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“Not feelin’ it,” Ryder puts in. “We don’t even know if this asshole is tellin’ the truth. Could be sayin’ anythin’ to lead us into a trap.”
“Which is why we send Haze and Brew in to check it out.” I shrug. “Can’t be any different to what they did last night. They came out unscathed. Probably ended up goin’ a round or two.”
Both of them are big motherfuckers you wouldn’t wanna mess with. You’d never expect Haze to be a goddamn teddy bear when he’s not cracking skulls. I almost chuckle at the thought.
“Gotta keep him breathin’,” Harlem says, coming up behind me. “Least till we find the HQ. If that’s where Forger’s been hidin’ out, then they’ll have numbers. Like Cash said, we’ve got a day or two before word gets out. The scene at the restaurant wasn’t exactly pretty.”
I snort. “Notice how people just don’t offer to help someone in distress anymore.”
Cash shakes his head. “Funny that.”
“We’re gettin’ closer, that’s the main thing,” I go on. “If we can surprise the Devils with an attack, then we might just have the upper hand.”
“Find out how many numbers Forger has,” Cash says, giving me a chin lift. “Be disappointin’ to see those tools goin’ to waste.”
Like the rest of us, Cash can’t stand to see corruption like this in our city. It’s one thing looking the other way with the Irish, but it’s quite another having Forger and the redneck Devils creating a shitstorm in the criminal underworld. Money is power in this town.
And we can’t take any of that lightly.
I give Cash a grin. “I’d love to.” I turn back to Brian, who’s still panting like a dog in heat, his eyes glassy and the dried blood on his body making me wince. Someone should’ve told him not to wear his good suit today. Pity.
I point at him. “Any last words?” I’m kidding, of course. Unfortunately I need him alive.
He starts to flail around and I clip him on the jaw and whisper in his ear. “Just kiddin’, princess. We’re gonna do all of that again because I just can’t stand it when you go all quiet on me, means I’m not doin’ my job. Glad you’ve got nowhere to be. For every single ounce of pain you gave to Luna, I’m now gonna give it to you. Got me?”
He doesn’t get time to answer. Instead, I tighten the ropes around his wrists and walk around him several times as he shakes in fear. “Now. Where were we?”
24
LUNA
I’mrelieved when I hear the door to Tag’s room at church click open. I sit up in bed.
It’s late, and though I’ve not slept, tiredness washes over me as I adjust my eyes.
Tag slowly closes the door behind him and doesn't say anything as he starts to undress.
He toes his boots and socks off, then his cut, and lays it over the bedpost.
“Luna,” he whispers.
“I’m here,” I say.
He reaches for me, and I gasp when I see he has blood on him.
“T, you’re bleeding?” I whisper.
“Don’t worry, it’s not mine,” he says.
“Holy shit.”
“It’s okay, princess. Everything is okay.”
“Did Brian spill the beans?”
He snorts. “And then some.”
“Did you find Forger?”
