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rbs gave way to decaying factories and graffiti-covered walls. The air itself c
uching the silver ring at my chest. It was warm now from my sk
ed by a high chain-link fence came into
arked out front like sleeping iron beasts. A few men
entrance, my tires screaming on the oil-stained asphalt
d their cigarettes. Their expressions turned hostile. They moved to su
e door. My tall boots made a solid thu
muttered under their breath, I walked straight to the
tle, and asked what a "cager" like me, looki
cord from under my shirt and shoved the silver rin
rom his face, replaced by a look of stunned
ng. "Who you here to see?" he asked, his voi
e to see your Prez," I said, my
uld dare to speak the name of their feared leader so directly.
. A blast of deafening heavy metal music and the thickvering both arms stepped out. This was Cole K
ssing any questions, he simply jerked his
r. It was filled with drunk, loud bikers and scantily
hostility and jealousy, as if I w
e last remnants of "Mrs. Prince" flaking off me like dead
at the very back of the bar. The entrance
was instantly cut off. The only sounds were the hum
a man sat alone. He was as large and immovable
nife, the blade flashing in the dim light a
ed, the dim light finall
sculinity that instantly commanded the room. He had sharp, aristocratic cheekbones, a chiseled jawli
his shoulder. A faded scar cut through his left eyebrow, a
e most dangerous, most powerfu
stalgia washed over me. Looking at him felt like finding an anchor in a storm. An undeniable, deep
action of a second on the silver ring resting against my colla
the room, pulling the heavy door shut
hunk. He leaned forward slightly, and his voice, a low, gravelly ru
of his tone wrapping around me. "You fi
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