I don’t comment. Because there’s really nothing to say.
“Tell me where I can find my seer,” he tries again. “And tell me what you taught her.”
I remain silent.
There is nothing he can do to make me give up Ashlyn’s location.
He arches a brow, almost like he heard that conviction. Or maybe he sees it in my expression. “I see,” he murmurs. “Then I suppose we get to do this the fun way.”
Nikiski screams, causing all the hairs along my arms to stand on end.
I look in her direction, confused to see her on all fours, shrieking like she’s being assaulted somehow. Yet there’s no one near by.
“I’m letting our sister see what I’m going to let those Alphas do to her after my new toy arrives,” Spruce says conversationally. “Sounds like she’s going to enjoy it.”
I again try to move, but find myself still collared somehow.Fuck!When I figure out how to undo whatever magic this is, I’m going toripSpruce apart.
“Not as much as my seer is going to enjoy the gift coming for her, of course,” he goes on, his words sending ice through my veins. “We just need to pinpoint her location…” He glances down at his watch, the gesture giving me pause.
Because I left my watch on the counter after it didn’t work properly.
“Temporarily release the signal blocker for the whole region,” he says, talking to someone through his device. “Then track all incoming and outgoing calls.”
My heart stops.
Fuck.
Fuck.
Fuck!
Ashlyn! I shout for her hoping like hell she can hear me somehow.
She doesn’t reply.
So I try again.Ashlyn!
Nothing.
Fuck.
I… I have to try… I’ll just…
Ashlyn…Don’t touch the watch. Do you hear me? Do not touch the watch. They’re tracking it in Kodiak Sector, which is where I am. That’s where the caves are from your visions. But nevermind that. Just don’t touch the watch, understand?
I repeat the words over and over until I hear my brother chuckle, the sound making everything inside me freeze. “Excellent,” he says.
I have no idea how much time has passed, I’ve been too busy repeating the words to Ashlyn.
Words she obviously never heard.
Because in the next moment, I hear a statement that will forever haunt my nightmares.
“Send up a signal flare in the area to alert all the Alphas nearby that an Omega has gone into heat. And send out the coordinates.” His dark gaze finds me as he adds, “Didn’t need your help after all,brother.”
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