Status Updates From Cabin 2 (Steele Shadows Sec...

knows who night fox is, my guess is Jag.) Axel go Celeste’s house, he feel something not right, sees blood on floor, in living room there’s blood splatter on walls.

2 days later Erika donated painting to help Phillip’s company. She found out Reed been running it for past yr cuz Phillip owe lots money. Other cause she donate to is PTSD foundation. Phoenix looking worse. Wolf think night fox lives in town. Gonna check who went Russia around time Sokolov guy murdered, Oct 24. Celeste (their secretary) drops her muffin, stumble say thinking something else, leaves. (I guess she

w/body. 48 hrs later she in Axel’s bed, he’s been caring for her. Senator Inglewood arrested along w/17 arrests so far, tons evidence link black v’s to bunch cold cases. Almost got all members of black v’s, Senator was leader, been in since teenager. Axel hand her her grandma’s ring w/3 blue stones, he found it at pawn shop run by black v’s. Axel tell her he loves her, ask her marry him. She say yes.

guy’s name Lex Marino. Find out Lex owns vintage car place, that’s where he’d take Erika. Axel go on motorcycle, tell Gage/Gunnar meet him there. Lex snuck up on Erika, she know guy from festival. Lex take her to Senator Inglewood. dozen men w/guns. Lex beats her when she taunt him cuz he one kill her grandma. Lex put gun to her head, Axel jump down from tree onto Lex, knife 2 kidney, gunshots, Axel protect her

Axel watch Erika paint tree, hear noise, know kidnapper there. Axel see him, its bodyguard Phillip hired. Axel fight w/him, both lose guns, guy choke Axel, Axel knock him out, cuff him to tree. Turn to Erika but she gone. Bodyguard was distraction, were 2 of them, she fought 2nd guy but guy took her. Axel try follow to no avail. He has Wolf look at security footage from festival, tell him find specific mask, Wolf say

sure she doesn’t leave. Erika want go on run, Gunnar join her, he doesn’t break sweat while she drenched. He tell her Axel doesn’t need complications/drama in life now. Axel return, he/Gunnar go main house. Erika know Axel doesn’t need her drama in life, she go out back door, into woods where her/Axel were yesterday. She put self out as bait, ready end this She paint oak tree Axel/Phoenix climb when little.

On walk, pours, have run back cabin. Axel can’t believe he told Erika about Phoenix, he’d never open up like it to anyone. Axel kiss her, take his shirt off, he’s wearing rock she gave him, she falls in love. They lick each other & have sex. Axel lost dad, Phoenix barely breathing & doesn’t want lose her. Gunnar came from hospital, tell Axel Phoenix looks paler, Axel go hospital while Gunnar watch cabin, make

phone hasn’t been turn on so can’t track it til then. Wolf also found Phillip’s company Zajac company about file bankruptcy. Phillip been selling homes, stocks, cars to keep it afloat. Erika is famous painter, alias Agatha Rose. Steele brothers have one of her paintings hanging in house, Axel say dad has one in study too. Axel tell her about Phoenix in coma.

files in it, therefore person would know right away someone looking at files. This how killer caught dad’s looking into it. Also how Phoenix open files too. Axel knew if Phoenix try kill himself wouldn’t leave anything to chance, he’d put gun in mouth & shoot, he wouldn’t have shot self at angle. Wolf found trail $9 million dollars funneled into shell corporation from Russia. Only 1 phone associate w/it but

care if she doesn’t come back from getting revenge on black v’s. Axel cares, it’s her cross to bear, he say it’s theirs. She has chance at revenge for killing of grandma & nothing stop her. She know there’s something btwn her/Axel, knows he feel it too. Axel visit Phoenix in hospital. Wolf tell Axel about program dad looking into was encrypted way send confidential info. Program changed if someone try open

Erika try investigate on own cuz cops weren’t, re open restaurant, saw bro/dad at funeral but that it, they didn’t help her. Life went on, didn’t cross paths w/black v’s again til 6 days ago. Same v tattoo on forearm of guy kill grandma & guy kidnapped her. Doesn’t know if it’s same guy, doesn’t care. Her grandma’s blue stone ring taken in break in other night. Axel see she want revenge. She doesn’t

to cabin, 2 people killed (1 on each side of them dancing). She know she was target, wants go back. Axel puts her in cabin, she leave, Axel tell her she can go walk into woods but he’s done. She walk away, he tell her not gonna deal w/her childish tantrums cuz she being hunted. Axel tell her about black v’s, she already know about them. She tell him dad changed when began make money, became greedy. She lived w/

realize had cell phone, call 911, ran back to grandma but she dead. Has panic attacks ever since. Told cops everything but they didn’t say anything. Erika found out by self v tattoo was black v’s, told cops, they look into it. Erika ask around, video camera surveillance & cops waited 2 days get it but footage gone cuz re-record over old footage every 2 days. Cops say mugging gone wrong, stopped investigating.

her polish grandma (dad’s mom). Dad rich but grandma lived poor, dad never gave her money. Worked at grandma’s restaurant when not in school. One night locking up restaurant, 3 guys came at them, put on ski masks. Grandma gave her her ring w/3 blue stones, told her loved her & run to police station. Finally ran as guys grabbed grandma, Erika saw black v tattoo on one guy hand. She ran, almost got to station, then

