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“No, you need to help me.” The panic made his voice rise two octaves.

“If I had my way, I’d personally deliver you to her with a fucking bow on for what you’ve put Autumn through.”

“No come on, man. I protected her. I kept her safe.”

Mitch’s fist slammed into Anton’s jaw as his calm composure snapped. Bending close to the whimpering man he kept his voice low. “You fucking liar, you almost ruined her, and I’m going to enjoy watching you squirm when they find out what a little snitch you are.”

Mitch walked from the room as Decker gagged his mouth and covered his head again. He needed a minute to get his head around things. Pushing outside, he felt the fresh night air on his skin, the smells of the countryside familiar to him now. He’d spent the last few weeks hating Allen for what he’d done to Autumn, but he was innocent of that, he was also not guilty of killing her husband. Guilt for thinking the worst of the boy he’d known hit his chest, and he put a hand against the wall of the building to catch his breath.

Deck stepped out lighting a rare cigarette, the glow bright in the darkness of the night. “You okay?”

“Yeah, just trying to sort it in my head.”

“Seems simple to me.”

Mitch lifted his head, cocking it to the side. “Yeah?”

“Allen is destroying the Cobras from the inside. He knew you’d come for Autumn and wants us to take down the lab.”

“With Anton and the others in custody, the gang will fall apart, lose power and implode from the inside.” Mitch began to pace his mind whirling with possibilities, and then what his mother said struck him. “He planned this all along.”

Deck frowned. “What?”

“I was talking to my mum earlier, and she said Allen visited her years ago before he joined the Cobras. He told her he was on a different path to me and the only way to avenge his brother was from the inside out.” Mitch looked at Decker with shock. “He planned this all along, to take control and then destroy the gang that took his brother.”

“We need to talk to the others, because if we don’t make our play before dawn, then Verena Finch will send in her team to slaughter them all.”

And Autumn and Maggie would be in the line of fire with him.

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