The rain hit the rusted rooftops of the abandoned railyard, turning the dirt into sludge. Jonas Pike, former transit cop turned rail inspector, lit a smoke with shaking fingers. Riley Banks was dead\u2014his only friend, the guy who pulled him out when he went too deep into the bottle. <\/p>\n
Officially, it was an accident, just another drifter crushed under a derailed boxcar. But Riley was no drifter. He had called Jonas the night before, whispering about stolen freight\u2014chemicals gone missing, budgets cooked. Now he was just blood and bone against cold steel.<\/p>\n
Jonas followed the paper trail, straight to Commissioner Haynes, a man who always seemed a step ahead. When Jonas confronted him, Haynes just smiled. \u201cYou know we clean up our own messes, Pike.\u201d<\/p>\n
The next day, Jonas left town. He knew this city, its filth ran too deep. Riley had believed in justice. But Jonas had learned\u2014some truths weren\u2019t worth dying for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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