SAVAGE LOVE (A Back Down Devil MC Romance Novel) by London Casey, Karolyn James

sick way, I actually do. Christ, Blaine, I ’ ve
been hanging around you too much. ”
    “ All
you can do is go forward, Miller. That ’ s
what we do. ”
    “ It ’ s what we ’ re going to do. We can ’ t just kill Jerry though. We have to take the right
steps. We have to make sure Coast Road MC is out of the picture. Just in case
they have any connections somewhere else. And in Frelen, it ’ s really us against the law. So
we have to be extra careful. No fights. No speeding. No fucking someone else ’ s wife. ”
    “ I
don ’ t know about that, ” Blaine said with a grin.
    “ If
we cut off Coast Road MC, Jerry has nothing. There ’ s one other thing we can do to make his life
miserable. ”
    “ What ’ s that? You going to fuck his
wife? ”
    Miller snapped his head to the
side. “ Are you fucking
kidding me? ”
    “ Sorry.
Just slipped out. ”
    “ First
off, I ’ m not fucking
anyone. Second, she ’ s
giving him divorce papers. ”
    “ Christ, ” Blaine said. “ Are you serious? No wonder you ’ re a mess right now, Miller.
They ’ re going to end up …”
    “ Stop, ” Miller said. “ Back to the club. We can call in
a few favors and have a splurge in crime. ”
    “ You ’ re going to have some guys come
in to cause trouble? ”
    “ Why
not? Some rough guys, gangster types. Push into Frelen. Rob some places.
Nothing super dangerous. Make sure nobody gets hurts. ”
    “ You ’ re going to sabotage your own
town? ” Blaine asked.
    “ Risky. ”
    “ Risky
and genius. ”
    “ What
is? ” a voice said.
    Gaige came out of the clubhouse
along with Nate, Jace, and Landon.
    Soon there was a little meeting
outside, trying to piece together the right plan.
    Miller left his half full coffee
cup on the table and cracked his knuckles.
    “ We
could bring in trouble from Riverside. Maybe even a little gambling. Why not?
Try to make Jerry ’ s life
miserable. He ’ ll lose his
focus. We take out Coast Road MC. Next thing you know it ’ s just us facing off with Jerry. ”
    “ Even
still, ” Jace said. “ Then what, Miller? ”
    “ What
do you mean? ”
    “ You ’ re going to kill the Chief of
Police in Frelen. How do you take care of that? ”
    Miller looked away. “ Put him in a hole. ”
    “ Christ, ” Jace said and walked away.
    “ He ’ s got a point, ” Gaige said. “ Not that I ’ m against killing Jerry. He took
out a table member, he gets the same fate. ”
    “ Then
we do it, ” Miller said.
    “ What ’ s the end result? ” Nate asked. “ The town is just going to accept
that Jerry is gone? That he decided to disappear? ”
    “ It ’ ll go beyond the locals, ” Landon added. “ Shit, they might call in federal
help. ”
    “ We ’ ll be target number one, ” Gaige said.
    “ Fuck! ” Miller shouted. “ Fuck you all. You all sound like … you all sound like fucking Griffin right now. Stop telling me what we can ’ t
do. I ’ m holding the fucking
gun. I ’ ll pull the fucking
trigger. And I ’ ll stand
there and get taken in for the murder. I ’ ll
do my fucking time for the sake of this club, this cut, and for Griffin ’ s memory. ”
    Miller turned and walked to his
ride. He stood there, his heart pounding in his chest. Everything was true.
What he just said about the club. About doing hard time. Shit. He ’ d be doing a lifetime. And,
yeah, everything else pointed out was true. It wasn ’ t just about killing Jerry. Something would have to
be done to keep his death hidden and as though it didn ’ t matter. That meant if Jerry wore the badge, he
mattered. He always fucking mattered.
    “ Hey, ” a voice said. “ You don ’ t want to give up that patch that easily, Miller. I
don ’ t want it that easily
either. ”
    Miller looked back at Gaige as he
stood a foot away. “ You ’ d make a great President. ”
    “ I
know. But you ’ re the
President, Miller. And it ’ s
going to stay that way. ”
    “ So
then we keep fighting back. Get Blaine,