Page 7 of Savage Ends

William pointed a finger, bit his lip, and looked a little too excited for Pat’s liking.“You see, this is what I’m fucking talking about.This is a solid plan.”

“It’s not one of your fucking plans,” Rusty said, speaking up.“With your plan we have to consider an imaginary army.”

“It’s not imaginary.”

“Yeah, but you can’t give us numbers or tell us who they are.It’s as good as dead,” Rusty said, shaking his head.

Pat looked toward Bull.His President didn’t look pissed off.

“I like it,” Bull said.

“I know you don’t want to declare war, but we’ve not been called.We’ve not been negotiated with, and we all know what that means,” Pat said.“It’s only a matter of time before they take us out.I don’t know about you guys, but I love Carnage, I like my leather cut, and I enjoy breathing.I’m not ready to die, and I’m not ready to let this town go either.”

He couldn’t help but think about Ava.Her pretty smile was too damn precious to allow to die.The cartel was their enemy.He knew the chances of surviving were pretty slim, but it was better than waiting to be picked off, which is what the cartel could do.The cartel didn’t have a specific way of dealing with clubs or men they saw as traitors.One moment they were alive, the next they were dead.

“Fine,” Bull said.He turned toward William.“You better get your army ready.We attack the first place in a week.”With that, Bull was done as he slammed the gavel down.

Pat didn’t get up.He waited for everyone to leave.No one stayed behind, not even Grant.He was pretty sure the other man wanted to gloat or look mightily proud of himself, or something.

The door closed and Bull turned toward him.“You surprised me.”

He shrugged.“We’ve got no choice but to do something.We both know it is only a matter of time before they attack.We took out Julio and Miguel.There are no more members of the Vito Crew.There are going to be repercussions.Our one guy is dead, Hernadez is gone.There is nothing else for us to do.”

Bull nodded.

“I know you’re worried about Maddie and Lindsey.”

“This isn’t just about my wife and kid,” Bull said.“This is about the club, the town.Do you think I’ve not waited for them to call?”

Pat watched as Bull ran a hand down his face, clearly struggling.

“I fucking hate this.I’m no fucking coward and I want done with the cartel.Fuck!”he yelled.

He saw the rage that flowed through Bull.More often than not, he kept his shit together.Maddie had changed him.This shit with the cartel had changed him.

“You know, if my dad was still alive, I’d take my time in killing him,” Bull said.“The biggest mistake that piece of shit ever made was putting us in the path of the cartel.”

Pat couldn’t agree more with him.

“Where do you want to hit first?”Pat asked.

There was no point in dwelling on the shit they couldn’t do.That time had passed.Bull’s dad was dead, the cartel was now the club problem.They had to fix it to solve it.

“We start at the abandoned farm, an hour’s ride from here.”

“What will we do?”Pat asked.

“We’ll burn it to the ground.Everything that has been touched by the cartel, we burn.”

“And what about the town?”Pat asked.

“We keep a close eye on everything.I want to know every little detail that’s going on.The people associated.Everything.By the time we’re done, the cartel will regret threatening me.”

“I’m going to check out the farm,” Pat said, getting to his feet.“I’ll stake it out.Check that everything is running fine, and then we’ll burn it.”

Bull nodded.“Be careful.”

“Always am.”