King of Ashes

Roman rushes Dante to the hospital, but the doctors are unable to reattach his finger. The next morning, Roman goes to the dentist and pays for expensive implants to replace his shattered teeth. When he returns home, he tells his little brother that he has a plan to use Torrent and Tranquil’s greed against them: “We want to be free of them, we got to get rid of them. Permanently” (59). Roman calls his friend, Khalil, an ex-military mercenary who now specializes in security for Atlanta’s celebrities, and asks him to come to Jefferson Run. Dante tries to warn Getty and Cassidy about the Black Baron Boys, but neither of them answers his calls. He’s especially worried about Cassidy, for whom he has romantic feelings.

Meanwhile, Neveah goes to the police station and asks for an officer named Chauncey, with whom she has been having an affair for six months. Chauncey doesn’t want his wife to learn of their relationship, and he chastises Neveah for coming to see him at the station. Neveah insists that her family is being stalked, and the officer begrudgingly agrees to investigate.