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  Ride to Vengeance

  A Rough Riders Novel

  Selene Chardou

  Ride To Vengeance

  A Rough Riders Novel #3

  Copyright © 2014 Selene Chardou

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  Editor: Juli Valenti

  Cover Artist: L.J. Anderson (Mayhem Cover Creations)

  Publisher: Midnight Engel Press, LLC

  ISBN: 978-13-1059-7770

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  Blurb

  Welcome to Southern Nevada. The locals are ambivalent about the abundance of tourists year-round, the air is hot and dry in the summer, and human trafficking sells. The underworld of Sin City is partly run by the Italian and Russian Mafias but three motorcycle clubs also vie for control. The path to Hell is paved with good intentions, and so are the highways where Lucifer's Saints, Demon's Bastards and White Knights call the shots.

  Ronan Cox has been surrounded by club life since he was in diapers. Not yet thirty years old, already he holds the powerful position of Vice President for the Glendale chapter of Lucifer's Saints. After the worst of the war between Aztecas Infierno and the Saints seem to be on the decline, he and the President are transferred from Southern California to the Las Vegas chapter. After Ronan and Hardy Cox have settled into their new positions, life goes from being pretty good to very bad very quickly...

  Naomi couldn't be happier although she is an undercover Fed and Ronan's old lady. She's played the double agent for too long, feeding her superiors information while informing the club about the latest developments. Everything goes to hell in a hand basket when Hardy is shot by Aztecas Infierno gunmen and Naomi is abducted by them. The standoff between the cartel and club is officially over.

  This is Naomi and Ronan's story. It's not anything you're prepared for and completely unpredictable but life's like that too so proceed with caution.

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  Table of Contents

  Dedication

  Cast of Characters

  Playlist

  Prologue

  Part One – Tainted Love

  Chapter One – Ronan

  Chapter Two – Naomi

  Chapter Three – Ronan

  Chapter Four – Naomi

  Chapter Five – Ronan

  Chapter Six – Naomi

  Chapter Seven – Ronan

  Chapter Eight – Naomi

  Part Two – Recovery

  Chapter Nine – Ronan

  Chapter Ten – Naomi

  Chapter Eleven – Ronan

  Chapter Twelve – Naomi

  Chapter Thirteen – Ronan

  Chapter Fourteen – Naomi

  Epilogue

  About The Author

  Stay In Contact With SEC

  Current & Upcoming Novels

  DEDICATION

  There are so many people who have helped me with this process and I am so very grateful.

  Lea, my fierce book diva, thank you for pimping me and being there for me. More than that, thank you for being a fabulous friend and PR services, which I would be lost without.

  Thank you, Juli Valenti, for your editing skills. You make my work shine like a diamond.

  Dusty Rose, thank you so much for all your help. Between your funny stories of life as an old lady in a real MC, I can truly say that I feel my books are as close to the truth as fiction can get (with some over the top antics thrown in…Haha!!!!!).

  All my girls in Elle’s Sultry Saints: Alexandra, Jennifer, Kelly, Amanda, Kristin, Aquarius JJ, Angela, Irene, Sheena and Tina. Thanks for everything you do. ;-)

  Chelsea Camaron, love you to death! We’re soul sisters in so many ways and I can’t thank you enough for your support!

  Tabby Coots, you’re the best! Thank you for your PA skills and pimping me on your lovely blog. Your support has been great.

  Lisa Watmough, thank you.

  Corinne Brinkley, Melissa Blake—thank you for your support . . . while it lasted.

  Everyone else, you know who you are!

  WDDR and all my Facebook friends, blogger friends and reviewers, thank you so much! <3

  Cast of Characters

  ***Motorcycle Clubs***

  Lucifer’s Saints

  Dexter “Hardy” Cox – Las Vegas Chapter President

  Ronan “Serial” Cox – Las Vegas Chapter Vice President

  Christian “Cricket” Henderson – Sergeant at Arms (Las Vegas Chapter)

  Desmond “Dizzy” Cox – Parent Chapter President

  Cillian “Killer” Cox – Parent Chapter Vice President

  Trey “Hacker” Lennon – Sergeant at Arms* (Parent Chapter)

  Edward “Kink” Gillespie – Road Captain (Parent Chapter)

