her and Jules had to go home, some kind of family emergency. Dusty talked to her but she is on the stage dancing still.” Mad Jack felt his stomach bottoming out. Everyone loved Jules and she was under the protection of the club. She also was the mother of their sister club, Bound for Hell’s national president’s son. All of this was going to blow up into something huge. Darko looked extremely upset and told Mad Jack to get Dusty off the stage. “Prez, we don’t know if this is true, they’ve been watching our girls, we knew that. It could be all bullshit. Send somebody to Jules’ and Honey’s place and see if they’re there. But if you touch this chick we won’t get any solid information from her. She is sneaky and she is drunk. She needs to sober up so we can figure out if any of this is truth.” Black Dog wanted to wring Careen’s neck but what he said made sense. Darko tossed his hands into the air. “Fine, talk to her, get her coffee; I’m going to find out what Dusty knows. Just don’t let Swiper put his hands around her neck. Tramp is gonna be freaking out. I told Jules she should have taken what he offered her. IF this is true, we’re gonna have issues with them too. Fuck me!” he stomped toward the bar. Black Dog sat across from Careen with her last drink of the night. “Did Wolf have any other girls out there lately?” Careen giggled, “Don’t you know Wolf’s reputation? He always has more women than he needs. Has a new blonde snobby one, she owes him big time for drugs. She was passed out on the bed high on Quaaludes, when I left. He says she’s rich, owns a store and we’ll be living real well. She is into Wolf but she has to pay off the debt. She doesn’t want to share him but that is how Wolf rolls. “She damn near had a fit when he said he saw a brown haired girl today and wanted to add her to the family. He’ll do it too, he has her license plate and Wolf can be very sweet when he wants to be. Wolf can convince a woman to do whatever he wants. Now he told me, to tell you that he can’t do much until this party ends, but he is willing to sit down with the clubs. He sees no future in killing each other and says there’s plenty of money in drugs and all that stuff for everyone.” Careen’s voice was less coherent as she started to nod out. Black Dog looked at Mad Jack and made a dialing motion. He wanted to make sure Willie and Dee were both safe with JJ. For the first time he could recall he actually felt fear for a woman. The Filthy Fiends weren’t getting their hands on Willie and he was sure Roberta was involved with Wolf. Careen’s head was on the table and she was snoring. He looked at her and wondered what the hell they were going to do with her.
D arko had Dusty in his office and they were trying to figure out what was going on. Dusty was pacing as Darko leaned on his desk. “Honey called and said they