Page 6 of Savage Ends

Chapter Two

“You expect us to takeon the whole cartel with an army you want me to believe you have?”Bull asked.

Pat stayed silent.Nothing new was happening here.They were going around in circles, and he couldn’t deny the fact that Bull was acting right.No matter how badly they all wanted away from the cartel.He didn’t want to risk the club, neither did any of the club members want to die for a lost cause.

The cartel was pissed.They knew, because in the last couple of months there had been zero contact from them.No drug or gun runs.They were mobilizing for an attack.

This was why Bull had regular patrols throughout Carnage.Not only were the men patrolling, they were also there with Dylan, the sheriff, to keep an eye on any potential danger.

Everything moving within Carnage was being brought to Bull.Any strange purchases or land grabs were also being run by Bull.They were keeping a close eye on everything.More so than they had ever done before.

The cartel was going to attack, but when and where, none of them knew.They had never entered this level of anger with them.For the first time in a long while, Pat hated Bull and Grant’s father, who first started the association with the cartel.

“Are you serious right now?”William asked.

“With all due respect, you did go into hiding.A guy with an army at his back doesn’t go into hiding,” Grant said.“That’s just simple logic.”

Pat couldn’t argue with him.Ever since Grant had found Aria, he’d been like a different man.Sure, there were moments where Grant and Bull still fought.They were brothers, and that was what they did.

William growled.“I had no choice but to do what I did.The cartel is after me, and I am after them.I will not put my men in any more harm, or any of the people that rely on me.”

Again, it made sense.William was considered one of the scariest men around.He killed without mercy.Only, it would seem even William had a moral compass.

“What happened to not caring about the risks?”Bull asked.

Pat knew William had once told Bull that to take out the cartel for good, he needed to do so no matter the cost.Whoever died, died.It was simple math, either them or him.Bull had a wife, a kid, and also the club to think about.

William sighed.“Fine.When I was younger, I was a fucking hothead, and no, I didn’t give a shit who lived or died.That was then, this is now, and I have an army.”

“And we don’t have a target,” Rip, their Road Captain, said.“It’s good to have an army at your back, but with no target, no clue where to hit, it’s useless.”

“The cartel has been able to keep ahead of the game because their operations have remained quiet,” Bull said.“They are always changing locations.It’s why the law can’t keep track of them.One day they’re working out of a stockroom in the center of the city, the next, they’re at an abandoned farm in town.”

Pat looked to Bull and he frowned.“But that doesn’t mean we can’t take them out.”

All eyes turned toward him.

Pat preferred to keep his opinions to himself.He didn’t like to be vocal at these meets.He liked to listen, to process, and come up with a solid plan that would not get any of them killed.Clearly, he shocked them all by speaking up.

“What?”Bull asked.

“We know several of their locations.Regardless if they are there or not, we know they’re going to attack.It is a case now of us or them.Why don’t we take out the locations they own?We’ve dealt with them, Bull.We know some of their locations, not all, and we might not even hit one that is active, but if we take out all the other ones, then they will slowly be pushed into a corner.Let’s face it, we’re not going to get much backlash from the law, are we?We take on the cartel, draw them out, reduce their numbers, it will be easier for them to locate.”