Chapter: ProspectsMark. The rain started just as we cleared the warehouse district, a cold, needle-sharp downpour that washed the grease from my forearms and slicked the asphalt lane into a black mirror.I led the pack, my boots locked hard against the metal pegs of my chopper, the headlights of five secondary transport vans cutting through the torrential sheets behind my back. The younger riders—Hammer, Roach, and eight full-patched Vandals—were trailing my exhaust pipes like a silent wall of iron. We had an hour before the city precinct’s tactical sweep hit the eastern garages, and I needed to ground our network servers at the docks before the badges could weld the net shut. We turned sharply down the narrow, dark avenue behind the old rail yards, our tires screeching against the wet concrete.Suddenly, a blinding flash of high-beam high-beams exploded from the intersection ahead, slicing straight through the thick river fog. Three heavy custom choppers rammed out from the shadow of an abandoned s
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Chapter: The galleryCassie. The air inside the storage loft was thick with the sharp smell of raw canvas and old machine grease, a heavy dust settling over the wooden floorboards every time the custom engines rumbled down in the lower bay.I stood by the rough timber sawhorse, my fingers tightly gripping a long pair of industrial metal shears as I lined up the first layout cut across a dark slate-grey tarp. The high-society fabrics from the Jeffson pass were completely gone, and the dead studio downtown was nothing but a memory under a police block. But I refused to sit idle in a corner whimpering while the Iron Vandals tore themselves apart around the Round Table upstairs. My father had chosen his badge, and Mark had chosen his blade, but I was going to choose my own hands. If the golden cage was turning into a city-wide manhunt, I was going to build my own armor right here in the middle of their grease."Hold the edge of this canvas down, Mom," I said, my voice surprisingly steady despite the rapid,
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Chapter: Round table.Mark. The raw roar of the custom chopper finally died as I skidded the machine into the rear loading bay of the Sanctuary.The air inside the concrete walls was heavy, thick with the smell of wet gravel, exhaust smoke, and stale tobacco. I didn't help Cassie off the seat. I just kicked the stand down and stood up, my leather cut creaking against my chest as I unzipped the front to let the cool morning mist hit my bare skin. My split knuckles were still throbbing with a dull, burning pain from the beating I’d given my brother, but right now, the internal lines of this compound were a much bigger problem."Stay behind me, Cassie," I muttered, my voice a flat vibration as I caught sight of Hammer standing by the iron stairs.She didn't answer. She just held that old wooden drafting kit tight against her ribs, her grey sweater damp, her chin up as she followed my heavy boots up the timber steps. The main bay downstairs was dead silent, but the moment we pushed the heavy double doors of t
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Chapter: NemesisCassie. The narrow service stairs of the Sanctuary led down into a small, dark loading lane behind the main bays. The cold morning air hit my face, breaking through the suffocating cloud of tobacco smoke that had filled the upper chapel."Get your helmet on," Mark muttered, his voice a flat, low vibration as he manually checked the fuel line on his heavy black chopper. His face was a completely frozen mask of predatory focus, his knuckles still raw and split from the beating he’d handed David at the mansion. He hadn't said a single word about the knife he’d just driven into Clay’s Round Table, but the lethal tension vibrating off his leather cut told me everything I needed to know. The internal lines of his club were cracking because of me."We need to check on my mother, Mark," I said, my fingers tightly curling around my old wooden drafting kit as I stood by the rear tire. "If David’s corporate spotters are tracking the hospital precinct, she isn't safe at that clinic. We have to
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Chapter: ClayMark. The heavy iron gates of the Sanctuary slammed shut behind us with a loud, mechanical thud that echoed through the concrete bay like a gunshotI killed the ignition, the sudden silence of the compound settling over the rows of customized choppers lined up against the blackened brick walls. The engine cooled with small, sharp clicks against the oil-stained floorboards. Cassie slid off the rear saddle, her fingers slowly releasing their tight grip on the waist of my leather cut. She stood by the front tire, her jaw locked, her eyes wide as she clutched her old wooden drafting kit against her chest like a shield. Her grey sweater was damp from the morning mist, and the dark, swelling bruise David had left on her left cheek was fully exposed under the harsh yellow glare of our industrial cage lamps. "Savage! Up here! Now!Hammer’s voice cut through the cavernous space from the top of the wooden stairs, rough and entirely focused. He was leaning over the iron railing of the upper b
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Chapter: Mrs. Jeffson.Cassie. The label Mrs. Jeffson flashed across the wide television screen in bright, bleeding red letters, the text cutting through the dimness of the morning like a physical blade.I stood completely frozen on the third step of the grand staircase, my bare legs shaking underneath the heavy fabric of Mark’s oversized black t-shirt. The cotton smelled of his skin—of cedarwood, rain, and raw leather—but looking down at the screen, that warmth vanished in a split second. The hot, throbbing pulse behind my left cheek spiked, a reminder of the hand David had laid on my face only hours ago.Down by the kitchen counter, Mark stood with his back to me, his chest bare, his long legs planted firmly on the dark slate floorboards. His fists were clenched so hard against the marble counter that a thin line of crimson blood was slowly leaking from his split knuckles, dripping onto the clean white stone. He didn't drop his head, and he didn't pace. He just stared at the screen with an intense, unyie
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