more, he’d made his bones by serving his old leader well. His mistake was in thinking the son was like the father. S

he latest account of this scourge’s actions. The man, Sam by name, at first thought, to look the younger m

ad was expected to follow this wet behind the ears educated asshole. Now the mu

to see what he would do next. Sam was sure that he’d get off with another warning, which he had no plans of obeying. What business wa

m got to see first hand the strength in the man he’d thought of as weak. Behind them, at the table, his old colleagu

he saw fear in the other man’s eyes. “Now, someone stronger has you at their mercy; how do you like it?” He shook the man like a ra

heir late leader’s son. The son they’d laughed and joked and taken bets as to how

lazing with a razor-sharp knowledge of the workings of the place that seemed almost uncanny. He’d weeded ou

miles of this town in the next twenty-four hours, you won’t walk again. Do not return to your house. Do not contact your wife and daughter. You’re to leave with

l over his feet in his haste to escape. Gabriel inclined his head for two of his men to f

, unless it’s with his enemy’s blood, then yeah, he’s all for that. But the scum around here was so far ben

g the men from the room. Order is not something they’d seen in a while, apparently, but his no-nons

e this mess was going to make. He didn’t know the first thing about handling an abuse victim, but somehow he didn’t think giving the woman

damn near postal, so he thought it best to scratch that line of thought. His mind went to all the

d hit her hard enough to pop a vessel in her eye while leaving an ugly bruise on her

y left here. This injury was by far not the worst she’d suffered at h

was her last hope. The old leader never cared too much about their plight. He’d all but turned a blind eye, only going

ell the last ten minutes or so when he’d pretended to go on with business as usual. It was too ear

just saved from certain death. The asshole husband and father seemed to be escalating

but never the daughter who he was told was the victim this time around and not for the first time. O

dn’t quite believe what he was seeing when her eyes first met his. Even with the bruises on her face, she was by far