The rain on Highway 20 didn’t just fall; it hammered against the asphalt, turning the North Cascades into a blurred, freezing void. Jackson Miller, a man whose leather cut bore the heavy, feared insignia of the Hells Angels, was just another shadow on the road until his headlights caught the jagged, unnatural tear in the guardrail. Below, in the suffocating dark of the ravine, a voice trembled, thin and terrified, begging a stranger not to hurt her as she lay trapped in the wreckage of a crushed sedan
The voice belonged to a girl named Megan, and her plea wasn’t just for help—it was the sound of someone who had learned that the world was a predatory place. Jackson, a man accustomed to people crossing the street to avoid his scarred knuckles and cold gaze, didn’t hesitate. He didn’t care about his reputation or the optics of a biker hovering over a crash site. He descended into the mud and wreckage, his presence a stark contrast to the fragile, broken metal pinning the girl to her seat.
As he worked to keep her calm, he noticed the details that didn’t add up. A phone in the mud displayed a chilling message: Don’t tell anyone where you’re going. The skid marks above hadn’t been an accident; they were the result of a hunt. When a dark pickup truck appeared at the top of the ravine, its driver watching with predatory silence rather than offering aid, the reality of the situation crystallized. This wasn’t a rescue; it was a cleanup.
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