Chapter 82:
Kael's already off the porch.
I'm right behind him.
"Get in the truck."
"Kael—"
"Get in the truck."
I get in the truck.
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He doesn't drive like a man going to a fight. He drives like a man going to a fire. Fast, but not reckless, and his hands are steady on the wheel and his jaw is set and he doesn't say a word the whole way down the mountain.
The radio's on. Not music. Jax's channel.
"Prez, they're outside. Three of them. One's in a uniform, two aren't. They're banging on the door."
"Rosa inside?"
"Rosa's inside. And Teagan's inside. And four other women."
"Anybody hurt?"
"Not yet. Rosa's got the door locked and she's got a shotgun and she's not answering."
"Good." Kael takes the last curve at fifty. "Nobody does anything until I get there. Tell Rosa I'm comi
