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Chapter 2

Titus

IT SHOULDN’T HAVE SURPRISEDthe news about her father’s uy and he had tried to hire the city’s worst andabout Dovie that just screaot that she had to have a core of concrete, reinforced with rebar, in order to stand toe-to-toe withand to survive in the Point

Race was another story I expected rage, anger, furyI expected anything but the icy indifference that seeave the two of them the news There was no love lost between Race and his old man In fact, more than once threats had been tossed around, and had Reeve not eous story, I would have put Race and my brother at the top of my suspects list for the old man’s murder

Neither ht Lord Hart walk off of a short pier, but Race’s frozen expression as he shifted his gaze between me and his sister told rieve the loss of his parent, no matter hoful that parent may have been Dovie must have sensed it too because she reached out a hand, put it on Race’s shoulder, and gave it a squeeze

“How did it happen? Did Novak’s guys find out where the feds took him?”

I rubbed the back of my neck and turned the cell phone I had in my hand over and over so that the corner tapped on theto open it and scroll through the es, not just for the information but also to see if the raven haired beauty was actually on the up-and-up There was so that stuck with me the first time she walked into the precinct and told angster to kill her sister’s boyfriend I’d never seen anyone so cal to a felony before I had never seen anyone so co the rest of their life away, and I would never forget how endlessly dark and unreadable her navy-blue gaze was as she candidly adoons as repayment for the hit he had carried out upon her request Reeve was the reason Dovie got snatched off the street and the reason I had been forced to watch un to his head with every intention of pulling the trigger to save not only his lady butabout the beautiful backstabber since the feds had whisked her off after she agreed to testify against the rest of Novak’s crew if they could guarantee her immunity and a new life

“No, we don’t think it was anyone fro into it”

Race lifted a gold-tinted eyebrow and the corner of his mouth pulled down “More dirty cops?”

That hat erous and why he had been the clear choice to take over the long-running criminal enterprise once Novak was out of the picture He was just so da before they were even laid out

“I’ into it” I blew out a deep breath “I called Bax and Brysen I thought you would want to tell the on in person” The real reason I had called in reinforce to play out Bax would protect Dovie fro the news of her father’s deht that Brysen was the only person that could snap Race out of the frigid shock he seemed to be encased in I was a cop I never underestimated how beneficial backup could be

Dovie gave a srin and shook her head at me a little “You wanted Bax here because you want tostupid when he finds out”

Race snorted and shoved his hands through his shaggy hair “How does the oldon, Titus?”

RECENTLY, THE POINT HAD seen the working girls scared to do their thing because one of the meant to kill, just as the city’s dirtiest, nastiest club went up in flaround On top of that, Race’s prized, vintage car had been incinerated right in front of this very police station and bodies had begun piling up for no other reason than to prove a point Novak was gone and that ame—at least that hat the initial interpretation had been Noith Reeve’s revelations and Harter was at play Killing Dovie’s oldfor the city They were e pure and simple Someone didn’t like the fact that Race and his business partner, Nassir Gates, had picked up right where Novak had left off Burning the club down screwed Nassir and struck right at the heart of as irls The same could be said for the destruction of Race’s car He loved that dah his dad was a bastard, it was obvious that Race still cared for him The attacks seemed more pointed now than they had before

I sighed again and just gave Race a look that he could interpret any way he wanted He was bright enough to know exactly what I thought without ot to

“Let uys can head out If I don’t fill Bax in, I have about five seconds before he colass anyway” My cell phone had been buzzing and pinging with ier brother since he hit the front doors of the station Nothing, not even bulletproof glass and an ar police personnel, would keep Bax frouys take a couple ether if you need it”

I was at the door when Dovie’s soft voice stopped me

“Why is Reeve back, Titus? What does she have to do with everything that’s going on?”

I gave her a hard look and pulled the door open My eyes iirlfriend I cringed when I also saw that Reeve’s tirowled at by Bax My younger brother had intimidation down to an art form, and I hated to admit that I didn’t bla off of hi woman