Chapter 23

Chapter 23

The crew behind Jax stared at the phone on the ground, swapping confused glances.

They couldn't figure out what kind of call could shake Jax enough to make him drop it like that. The guy always kept it together.

Next to him, Dane sat in his wheelchair, watching Jax's stiff posture. A sick feeling churned in his stomach.

"Jax, what's up?" he asked, his brow wrinkling.

Jax didn't say a word, just stood there quiet.

Then he slowly turned his head toward Raven, his glare cold and piercing.

"You behind this?" he asked, voice low.

Raven looked back with a small smile.

"Told you," she said easy, "I'd show you what regret feels like."

Jax's fists tightened, knuckles cracking from the pressure.

Dane caught their back-and-forth, and panic hit him hard.

"Jax, what's going on?" he pushed, his voice jumping with worry. Jax took a deep breath, his words coming out rough and gravelly. "The Group-it's finished," he said, heavy and slow.

Dane's eyes widened. He was dumbfounded.

He scrambled for his phone, pulling it out of his pocket in a clumsy rush.

It'd been on silent before they got here he hadn't even noticed till now.

When he got it out, the screen lit up with a call coming in.

He sucked in a shaky breath, his trembling finger tapping accept

done!" the voice on the

heart stopped. He jumped

"What happened?" he snapped.

before he left-how could the Group collapse

ton of that stuff can't hit the light. The cops are already moving

shock

tight. The Group had killer programmers-They were

voice added, sounding helpless. "Our firewall was

a breath

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fix it?"

few seconds of quiet dragged on before a shaky

you could hit up Mr. Jax Grayson to bankroll

"Smash!"

the phone

ground, breaking apart. It didn't touch the anger burning

work, wiped out in

guts, he couldn't stomach a hit like this. His fists clenched hard. Then he swung his head toward Raven, eyes flaming with hate, locked on her. "Jax,

barely noticeable, then set his eyes on Raven

end you fast," he

and shook her

tough-guy talk back then-and she'd still snapped

on Jax and got

about out of patience," she said, her voice cool. "Give

take a little

darker, his whole

on Raven, each word sharp

you've got," he shot

was done, and the Grayson

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