Chapter 29

"Jason Reynolds? What does he have to do with it?" Zane asked.

"I can answer that." Pat set his beer down and leaned forward. "The cops have been after Reynolds for a long time. He's connected to a lot of clubs that open, stay in business for a short time, then close their doors."

Zane frowned. "Why's that?"

"Because as fancy as they make themselves, these clubs are dirty. They don't have the same rules as the approved dungeons. They don't screen their membership. They don't monitor activities. But that's not all." He looked over at Pat.

"I have a friend who's a detective with the Lee County Sheriff's Department," Pat told them. "They've had complaints over the past three years about girls disappearing from the clubs."

Dara stared at him. "Disappeared how? What's going on?"

"That's what they've been trying to find out." Pat hitched forward a little more. "Here's how it works. One of the owners, sometimes Reynolds, sometimes one of the others, makes a connection with a female who