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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: TRUST NO ONE

Author: Frank Cannon
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-21 05:42:18

I did not go back to the compound immediately.

Instead, I rode to Colt's grave.

The cemetery was empty. Dark. Just me and the ghost I could not stop mourning.

"I do not know what to do," I whispered to his headstone. "Everyone is lying. Everyone has secrets. How did you handle it? How did you know who to trust?"

The wind picked up, rustling leaves.

No answers. Just silence.

I pulled out the files Victor gave me. Read through them carefully.

Bank transfers from Razor to William Cross. Dates that matched key events. Phone records showing calls between them.

It looked damning. But it could be fabricated.

Victor Kane was a master manipulator. This could all be a setup to turn me against my own people.

But what if it was real?

My phone buzzed. Mae.

"Where are you? Everyone is worried."

"Cemetery. I needed to think."

"Come home. We need to talk. Now."

Something in her tone made my blood run cold. "What happened?"

"Just come home."

I rode back, adrenaline pumping.

The compound was on high al
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    I tracked Crystal through the clubhouse using sound.Her breathing. Her footsteps. The soft rustle of her clothes.She was good. But I was better.Because I knew this building. Every creaking board. Every hiding spot. Every exit.This was my territory.My home.I found her in the bar. Standing by the window, silhouetted against the moonlight."Took you long enough," she said without turning. "I was starting to think you ran again.""I do not run anymore. You should know that by now.""Then prove it." She turned, gun raised. "Face me. No tricks. No backup. Just you and me.""Fine." I raised my gun. "But first, answer one question. Why Colt? Why did you have to kill him?""Because he loved you." Crystal's voice was raw. "Even after you left. Even after you broke him. He still loved you. And I could not compete with a ghost.""So you made him one.""So I removed the competition." She smiled. "And it worked. For a while. I thought with him gone, I could finally take control. But then you

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