Gunner (Savaged Souls MC #2)
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GUNNER
Savaged Souls MC
#2
Copyright © 2019 KJ Dahlen Books
Editor: Leanore Elliott
Book Design & Cover: Wicked Muse
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
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K.J. Dahlen
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Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
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Chapter One
At the Tribunal...
Gunner gazed around the room and saw the truth in every man’s eyes. Then he looked over at Dana. “Well, what do you say Dana? This is what the tribunal has declared. As part of this MC, you know that’s the best you’re going to get. If you want to stay and be a part of this family, you have to be willing to change. Can you do that?”
Dana nodded slowly at first, but she spoke with disdain in her voice, “I think I can as long as she isn’t here. She wants to set up shop in Jasper, I’m okay with that. I’ll stay away from her as long as she stays away from me. That’s all I can promise.”
Gunner shook his head in disappointment. But he grabbed his gavel and pounded on the table. “So be it. The tribunal has spoken.” Then he turned and walked down the hall to his bedroom. He shut the door behind him. Leaving Dana standing there.
A single tear rolled down her face but she wouldn’t look at Winona. Slowly, she turned and went back to her bedroom while not even acknowledging the men.
Boone reached over and tipped Winona's face up to his. “Did you mean it? Can you really forgive her for what she put you through?”
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p; “As long as I don’t have to live with her or see her again, I can live with it. But I meant what I said earlier about going back home. I can’t stay at the compound anymore. I just can’t.”
“But you could move your business here?” Boone asked.
“I could try it, but I can’t live in the same house as her and she can’t come around me. I again, just saw that look in her eyes and I don’t trust her as far as I can throw her.”
Boone nodded and even agreed with her, “Thank you for not demanding that we kick her out. I think that would have killed your dad.”
“And that’s why I did what I did,” Winona admitted. “He loves her, he’s known her all her life. He doesn’t know me, but I would like the chance to get to know him.”
Boone nodded. “I think he’d like that."
They both headed to Boone's room.
As Winona got ready for bed, Boone watched her. He still worried about her. She had just went through some sever trauma. He wanted to take Blacky apart with his own hands. In fact, he would have if the MC laws would allow it. He had trusted his brothers to carry out justice and he would have to live with not getting his hands on that sonofabitch. At least in a few days, the man would be gone forever.
Boone released a sigh as he watched her brush her hair out. The girl had such beauty and more on the inside. He wanted to make a life with this woman, but ever since he'd dragged her here, all she'd gotten was hell. He wanted to make it all up to her. Give her all the happiness she deserved. Her bruises were slowly fading but her spirit seemed to be a little broken. Blacky had done a number on her but he thought maybe Dana had done more damage than Blacky ever thought about.
Blacky had bruised her body but that would heal, Dana had damaged her psyche. “So will you be okay with moving here?” he finally spoke.
Winona sat down and leaned against him. “Are you sure you want me to? I mean this thing with Dana is never going to get any better. I really don’t want to put Gunner in the middle between us. I would like to get to know him and learn more about my mom but I can’t and won’t come between him and Dana. I will not be the one to make him choose between us. I just can’t.”
Boone wrapped his arms around her and pulled her onto his lap. “Babe, he would never be able to do that. Sure, he’s known her all her life but you, he just found you. You two are as different as night and day. He wouldn’t be able to choose between the two of you.”
Winona sighed deeply. “I know but I would like to get to know him. I work with an older woman named Lucille at the bakery. She’s holding down the fort while I’m on vacation. I hope she’ll agree to move here with me. I’d like to make her a partner in the business and she doesn’t seem to have any family. Maybe I should call her and ask her about it. You know to give her a chance to make up her mind too.”
“Well, tomorrow we can start looking at shops in town and see what we can find.”
“I have to find a place to live too,” she reminded him. “I can’t stay here. I told Gunner and the men, I would find my own place.”
“As long as there’s room for both of us.” Boone kissed her to remind her. “It also can’t be too far away from the clubhouse.”
Winona nodded. “Ok, how soon can we go back to the Moss Bluff and pack up the bakery?”
“We have to wait until Blacky and Arizona are taken care of, then we can go.”
She nodded, “Good that will give me time to call Lucille and give her time to make up her mind what she wants to do.” She sighed and said, “I really hope she agrees to come here. She’s so much a part of my business I wouldn’t know what to do without her.”
“Come on sweet girl, you need some rest, it’s been a long day.” Boone pulled her down with him on the bed and got her under the blankets. He kissed her ear. “Everything will work out. I just want to hold you.”
Once Gunner left the tribunal and was in his room, he began to think and then he opened the door calling out for Jeeter to set up watch outside Dana’s door. Sadly, he just could not trust she would keep her word...
Jeeter called out to Carter and another brother and shared what their Pres wanted done, silently he set up outside her door to make sure nothing happened.
