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“Damn Would’ve liked to see that” Cameron was a rookie, but he also had a black belt in jiu-jitsu

Rhett poured hiether He was deter of the bikers co to Kinsley’s bar and then the break-in was a little too coincidental for Rhett’s liking “All right, let’s see what this prick has to say” Mug in hand, he followed Asher out of the break roorabbed the file folder off his desk before continuing on to the interrogation room down the hall

Just before Rhett entered the room, the chief called his name Both men turned and waited for Hank to reach them

“Meet ation room

Rhett nodded, watching the door shut before facing Hank

There was a softness in Hank’s eyes He placed a hand on Rhett’s shoulder and held his gaze “Good man” Without another word, he walked away

Rhett released the breath he hadn’t known he’d been holding, pleased he’d gotten soht when it came to Kinsley

He entered the interrogation roo at thebored In the corner of the room, a video camera would tape this interview, and Boone sat behind the tay le Rhett wouldn’t take chances He wanted all eyes on Dalton now He took a seat across froant tilt to Dalton’s head, the half smile

Rhett could have been Dalton When he returned from the Army, a shell of what he had once been, he had Boone and Asher A soldier always needed camaraderie, and Rhett found that in his childhood friends Dalton found that in aRhett owed much to Boone and Asher, who’d pulled him away from the darkness that shadowed his life in that first year after he came home They had forced him to come out, even when he didn’t want to They made him attend family dinners when all he’d wanted to do was hide in a bar and drink into the pain

Rhett finally cleared his throat and opened the file “I don’t want you here, and you don’t want to be here,” he said to Dalton “Answerour time”

Dalton’s ht you liked me, West”

Rhett flipped through the file, pulling out the photograph of Kinsley’s bar in shaht you showed up at Whiskey Blues, the bar was ransacked and destroyed” He flipped the photograph around and slid it across the table to Dalton “Are your guys responsible for this?”

Dalton exaraph and snorted “Not our style,” he said

Truth When the Red Dragons committed crimes, they didn’t hide their faces They were ser generation took on the guilt for any cri But that was not why Rhett had brought Dalton into the station today He doubted the Red Dragons were behind the break-in, but after years of honing his skills to read people to keep his brothers safe in the war, he was using Dalton as a stepping-stone to find out evidence he wouldn’t otherwise discover “Have you heard of any new gangs co into the area?”