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I lose myself in my head again. We need to not only find Pazessca, but get some dirt on this place, and our fathers. We need the upper hand.

Hunter

“Well, so this is a thing,” Thor announces, sitting back in his seat.

“What?” I ask, a headache throbbing behind my eyes. I need to take a break from staring at a screen, but don’t dare do it.

“The six boys. They’re Mafia and Bratva.”

“What?”

“Yep. All their fathers are the heads of their individual families. It seems the boys are the heirs to the thrones.”

“Holy fucking shit! How did I not put those pieces together?”

“Don’t beat yourself up, man. Your attention was on your two ladies.”

“Still!”

“I’ll report this to Jax. Go take a walk or something, you look like a rubber band about to snap,” Thor suggests.

I blow out a pained breath. “Yeah, okay. Keep digging though. Anything we can uncover could be a lead.”

“Um... duh. I got you, bro.”

I bark out a sarcastic laugh. “Thor, you are something else.”

His laugh echoes behind me as I go to walk it off.

Chapter 14

Phoenyxx

I moan loudlyas I’m woken from a thankfully dreamless sleep by the sound of my door unlocking. I sit up, glancing around in confusion. Isn't it nighttime? I think so, everyone seems to be quiet.

I wait for the masked assholes with a new round of fresh hell, but no one comes. I hesitantly stand, moving forward through the open door. I walk over to 6’s cell, seeing she’s just waking up, too. Her door is standing open also.

Before I can say anything, I see 10 walking our way. “Hey,” I greet both. “Why are our cells open at night?”

“11, 11, yay!” 6 dances out of her cell. “Sometimes they let us out at night if we’re super good!”

10 nods in agreement. “We have free reign in the block. For how long? It varies. I suggest taking advantage, though. This doesn't happen often.”

“Alright. I'm going to go explore, okay?” I look at 6. “I’ll meet up with you in a few minutes. I need some time to clear my mind.”

“Aww!” She frowns, but 10 offers to walk with her. We head in opposite directions—they go towards the arena door, and I check out the other direction. There really are a lot of empty cells. I've been down here once already, but I’m taking time to look for anything that I might've missed before.

As I’m stalking past the cells, I see 9 is still locked up tight in his. I smirk, deciding to fuck with him. He can’t do shit to me right now, still locked inside his cell.

I walk straight up to the bars. “Well, hello, Cannibal Cocksucker. Why aren’t they letting you out too?”

He grunts, flipping me the bird. I laugh. “So... is it a punishment?”

“Yes,” he grits out.

“Sucks for you. Or, at least, I guess it doesn’t actually suck...”

He looks at me in confusion, then the light bulb in his mind clearly goes off. To my surprise, he throws his head back, and laughs.