Gunner laid on his bed in just his boxers. One of his arms was thrown over the top of his head and he was staring at the ceiling. He didn’t know why but for the first time in a long time, he was missing DeeDee.
Twenty-five years ago, they were quite a pair. She was someone he had strong feelings for and he thought she had feelings for him too. She had wiggled her way into his heart with very little effort. Most women never got past sleeping with him and he would push them away.
She had been just like their daughter Winona, and boy could she cook. Winona had certainly got her skills from her mother. He also thought that maybe if DeeDee had lived, Dana wouldn’t have made such a mess of her life. If she’d had a mother maybe she wouldn’t have been so spoiled and now so selfish.
Gunner closed his eyes and remembered her face. It had been fading in his mind for a while now but tonight he could see her clearly again for the first time in twelve years. Her dark auburn hair and green eyes against her pale skin made her stand out from other women.
When Blacky brought back his daughter Dana, he’d been thankful that DeeDee had lived long enough to give him his greatest gift. His child. Every time he looked at Dana, he remembered her mother. It had always been painful but he had tried to get over it.
He never knew why she’d left him back then and he supposed it didn’t make any difference, she chose to walk away from him and the life they could have had and that was that. He hadn’t known back then about his second daughter or the fact that DeeDee died the day they were born.
Seems he didn’t know a lot of things going on right under his nose. He’d made a lot of mistakes in his lifetime but DeeDee hadn’t been one of them. Even though their time together was short, he would always remember her and the love they shared in his heart. And yes, even if he couldn’t admit it back then he could admit it now, he had loved her and if she had stayed, he would have married and protected both her and their babies. They could have been a family if only DeeDee trusted him enough to keep her safe. Not that he was blaming her, she knew her cousin Blacky better than he had back then. He hadn’t know what a lowly person Blacky really was or what a black heart he had. He had done many cruel things to him and his kids.
It was too late for DeeDee, but he would keep their daughters safe. There in the darkness he made a promise to his lover of the past. “DeeDee if you can hear me,” he whispered. “I will keep our daughters safe from each other and everyone else who wishes them harm. I may not have known Winona until now but she’s part of you and me. So is Dana. I know I’ve made mistakes with her but I’ll try to do the right thing now.” He shifted in the bed. “They won’t have to live with the same fear you did. Blacky is days away from paying for what he did all those years ago to both of us and our girls. But those are just the beginning of his sins.”
He grew restless just thinking about what one man had done. Gunner hadn’t known the hatred Blacky felt for him fully until now. The list of his sins was growing each and every day and Blacky had no compassion for his fellow human being. The man had no soul to tarnish.
The next few days should be interesting. He would use the time to read everything Blacky had been up to in the last twenty five years to find out just what kind of mess he was leaving behind for the MC to clean up. They had already dealt with the cartel and the Russian mob was next. There was no way of knowing what else he had going, well not yet anyway. But Gunner would find out.
One thing he’d made up his mind about was Dana would be starting to change her life around too. He would make sure she was watched at all times. She would be working full time at her job at the spa starting tomorrow. No more shopping all day or loafing around doing nothing. She was going to start pulling her own weight around here.
He and Boone would help Winona find
a place to live and a new shop for her to set up in. Then after Blacky and Arizona were taken care of, they would go and move her over here. It would be a busy week but he was looking forward to it and discovering more about Winona’s life before they found each other.
Dana would just have to deal with it until they could get her sister settled in her new place. Gunner grimaced. That was another thing he’d have to get used to. Boone wouldn’t always be right down the hall when he needed him. He was positive Boone would be living with Winona.
They would have to find them a place close to the compound to live in. Life around the MC was going to change forever and Gunner was one who didn’t like change. He just hoped everything could be worked out for the better of the club.
He’d been their leader for a long time. These men were his family and he couldn’t give them up. Winona might not know the changes that were coming her way but she would learn, just as Dana would. Just as they all would.
This ship was going to be run tighter, so this sort of thing never happened again. The Savaged Souls MC would have to change if it was going to survive, and by God, change it would. He closed his eyes and began thinking about the changes needed and how he would implement them. They would all need to change, including him and that would start tomorrow.
Chapter Two
Gunner was up and drinking his third cup of coffee when everyone else began stumbling into the dining room. When he opened his eyes this morning, he felt better than he’d felt in a long time. He had a firm plan in his mind now, and he couldn’t wait to set the changes in place. When Boone joined him, he nodded at the other man.
“What’s on your mind Boss?” Boone asked with a raised eyebrow.
Gunner grinned. “You know me so well, don’t you?”
“I’d like to think so but now, I’m not so sure.” Boone chuckled.
“Well there will be changes coming and today, I’m laying down the law,” Gunner announced.
“But you don’t like change and everyone knows it,” Boone spoke as he sipped his coffee.
“Yup, you’re right about that part, but after the fiasco of the last few days. I think changes are needed. If we want to survive, everyone needs to pull their own weight around here. We need to tighten our ranks and that includes everyone, especially me.”