(Carter)
I sat in my compound. Staring at the security monitors.
Nothing. Just empty streets. Quiet.
Too quiet.
Ridge was coming. I knew it. Could feel it.
He'd burned down my strip club. Destroyed my property. Made me look weak in front of my own guys.
And I'd threatened his women. His family.
Yeah. He was coming.
I just didn't know when.
I looked around the room. Forty guys. All armed. All ready.
Some were playing cards. Some were drinking. Some were just sitting there. Waiting.
Same as me.
"Prez," Hayes said. He was my second. Loyal. But not too smart. "You really think Ridge is gonna come here?"
"Yeah. I do."
"When?"
"Soon. Maybe tonight. Maybe tomorrow. But soon."
"And we're just gonna sit here and wait?"
"What else do you want to do? Go to his compound? He's got fift
