Revenant (The Midnight Society #3) by Logan Patricks Page B

throughout the entire meeting.
    “We find Lincoln guilty of adultery.”
    I rolled my eyes. “Of course you do.”
    Odin looked at me with burning eyes. “The court has found you guilty. You will now be punished.”
    Fine, so be it. My body had been pushed to the brink before. I handled it then and I’d handle it now. I would not allow these mindless fucks to see me break.
    I waited for my punishment to come, which I figured would come in the form of Buchanan inflicting as much pain on my body as possible.
    That wasn’t my punishment.
    The doors to the court room opened and men, all wearing owl masks, dragged in a woman with them.
    She was silently crying. I took a closer look at her, and much to my horror, realized I knew this woman from another life. It had been years since I last saw her but her delicate visage had remained the same.
    It was Karina, my first love, and the woman whom I lost my virginity to.
    They were going to murder her before my very eyes.
     
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Chapter Eleven
    Shadow
     
     
     
    “Your brother would have killed you, you know,” I said, looking at the pile of broken flesh on the motel bed next to mine.
    Beau slowly turned his head towards me and grinned. “It was a gamble. I agree.”
    “Did you actually think you could take Braydon in a one-on-one fist fight?” I asked as I kicked off my shoes and leaned back on the single twin bed.
    “Not at all, chief. Not at all.”
    No more needed to be said. I knew what Beau had done.
    Braydon would have never agreed to help us as long as there was still a chip on his shoulder with regards to Beau. Having Braydon kick his ass all around the brothel was all part of Beau’s plan to allow his brother to save face and get the revenge he desired. Only when he felt things were square between them, would he have been willing to work with us.
    I had underestimated Beau, taking him for a country bumpkin who made decisions with his dick rather than his brain.
    That still didn’t excuse him from scratching himself with my salad tongs though.
    “So what’s the plan now?” Beau asked. He sounded exhausted.
    “You get to pass out,” I replied. “I have a phone call to make.”
    Beau grinned. “Sounds like the perfect plan to me.”
    I rose from the bed, grabbed my cell phone, and then left the motel room.
    There was something about the country air that was absolutely invigorating. The stars tonight had decided to burn brightly in the sky, high above the scented pine trees that surrounded the motel.
    I took a moment and reveled in the silence of nature before finally making the call.
    “Shadow?” the woman on the other end answered. Her voice was soft like a melody, but still authoritative.
    “Yeah Leah, it’s me.”
    “You make contact?”
    “Braydon’s in.” I paused. “All it took was one of my guys getting his ass kicked all over kingdom come.”
    From the sound of her voice, I could tell Leah was smiling. “Was the guy a prick?”
    “You know, at first I thought he was. But the deeper I dig into this guy, the more okay he seems.”
    “Be careful of who you trust though. As I mentioned before, I have a strong suspicion that Calisto has a mole planted within your organization right now.”
    I could count all the members of my ‘organization’ on my fingers: Aria, Cairo, Reiko, Beau, and Isadora. Meanwhile, Lincoln was being held captive by my sister.
    Who, of all these people, was working for Calisto?
    “Has your mole been able to get any more information on The Midnight Society’s own personal Judas?” I asked.
    “No. I’ve pressed them about it but they don’t have a clue. Their current assignment, issued by the Revenants, has them working away from their base of operations. It’s hard for them to get a pulse on what upper management is planning down on their end. All they know is that you’ve got a leak in your camp somewhere. They’ll do their best.”
    I guess that was all I could hope for.
    “So I have