The thug sat back down with a grunt, grumbling under his breath. "Shit… I've been in this line of work for years, and I've never dealt with a hostage this damn difficult. Boss, is that Andrew guy she mentioned really that big of a deal?"

The guy driving was the leader, Corey Stone. He grunted without looking back. "Big deal or not, I do know he's laid hands on both of the Ackermann brothers and even roughed up Elon from the Golding family. So, let's not push our luck. Stick to the job and keep