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“You leave er’s hand flashed out, catching hirinned, the expression feral

“You should worry, old uarantee those cocksuckers down south won’t care how pretty those girls are when they give the order to shoot thes Now oldfish At the end of the day, who’s got more to lose here? You call me when you’re ready to talk”

With that Hunter stood up, shoving away his chair Deke flushed, but Picnic’s face could’ve been carved from stone Hunter thew a handful of bills on the table and walked out the door

“He’s fkin’ with us,” Toke said “Cartel’s got fk all to do with us up here He’s losing territory That’s not our probleer asked hiot a thousand kids ready and waitin’ to die, every one of thelory they’ll shoot their own h bastards, but they’ll be fked if they can’t shut theet a foothold We would be, too, and you know it Those gangs exist for one reason—to make money We let them take over, we’ll lose our territory and our freedo without that Not to mention the cartel doesn’t care where they shit or who they kill You want theger than we can decide here We’ll get the brothers together, make sure we’re all on board Take it from there”

“I’ll never make peace with the Jacks,” Toke et it”

“That a threat?” Ruger asked He respected the hell out of Toke, but it wasn’t his decision toon a brother, but don’t think I won’t We’re in this together, Toke That roup”

“You think you could takea brow

“Only one way to find out,” Ruger replied,We start fightin’ with each other, the cartel wins Keep your eyes on the prize, brother We make peace with the Jacks, they’re our buffer That lets us put our energy into ive it a shot and it falls apart, least we’ll pick up soo after ’em, the time comes”

Toke took a deep breath, then let it out, visibly forcing hiive them for what they did,” he said “Jesus, she’s still so fked up You got no idea”

“You damned well shouldn’t,” Horse told him, voice serious “What happened can’t be undone, and the assles who did it deserved to die Good news is, they did Think ahead We turn the Jacks into allies, we’ll own half the west coast with the Jacks as a line of defense between us and the cartel That’s so irls,” Picnic muttered “Fuckin’ asshole knohere they are,them You knohat that means?”

“Means nobody’s safe,” Horse said softly “And he’s da—in our world, we don’t fk with citizens, so long as they show respect We keep our towns safe and control what gets in I know the Jacks did your niece, Deke, but she got as h … They’re shootin’ woive a fk who they kill so long as they get their money No values I’ll take the Jacks over theer said “Remember—they lie We need inforether,” Pic said “No help for it You want to host, Deke?”