Page 32 of Colton (Raging Barons MC #17)

I enjoy being the new enforcer. It’s a prominent position when you get to follow the Pres around.

He gets to see all the fun stuff, and he can take part if he wants.

I watch Wings as he’s an Enforcer too, and he has more experience than I do.

But to be fair he is also prior military, which has given him some crazy skills.

I’ve seen some of the gadgets that he has and used against Heather.

Bugs that record and others that are great drones, getting into small places while staying unseen.

I’m gonna get me some of those skills and have been badgering Wings for lessons.

Sitting in Nell’s kitchen, I watch as she fills Axel in on what information she has. Then she drops the bomb that she has Stefan and his men, all locked down in the cells.

“Wow, that’s great. Did you get the one that was helping the kids?” I blurt, much to Axel’s amusement.

“We did, and funny that is…because he was there as a spy, he was helping the kids that wanted to run and take their families with them. But he was there to get all the information he needed, as he is one of Vincent Vitale’s men.” Nell pauses while my brain catches up with what she’s said.

A deep, rumbly laugh grabs my attention, and I’m shocked to see Axel laughing, and his eyes are sparkling with it, too. I side-eye Wings who is sitting watching with no shock showing on his face, so it tells me he’s seen this reaction before.

"I'm curious. What time is Vitale expected?" Axel asks with amusement.

Nell grins. “He’ll be here to collect the trash later today. You know that Stefan went into V’s territory don’t you?”

“V’s?” I mumble, shocked.

“Well, I could call him asshole, but it’s longer to say,” Nell quips.

“What do you all say? We go do what we need now? Or we leave it to Vitale to deal with?” Axel asks and I look from one of my brothers to another to see their reaction.

Drag is the first to respond. “I reckon we leave the assholes to Vitale to deal with. It keeps our hands clean, and we know they’ll be done with quickly and cleanly. Nell will certainly make sure of that.”

We all agree with Drag, and although Axel looks somewhat disappointed, he nods in agreement. “Okay, Nell, tell Vitale he can have them this time. ”

Nell laughs, “Yeah, I’ll tell him. But I’ll make sure things are cleaned up. I hope we can have some peace for a while because it’s been hell of late. It seems being an asshole is in fashion at the moment.”

Now, that has me laughing, because I know exactly what she is saying, and agree with her.

I turn and follow my Pres and brothers out of Nell’s giving her a nod as I pass.

Graham, Tank and Richie have been surprisingly quiet throughout, and if I’m not mistaken they all three look like they’ve been chastised for something.

But it’s not my business, so I’ll keep my thoughts to myself.

I’m well pleased that we are not having an incident with Stefan, but disappointed too because I really wanted to get involved in some club shit. We’ve not had any for a long time. But you know I should have kept my thoughts to myself because what we see when we get to the clubhouse stuns me.

Parking my hog with everyone else, I walk over to where Web is fighting with his father. I mean fighting and not verbally, they are throwing punches, and I’m damn happy that I gave Web some lessons on how to throw dirty punches, too.

Web spins as he ducks under his father’s latest punch and it’s a backhanded punch that he lands, sending his father reeling back and onto the ground. He lands with a loud grunt and curses loudly. “Fucker, I’m gonna kill you.”

Web steps back when his father stands and takes a knife out of a holder against his spine. The fucking asshole came armed to hurt his son, and all because Web won’t give him money to pay off whatever debts he has against him.

Axel, in full President mode steps forward and snarls, “You are on our property, and you are armed. We have every right to take you down. You take one more step toward what is mine and you will die.”

That’s not the first time Axel has claimed Web as his, and he means it as a brother of the club. Axel sees everyone in the club as his to protect.

“Fuck off, asshole. He’s my son, and I brought him into the world, and I’ll take him out.”

“My mother brought me into the world, and you were in the fucking pub at the time. You were balls deep in the nightclub whore, and from that point you’ve been nothing but a useless husband and father. So, take your ass and fuck off,” Web snaps.

Now, everything from here happens fast. Web's father surges forward.

Axel pulls his weapon and shoots the fucker between the eyes.

He crumples into a pile at Web's feet, and I look at Web worried.

But Web grins, gives Axel a nod, then kicks his dead father in the head.

Without a word, Web turns and whistles as he enters the clubhouse, leaving us all with his dead father.

“Call Nell. Tell her we have a clean-up job for one of her boys. Oh, and shove him out of sight until they get here.” Axel walks away, and fuck me, he whistles the same tune as Web.

Later that evening, I’m watching a movie with Nyx. Penny has gone to bed and Ruger has gone for a quiet drink with his construction buddies. I wrap an arm around Nyx and pull her to me, kiss the top of her head, then ask, “You gonna move in here officially with me, Nyx? Be my Ol’ Lady?”

Nyx turns and looks at me. She searches my face, then a smile appears, which lights up her entire face. “Yeah, I’d love to, Colton.”

“Okay, Buttercup. I’ll get your patch ordered after I make it official in church next Sunday.”