Chapter 76 I Tame Dogs

• “You should command your men to step back, Arden. Or I will get angry for real.” Logan’s lips curled in a slow knowing smile as if he was enjoying the moment when Cain expected him to pee his pants.
• Cain’s laugh broke into a roar that shook the dark-paneled room, thick with cigar smoke and the metallic tang of weapons. He slammed his palm against the mahogany table, rattling the crystal ashtray.
• “You dare walk in here with scraps of courage and Lala’s street rats at your back?” Cain Arden’s eyes blazed, spittle spraying as he leaned forward. “Do you even grasp who you’re speaking to, Pierce? These men—” he swept a hand toward the mercenaries standing like statues of steel “—are not hired thugs. I’ve spent millions grooming them, hardened them with war after war. I pay ten million a year just to keep their blades sharp and their hands loyal.”