Book 3 Chapter 21: He Couldn't Show Weakness
Dantes landed on the rooftop of the Vixen shortly after. He and Jacopo had flown hard to get there as quickly as possible, but didn’t stop to catch their breath. Dantes left his audience chamber and headed for his VIP booth where Jayk was meeting with Zak, Fandal, Daisy, and Sand. He realized he couldn’t hear what they were saying as he approached and saw that Wane was sitting nearby as well. He raised a mug of ale, a little unsteadily, and gave a solemn nod of greeting that Dantes returned.
He walked closer and the ambient sounds from outside the booth ceased, while everyone within the booth’s voices became audible.
“- move his operations onto the southern side of the docks.”
“I don’t know, it may be better to consolidate them closer to Daisy’s operations. Half of what he acquired just gets moved through her routes anyway.”
The voices quieted as Dantes walked toward them.
Jayk turned around, seeing him and nodded in greeting.
Fandal, a member of the old Dock Sharks that Dantes had absorbed after having his old compatriot Grima removed in a spectacular and violent fashion, stood and approached him.
“They hit today's shipment from Frasheid. I had three of my boys arrested, and now I won’t be able to make deliveries to-”
Dantes fixed him with a stare that made him stop talking. “I know what was hit. I know who was arrested. I know what was confiscated.”