They left before sunrise, like the dark could hide them better than daylight.Engines rumbled low as they took the South route, the road wide and empty ahead. Nolan led, shoulders tense. Jax followed close, silent behind dark shades. Ace laughed once in a while. Cole rode last, calm and steady.Ashley sat behind Nolan, her hands light around his waist. Every time she blinked, last night replayed in fragments—the way he said her name, the warmth of his skin, the guilt that came after. She didn’t dare look at the others. When they stopped for gas, no one spoke. It was all routine—fill up, pay, and move on. Jax’s glare lasted too long when Nolan brushed past him. Ace joked about needing coffee; no one laughed. Cole swore softly and glanced at the clouds.Behind them, two black cars slowed at the same exit, then blended back into traffic.Nolan saw it. The flash of a fake license plate in his mirror made his gut tighten. He gave a small hand signal—two fingers down and right. The others
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