Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

worth the business it would take away from their real estate
and hotels in the city.”
I cocked my head. “What mayor?”
The four of them stared at me, looking befuddled as they
wrapped their heads around exactly what the hell I’d been
doing all this time as Crane helped me gather information the
past couple of months. Taking down Winter’s father wasn’t
just to get Winter.
Kai shook his head. “Jesus.”
“They’ll elect someone new, Damon,” Will argued.
“They’re holding a special election in three months to replace
Winter’s father.”
“Yeah.” I smiled. “I know.”
And I stood there, waiting for their pea-sized brains to
catch up again. Thunder Bay needed a new mayor. One who
would give us all the permits we needed to start building over
at The Cove.
We had some likely candidates right in this room.
Will dropped his wide eyes, absorbing the idea, while
Michael sat back, staring at me.
“You can’t be serious,” Kai laughed out.
But I just cast my eyes to Rika, holding her gaze.
“What?” she asked, seeing me stare at her.
“You’re a good chess player,” I teased. “Politics. It’s the
greatest chess game.”
She started laughing. “I’m not running for mayor, so I can
protect your business interests, Damon. I don’t want to run
that town.”
“Why wouldn’t you?”
She opened her mouth to retort, but got lost for words for a
moment. Finally, she blurted out, “Why me?”
“Because Michael couldn’t care less, and the rest of us are
felons.”