Claimed by the Ruthless Biker
he whispered, his voice a raw, broken rasp.
"A Montague never rides alone, King," I said, looking up into his eyes, seeing the God of the Outlaws finally looking at a dawn that belonged entirely to him. "You bring the food. I keep the blood inside the veins. That’s the contract."
Ruan looked from me to the line of two hundred bikes and tactical vehicles now moving in a unified, victorious formation back toward the city. The "Blockade Execution" had failed. The regulators were gone, and the "Blood-Highway Massacre" had left nothing but the raw, unvarnished truth of our new world written on the asphalt.