Chapters 12 through 14 Summary

Tempe goes to the Operation Carcajou headquarters for a continuation of the presentation on bikers. She learns that some outlaw biker gangs are sophisticated criminal organizations, and she learns about the gangs' hierarchy. Some gangs even collect intelligence on law enforcement officials. Not all women associated with the gangs are the stereotypical biker chicks. Some use their lack of criminal record and lack of obvious association with the gangs to get jobs where they can help the organizations gain intelligence. After the presentation and while on the way back to her office, Tempe thinks about the bones of the unidentified teen girl, and she thinks about the situation with Detective Ryan. Tempe decides that for the duration of the upcoming weekend she will not think about the case or about Ryan.

In chapter thirteen, Tempe goes home and has a relaxing...