The mountain cabin sat like a fortress against the star-studded sky, hidden among towering pines and accessible only by a winding dirt road that would be impossible to navigate without intimate knowledge of the terrain. Jax had driven his Harley with practiced ease through the darkness, Raven clinging to him from behind, her arms wrapped tightly around his muscled torso as they climbed higher into the wilderness.
Now, as she stood on the cabin's wraparound porch breathing the crisp mountain air, she felt the first real sense of safety she'd experienced in weeks. The isolation was complete—no cell towers, no internet, no way for Venom's bounty hunters to track them here.
"How long have you had this place?" she asked as Jax unlocked the heavy wooden door.
"Five years. Built it myself afte
