Concealed

*ARK*

"Shut the fuck up, Ryan." I was getting sick of listening to him whining. I gave him pain meds, the ones left behind by the doctor, the ones that stupid girl didn't take. No one even noticed that I took them. They were too far up Princess Peaches' ass to even see what I was doing in front of them. Damn, Rapunzel bitch made me wanna vomit. She took the leader of the brotherhood turning him into a lost puppy. The spot between her legs must be powerful. That's the only thing that makes any sense to me. "We have to find a way to get into the city to get what money we have and leave for a while." Ryan still looked pretty bad, to be honest, they had done a number on him. He was getting sick I am sure from the cold hose. That must have been torture. It was already freezing outside when they sprayed him. I don't know how the hose wasn't frozen. "I won't leave without my wife, she belongs to me, and I won't allow that piece of trash Smoke to have her." Ryan's conviction was tough but quite frankly annoying. I was sick of hearing about this damn girl. "She is just a woman, Ryan, She is going to get you killed. We need to get away, regroup, and come back stronger." He glared at me but didn't respond."C'mon, Let's get inside, get cleaned up, and make a plan." I helped him up before turning for the door. I walked inside. We came back to the cabin in the peak. The girl's cabin. There was still dirty underwear on the floor in the bathroom from when he took her. I have to admit that man is insane. He is cruel to women. The first time he came to the dungeon, I didn't even know he was a cop. He had urges and he paid me good to fulfill them. I didn't know he was married. I had to stop him a few times from causing me a real problem. I won't say I didn't enjoy the idea of what he wanted, just didn't want the problem he could cause. After Mighty was killed they sent out a group message that he was wanted. I recognized him but couldn't expose my behind-the-scenes businesses. So I kept it to myself. Only my top trusted men knew about the garages. I took a page from my master's playbook and kept a select view of confidants to help me carry out my most secret plans. It worked, until her, Sunshine they called her. Ryan told me her name was Sandra. I looked over at the poor crazy fool sleeping knowing they would kill him someday. He would never stop searching for her. *powerful spot*

We rode to the peak on a bus and much like Smoke and his loyal dogs came through the woods to the cabin. Hidden in plain sight so we don't make a new enemy in Luca. Talk about a psycho. That man decapitates his enemies and sends the head to their families. It took me forever to get Ryan to this cabin, he was so weak. He is stronger now. He has slept nearly 24 hours on the bus and since we came inside. Only wakes up to tell me he isn't leaving her or to ask for more pain meds. I don't even know why I saved him, he is too far gone. Maybe I will get his money, shoot him in the head, and deliver him to Smoke asking for a return invitation. I know he would kill me first. I know he replaced me as soon as I left with the cop. I can't imagine he gave my position to someone worthy. I know he sent out a message to everyone that if they helped me they would die along with me. He thinks he has the power over life and death. Fucking egomaniac. I have a few who have contacted my disposable phone. The one I used for other things I know Smoke couldn't trace. I will beat him. I will take him and all of his inner circle out for thinking they are so much better and smarter than the rest of us. I felt the anger creeping up inside of me. I shoved it down. I had an unusual amount of control over my anger. I can make someone I loathe believe I respect them or even fear them. I proved this with Smoke when he was asking about Ryan being in the north. I had talked to Darrell and I knew he sent Big to get him. I knew we were harboring him. Big took him to a building where we stored the drugs that the brotherhood wasn't aware we had. He stayed there, in the small warehouse for maybe a day before he took off. If he hadn't rushed off neither of us would have got caught. I would have banked the money he promised me and he would be off doing whatever it is he wanted to do with Sandra. He wouldn't listen and Big's dumbass didn't stop him. I walked over and shook him awake. We couldn't stay here very long. I know this cabin is probably being watched. I know Smoke will have someone check it out. I know Luca will be here with his men. "You need to go shower. You need to stay awake. I won't stay in this cabin and wait for you. They will come Ryan so suck it up now so we can move on to the next stop." He started to go back to sleep and I kicked his leg. He yelled out in pain. "Now!" I yelled. He sat up glaring at me. I am pretty certain if I don't kill him when we get to the city he will try to kill me.

He limped his way to the bathroom shutting the door behind him. I warned him not to fall back asleep in that room, so I told him I would leave him stranded in this cabin. He would die, and he knows it. I sat down at the small table in the kitchenette waiting for him to come back. My phone vibrated and I looked down at it. One of the men from my territory messaged me telling me that Blaze had taken my place. Blaze was younger than me but not by much. I threw my phone across the room. That stupid prick took my territory from me giving it to a baby. He was fresh to the brotherhood. Then again they tell me Smoke has a soft spot for sad cases. What a joke. If he knew what the other leaders did behind his back. He would have all of them shunned. He would replace them all. Pan now runs the south, after Ryan killed Mighty. I wonder if Smoke knows he is hitting that Candy slut without any respect for why Mighty died there. We all know he risked himself and the brotherhood going after Ryan that day. Now Pan is spending the time he should be running his territory banging the hooker who caused it. The one his most trusted friend died to try to protect. She is also strung out on Meth again, I know because I am the one who offered it to her to come let me tie her in my dungeon. She was so high when the johns went in that she didn't realize who was in there with her. After she was with one of the politicians who came there, she refused to come back. He wanted to do some sick shit to her. She walked out on him. I had to pay him back. She said Pan was trying to get her sober. That's when I realized he was getting it off with her. I had to get out of my head. I had to focus on the plan. I heard the shower go off, at least I know he is mostly awake. A few minutes later he came from the bathroom walking better but still slowly. He was in the same dirty clothes, but we didn't have time to grab anything. He couldn't fit in the few things in the closet here, they were all for a smaller man. He said it must have been Sandra's father's clothes. He sat down in the chair across from me lighting a cigarette. "What Is the plan, Ark? When can I kill that Smoke fuck, and take what's mine back." I looked up at him trying to think of how I can convince him we can't rush into this, we have to be smart. He looked at me, "Well what's the plan?" I smirked at him feeling the pleasure of accepting the darkness inside of me.

"We are going to kill them all."