Chapter 2Nick expected the stockade would be the hotel Raleigh had kept him and Adam in while letting Jah’lar dig holes in Nick’s psyche and forcing him to give Raleigh the information the man wanted, no matter how inaccurate. They’d gone a very short way, however, when he realized that was not the case. While they were heading to the section of the city the hotel was located in, they were verging slightly west and north. A hot nugget of anxiety burned just under Nick’s solar plexus and a quick, sidelong glance at Todd told him his mate was getting just as apprehensive. The most notable thing in this part of the city was a prison. There were multiple reasons Nick could think of to travel to the prison or its general area, none of them good. Todd grumbled under his breath beside Nick and

