e Shaff

e edge of town, three blocks from the

took a booth near the window with an unobstructed view of

, I watched the house w

onal. To the Redeemer Knights, she was the untouchable matriarch whose approval

poisoning Dale's mind against me while quietly pocke

stakeout, a red sedan

the vehicle, slamming the door so hard the glass rattled. Even from acros

ter, slipped out the side exit, and cut throu

foot privacy fence. I vaulted the cedar wood effortlessly, l

detail I had cataloged months ago when Susan forc

and dropped silently

, shrill, furious voices e

oice cracking into a shriek. "She's got two black eyes and a concussio

ed back. "Dale is an idiot who couldn't ma

led i

usan replied, her t

ve

en was the Vice President of the Rede

positioning himself to seize the club's presiden

say?" Amber as

usan said, her words dripping with casual malice. "When they find

s and dump her in the abandoned quarry behi

ly. "I hope they smash her

f the pantry, I felt a c

neecaps?

way, followed by the front door swinging open without a knock

s. Gaven's pers

Susan demanded, ste

. "The Prez put out an order to bring her in alive and untouched. But Gaven caught us at the gate. Sa

giving orders much longer anyway,"

irma

paralyzing Calhoun Edwards. They weren't just independe

xt," Hammer said, turning back towar

oors into the backyard to cut toward the

the tool shed into the b

g for m