  Brendan “Render” Henderson – Secretary

  Sean “Gilligan” Gillespie – Treasurer

  Kyle “Bookie” Rourke - Member

  Demon’s Bastards

  Evan “Stix” Hughes – Parent Chapter President

  Costas “Preach” Evangelou – Parent Chapter Vice President

  Adam “Sandler” Murphy – Road Captain

  Bryce “Stone” Hart – Secretary

  Jules “Johnson” Clinton – Treasurer

  Lawrence “Rab” Krause – Sergeant at Arms

  Marcus Hinton/George “Clooney” Fox – Member

  White Knights

  Nelson “Nel” Decker – Parent Chapter President

  Jake “Slipknot” Decker – Parent Chapter Vice President

  Brooklyn “Brookster” Decker – Sergeant at Arms

  Stella “Cookie” Decker – Secretary

  Norman “Bates” Decker – Treasurer

  Brad “Cap” Decker – Black Oak Road Captain / Las Vegas Chapter
President

  Marian “Dee” Decker – Member

  Reoccurring Cast Members

  Naomi Washington – Ronan Cox’s old lady

  Talia Viaro – Hardy’s old lady; lead singer of Winter’s Regret and mother to Jaden Cox’s son.

  Layla Burns – Burns’ daughter from his first marriage; manager of Saints and Slappers; Madame at Heaven’s Saints.

  Raymond Jackson – Local businessman/Original Gangster

  Angelo Abandonato – Local businessman/Head of the Abandonato Mafia Crime Family

  Maksymilian “Max” Gillespie (aka Maxwell Cartier) – Associate and employee of Raymond and Angelo; professional assassin and “fixer.”

  Magnolia Abandonato-Gillespie (aka Magnolia Reynolds) – Associate and employee of Raymond and Angelo; niece of Angelo; Max’s wife; professional assassin and “fixer.”

  Erik Kitaev – Russian business partner and head of the Kitaev Bratva. The son of slain Russian mobster-turned-legitimate businessman, Yevgeny Kitaev.

  Dimitri Koslakov – Head of the Koslakov Mafia

  Zusha Koslakova – Member of the Koslakov Mafia/Dimitri’s sister

  Maeve “Misty” Cox – Desmond “Dizzy” Cox’s daughter

  Bronaugh Cox – Desmond “Dizzy” Cox’s Old Lady/Wife

  Trista Lennon-Carter – Trey Lennon’s sister

  Lennon “Linx” Carter – Trista Lennon-Carter’s husband

  Kaelan “Jaden” Cox – Desmond “Dizzy” Cox’s son

  Chantal Gillespie – Sean Gillespie’s daughter

  Lacey Henderson – Brendan Henderson’s daughter

  Lorna Hughes – Tom “Jonesy” Hughes’ Old Lady/Wife

  Keren Hughes – Tom “Jonesy” Hughes’ daughter

  Playlist

  “Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You” – Jay-Z/Linkin Park

  “Telepathy” - +++ (Crosses)

  “West Coast” – Lana Del Rey

  “What You Want” - Evanescence

  “Numb/Encore” – Jay-Z/Linkin Park

  “The Animal” – Disturbed

  “Until It’s Gone” – Linkin Park

  “Seen It All” – Korn

  “Sleepwalking” – Bring Me The Horizon

  “Parasite” – Disturbed

  “Points Of Authority/99 Problems” – Jay-Z/Linkin Park

  “Alone I Break” – Korn

  “Burn The World” – Seether

  “Lost In The Echo” – Linkin Park

  “Get Up!” – Korn featuring Skrillex

  “Fly On The Wall” – Thousand Foot Krutch

  “Wrong Side of Heaven” – Five Finger Death Punch

  “Live Again” – Ashes To New

  “Devour” – Disturbed

  “Gotten” – Slash featuring Adam Levine

  “Big Sky” – Annie Lennox

  “Photograph” – Ed Sheeran

  “Eye Of The Needle” – Sia

  “We Remain” – Christina Aguilera

  “Halo” – Beyoncé

  “Diamonds” – Rihanna

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  Prologue

  Ronan

  Ronan couldn’t believe the move had finally taken place.

  After all the bullshit—the time, energy and effort he and Hardy had invested in trying to make the Glendale chapter a decent club—they were uprooted. Both the Vegas charter President and VP were getting older and no longer sought the excitement or the issues they constantly had to deal with. They both wanted to retire soon though running a quieter club until that time came suited them just fine.

