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His second is believing Iron Ridge will let him take anything else from her.

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SEAN

Arthur is behind the wheel before Taylor closes his door.

“Go,” I order.

The SUV shoots through the gate.

Gravel sprays behind us as Arthur turns onto the canyon road.

I look at the screen in my hand.

The man still holds the lighter over Sage’s backpack.

“Taylor.”

“Calling Kane.”

Taylor uses the secure radio while I watch the live camera.

The flame moves closer.

Then stops.

The man looks toward the road.

His partner says something I can’t hear.

Neither of them drops the lighter.

They’re waiting.

“This is a trap,” I say.

Arthur presses harder on the accelerator.

“We know.”

“They want us to see them.”

Taylor looks at the screen.

“Then why sabotage the cameras?”

“To make us work for it.”

The man with the gas can walks to the edge of the porch and looks directly into the camera.

He knows we’re watching.

He smiles.

My hand tightens around the phone.

“Come on, Kane.”