Perez. Inglewood no mask, chief of staff wolf mask, he kept looking at her. Inglewood had cut on hand. Axel tell her she needs b more aware of where she is, who she sees, everything little thing. She knows she in trouble. Axel dance w/her, about to kiss when loud gunshot, screaming, Axel body cover her on ground, another shot hit statue right next her, feels warm blood beneath her. She has panic attack. Get her back

moved out at 16. Dad died shortly after, Phillip took over business, work side by side w/Reed. After she left, her/Phillip didn’t talk. She say Phillip doesn’t care about her, all about the money, doesn’t want get another ransom call. Erika fearful cuz could come into contact w/present kidnapper & past (guessing whoever killed girl 13 yrs earlier). At festival meet Senator Inglewood, his chief of staff Antonio

Erika know kidnapper b at harvest festival masquerade ball. She think back 13 yrs ago, she call 911 from alley, tell operator they killed her, she passed out. Present day again, Axel wear suit, looks hot. He look at her head to toe. Tell her she need do as he says. She tell him relationship w/half bro Phillip never been good. Same dad, different moms. Phillip 12 yrs older, dad groom him take over business at 16. She

taking down black v’s. Jag want use her as bait at harvest festival that senator inglewood sponsoring. Agree Erika as client in cabin 2. Erika upset Axel didn’t acknowledge her thank u card & rock she’d given him. Wolf give her self defense lesson. Wolf has her pinned to mat when Axel pushes him off her, they tumble fighting. Erika wonder what that about. Goes to get ready for harvest festival.

under investigation by FBI cuz think he involve w/black v’s. Also think black v’s in w/some most elite in country, fortune 500 CEO’s, politicians, etc. Jag recommend they help Erika cuz guy after her has nothing to lose. If he doesn’t kill her, black v’s will kill him & family. Axel know he’s not getting whole story from
Phillip. Erika is only one gotten away from black v’s alive, Jag say she b key to

carved into skin right under mole, almost missed it. V is mark of black v’s, gang FBI been after, own 70% of cocaine market, gang is brutal, violent. If someone rat on them, kill person & family viciously. Guy kidnapped Erika now has bounty on head by gang unless he finds her & kills her. Jag say there connection btwn black v’s & Niki’s case (1st book). Her ex trying get in w/black b’s. Senator Inglewood

ransom. Woman in cave w/Erika was socialite who family wealthy. Jag talk w/Axel, Gunnar separately, say FBI working case, other woman kidnapped 8 days ago from bar, look like she knew her captor. Parents got video of her being shot, know Erika saw whole thing. Think Erika was opportunity when guy found out who she was from her phone. Jag doesn’t think break in at house random. Jag saw from pic of autopsy, was V

Phillip’s partner, Harrison Reed, runs Zajac business & in Polish armed forces. Phillip tell Axel needs personal security cuz business under attack, think Erika’s kidnapping part of it. After she went missing, Phillip got call ask for $1 million ransom but then Erika found. Phillip/Erika think she still target cuz house broken into & trashed last night, took jewelry. Phillip think keep after her til Phillip pay

his mind. She sent him thank you for saving her life card & rock she had in hole, she drew cassiopeia constellation on it. Phillip Zajac (Erika’s brother) tells Axel he needs his help.

her about her tattoo on wrist. It’s constellation cassiopeia. crazy cuz deer Axel been hunting/watching for months they nicknamed cassiopeia cuz markings look like constellation. She tell him story of cassiopeia, she always loved it. He tell her “true beauty shines thru even the darkest of times”. Medics arrive help her. 4 days later Gunnar at gun range, Axel see cassiopeia the deer. He can’t get Erika out of

know full damage til wakes up. Brothers/friends take 4 hr shifts sit w/Phoenix in hospital. Try track night fox, guy believe killed dad & try kill Phoenix. Gage/Axel hear woman scream, find trap door, still hear screaming. Axel shoot lock, call down into hole, no response. Axel see woman tortured & now dead. see blonde hair, blue eyes. Axel feel something looking at her. She tell him she saw woman get killed. He ask

his dad’s search for international assassin. Believe dad, director of NSA, killed too. Phoenix became all consumed w/theory dad murder. Local police close case on dad & think close case on Phoenix too. Phoenix still alive, dr have him induced coma. Miracle bullet lodged instantly w/out bouncing around in brain. 2nd miracle no bone shards pierced brain. Phoenix lucky b alive, flatlined 2x. If he pulls thru won’t

man came after his family. Gage told him needed break, now he hunting. Axel has deer in sights but doesn’t take shot. Gage tell Axel he think moving in w/Niki. Axel jealous Gage had Niki to help him thru. Gage tell Axel
come home cuz have update. Crime lab say bullet from gun Phoenix holding, his fingerprints, everything point to suicide but brothers don’t believe it. Think Phoenix killed cuz his research into

Hunting to forget past two weeks, crossbow hunt deer w/huge rack. Since kid, he always over analyze everything, always tried best everything. Compete against self. Didn’t want relationship w/women, just had one night stands. Gunnar say he lack empathy. Axel read everything. Valedictorian high school, college in computer science & physics, graduated magna cum laude. In marines for 15 yrs. Spent past 2 weeks tracking