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“Hey, are you guys still going to Nevada?” Rebel asked.

“Yes, we are,” Rogue said, turning back to the boys.

“Can I still come?”

Rebel gazed at Rogue.

“What do you think?” Rogue tipped a glance toward him.

“Hell yes,” Wrath said and winked.

“Can I come?” Boston asked, eyes wide.

“Of course,” Rebel answered and shot Rogue an expectant look. “Right?”

“What about school?” Wrath gazed at Boston. “Don’t you have courses to make up?”

“No, I finished what I wanted. I’m taking a break. It’s summer anyway,” Boston said with a shrug.

“I don’t mind if he comes along,” Rogue said.

“Okay then,” Wrath agreed.

EMTs interrupted at that point and the boys were cleared from going to the hospital.

Wrath and Rogue stepped aside when Stone and Real arrived with the mayor.

The explanation was quick. Rebel had tracked a known gang leader to the dumpy apartment building. When Rebel had encountered Smalls, the man attacked him. Wrath didn’t know if the mayor bought the story or not, but it was the only version the guy was going to get.

“Stay out of my city.” The mayor scowled at the pair. The boys quickly nodded under the stern gazes of Stone and Real.

All in all, it had been a good night. A sick fuck had been rid from the earth and everyone had lived to breathe another day.

In Wrath’s book that constituted a very good day.

Two weeks later.

“Is this a real working ranch?” Rebel asked from the back seat when they drove beneath the archway with the overhead sign that read Nightfall Drifters.

“It is,” Rogue said. “But not all of it is animals.”

“What other stuff is here?” Boston draped over the seat with curiosity.

“They have training,” he said slowly. From what he remembered, Quick helped with training Phoenix operatives. Now that Quick was no longer with Phoenix, did the guy now train Genesis assassins?

“What kind?”

“The kind right up our alley.”

“So, assassins and shit?” Rebel sounded excited.

“Yes. Maybe? There’s been some changes that I don’t know about.”

“Remember, what you see here, stays here,” Wrath added.

Rogue had already filled Wrath in on what he knew about the facility, and also that Quick said there had been changes.

It took twenty minutes to reach the inner portion of the property where the ranch-like facility was located.

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