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All they heard was that the Dragons hadn’t been using their headquarters for the past week But they’d already known that No one had any clue if the gang owned any other property, and that fact had Zach’s gut screa Of that he was sure, but they’d yet to find et someone to rat on Shark

Zach had even brought Louie out a few times If a feell-placed whacks with a solid wood bat wasn’t enough to loosen soet information out of so the weakest link and finding out exactly ould make them cave

Probably just what Shark did

A sobering thought, but one Zach didn’t have time to dwell on, because every second wasted was another second Mav was suffering

“So we’ve got jack shit?” Copper sla his hands on the table He loo ready to tear the clubhouse apart with his bare hands A feeling Zach was familiar with

The question was for Zach, but suddenly he found himself unable to answer Fear for Mav, fury over his ineffectiveness, and guilt for not keeping the club and his friends safe clogged his throat He shook his head, unable to aze

It was at that moment, Zach’s phone chirped in his pocket Under normal circumstances, Copper would castrate anyInstead, he aze and nodded

A lead brick settled in Zach’s stomach as he drew out the phone It was fro, as sure as he kneanted to fuck Toni Christ, it seeet in her pants In reality a few short hours had shifted all his priorities What he wouldn’t give to have her rejection be his biggest setback again

Sing down the ice-cold dread, Zach unlocked his phone to find an i back at hihter that flew from him

Mav was in bad shape as predicted Two black eyes Blood running from both his nose and mouth Wrists and ankles tied to a chair He was sluy to sit straight

But in typical Mav fashion, he had a big fuck you for the assholes who held hi as the Smoky Mountains themselves was on his face Each fist was curled except for two round, since his forearms were bound to the chair and he couldn’t twist his arot the point across And the best part was, the lackey of Shark’s that sent the photo hadn’t noticed Otherwise, they’d never have sent it