(Dane)
We got back to the compound just after midnight.
The man was quiet by then. Whatever fight he'd had in him at the motel had gone somewhere between there and here. That happened sometimes. The reality of the situation settled in on the drive and by the time they arrived they'd already done the math.
Ridge led him through the compound without a word.
The brothers who weren't involved went back to their sections without asking questions. That was just how it worked here. You knew what you needed to know and nothing else.
The room was at the back of the compound. Away from everything. Away from everyone.
Ridge opened the door and we went in.
The brothers put him in the chair and stepped back.
Ridge looked at him.
"Name," he said.
The man looked up.
"Dagger," he said.
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