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k walls of the compound, covered in years of oil stains and faded MC graffiti, felt suffocating. For four years, I
y. Daryl stormed around the corner, his boots slamming against the floorboards, his face dark with
finger straight at my face, closing the distance between us in three massive strides. "Turn
ets of my canvas jacket. "Those are my diagnostic rigs," I said, my voice dangerously even. "Boug
resence to intimidate me, his chest puffed out under his leather President's Cut. "Everything on
"Your house? Daryl, without my off-the-books cash injections, you wouldn't even have enough money to pay the Coal
tly. They exchanged wide-eyed, shocked whispers. The myth of Daryl Schwa
his temper. His face turned a deep, violent shade of beet-red. With a feral grow
tail. He wasn't the only
collar of my jacket, I twisted my torso to the left, slipping seamlessly beneath his clumsy, rage-fueled reach. I planted
e cracking against bone echoed sh
, cracking the plaster. A bright, vivid streak of blood instantly smeared
ead quiet. Nobody moved. N
had just laid out
e red smear on his knuckles, his eyes going wide with raw, murderous shock. "Yo
ssive, three-foot steel pipe wrench, resting the heavy metal head menacingly against
ious sneer slowly spread across his bloody teeth as he realized he coul
ulted a sitting President, Jerrica. Read the Coalition Charter. I can call a Mayhem Vote tonight. I can issue a state-wide kill orde
nt; it was an inescapable death sentence. The Prospects in the hall instinctively
your loyal men ride for you when they realize the club vault is c
ck on him. "Le
t door of Sector A slammed shut and the deadbolts engaged behind us, a lo
he exhaust vents near the ceil
o the compound gates outside. The distant, aggressive sho
rters had arrived for the monthly cross-state run, and he
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