  Thorne and Walker, former President and Vice President of the Vegas charter, gladly took Glendale in return for Hardy and Ronan agreeing to run the charter in Sin City.

  He looked around the large compound, hidden in a decent area of North Las Vegas where no one would be looking for them. A pig farm, plenty of gated communities and schools surrounded it and the fenced-in building where a legitimate business, which belonged to the club, ran without issue. Finally, they no longer felt like nomads; they had a legitimate chapter to call their own.

  The guys before them owned a restoration shop—chiefly for classic American automobiles and custom motorcycles—but it was also the perfect front. Although part of the business had been relocated to Glendale, they’d left them with enough capable members who could run the legitimate side of the club with no problems what so ever.

  Ronan stepped out into the warm Vegas sunshine, lit a cigarette and looked around in awe, his unusual violet-blue eyes scanning the area that wasn’t necessarily copacetic. Other industrial buildings along with a Lowes down the street and plenty of places to eat within a one-mile radius surrounded the property.

  Naomi failed to surprise him as she wrapped her slender, deeply tanned arms around his waist. “Well, what do you think?”

  He turned toward her and failed to hide the smile in his voice. “I’m just glad to be back in Nevada to tell you the truth. Cali wasn’t for me. Too close to the cartels—”

  “Yeah, but now we have new enemies here. Apparently, we’re on good terms with the Knights—what ever that means—but now that Aztecas Infierno is longer a source, where will go to get what we need?”

  She spoke in code and for that he loved her. Naomi was a “Ride or Die bitch” if God ever made one. She was fiercely loyal, protective to a fault and loved him more than any douchebag ever deserved but he couldn’t feel any different for her. The feelings she expressed freely with him were the same as what he felt for her.

  “Apparently, we gotta get cozy with Abandonato and Jackson. They gotta fill us in on some issues we have to iron out but for now, the Russians are a no-go—at least Koslakov is. I have to meet with some new guy who is running the Kitaev Bratva,” Ronan explained after he dragged on his cigarette.

  Naomi turned his body toward her. “What are you so spooked for? The Kitaev Bratva and Koslakov Mafia aren’t exactly on speaking terms. But they have some of the sweetest connections when it comes to certain plants grown in countries like Pakistan and Colombia. They are—and will continue to be—an extremely valuable asset.”

  “If you say so, babe. You know more about these criminal enterprises than I do. Me? I just follow orders.” He smirked before he held her close and kissed her forehead. “Listen, I don’t like you bein’ out here in the open. Go back inside. We can talk about this later.”

  Naomi’s amber eyes searched his before she replied, “That’s why I came out here. We’ve got company and she doesn’t exactly like to be kept waiting.”

  Ronan finished his cigarette and ground it out with the tip of his steel-toed boot. “Let me guess: Eve Kerrigan?”

  She cocked her head to the side as she rolled her eyes. “The one and only.”

  He’d avoided the hard-nosed agent long enough. If she wasn’t family—sort of, after all, Trey Lennon was her son and Ronan’s half-brother—he would have told her how he really felt and would have improperly remarked she could go “fuck herself with a corkscrew.”

  Making nice with the Feds wasn’t new for the Lucifer’s Saints. It was compulsory if they wanted to continue to operate as an outlaw motorcycle club with minimal government involvement in the illegal activities they continued to actively participate in and be a part of. In fact, Naomi was a mole inside their organization, planted there to assure they straightened up and flew right. However, her bosses hadn’t planned on her falling in love with Ronan and becoming more loyal to the club than the agency that paid her paycheck.

  She walked side-by-side into the clubhouse and followed Ronan inside where Eve and Hardy already sat down in the large office reserved for chapel. They talked with one another in hushed tones before the two looked toward them.

  Eve was a gorgeous woman of indeterminate age with smooth olive skin, dark hair styled in a professional bob and an expensive suit. She looked more like a high paid attorney than an overworked FBI agent. Then again, it wasn’
t like she was a field agent; she actually ran a whole unit.

  Her hazel-green eyes stared at Ronan with cold indifference as he sat down across from her. Naomi sat down next to him and glanced at the woman across from her with respect. She was her superior even if they worked for different agencies. Naomi was part of the Drug Enforcement Agency but her superiors worked hand in hand with Eve.