OverDrive — BURNOUT, Page 32
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In front of a lit dressing-room mirror, Ash leans on the counter with one bandaged hand near his face. Ash: “Redline...” Ash: “You hit harder than you look.” He holds a lighter with a flame. Ash: “Next time...” Ash: “...I think I’ll turn the heat up.” Two bandmates stand nearby as Ash faces away. Dark-haired bandmate: “Darien! You planning on joining us?!” Woman: “Sound check was twenty minutes ago!” Ash: “I’m coming.” Ash holds the lighter near his face. Ash: “Oh, I’m ready.” Ash: “Let’s burn the house down.”
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Ash, a blond man with bandaged hands and an orange-and-black jacket, looks at his reflection, holds a lit lighter, and turns toward two bandmates calling to him in a dressing room.
About this chapter
Matthew Banks never asked to be Redline—and after learning that saving people can make him a target just as easily as a hero, he’s beginning to wonder why he should keep trying at all. But when a chance encounter brings an unexpected new friend into his life and a string of mysterious fires leads him to the dangerously unpredictable Ash, Matt is forced to confront what walking away from his powers can cost. As Westhaven burns around them, Redline and Ash collide in a brutal battle neither man may survive. And when the smoke finally clears, Matt must decide what being Redline truly means to him. Unfortunately, Ash walks away with an answer of his own: He knows who’s underneath the mask.
