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DAMIEN RAPHAËL POV

The hum of the engine was the only thing that kept me from slipping too far into my head.

I sat in the passenger seat of the lead SUV, eyes locked on the GPS coordinates blinking red on the dashboard as we moved through East Bay. One hand rested on my rifle across my lap, the other lazily drumming against the door.

The boys behind me were locked in, loaded and ready in the two SUVs with their headlights off.

"Showtime." I muttered, clicking the safety off the moment we turned the final corner.

No cops dared patrol these streets after sundown, not unless they were paid off or suicidal.

The convoy of black SUVs screeched to a halt in front of the compound, an old dockyard warehouse turned gang stronghold. The kind of place cocky street rats thought they could build an empire in. One they thought could stand independent from Raphaël oversight. They were wrong.

I stepped out, feeling the cool bite of salt air sweep through the open lot. My bulletproof vest was snug b
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