The ride back felt different and it didn’t carry the same tension as before. The adrenaline stayed high but it didn’t turn into relief and it didn’t settle into anything clean.
No one spoke much. Engines filled the gaps and the night pressed close around us. The weight of what we had just done followed us the whole way home.
We pulled into the property and the lights were still on. The rotations were still tight and the second the bikes cut off something shifted again. And Havok was the one to step forward.
“What’s the update?” He asked.
Blade didn’t answer. At least not right away. A truck rolled in from the road and it wasn’t one of ours. Two men jumped out of the back and moved fast and carefully like they were carrying something fragile.
My chest tightened even before I saw h
