47
KARMA
“We have them.”
Those words were a nightmare, so far beyond the one I was living right now.
It was Sterling, Wakefield pack lead, with his foul necklace and a victorious look in his eyes—more emotion than I think I’d ever seen in them.
“Where?” Holden straightened from the seat he’d been lounging in, knife still in his fist.
Vandle was on the floor at his feet, sticky blood across his torso, breathing short and sharp. There were a few of Holden’s alphas standing near him, but he wasn’t fighting. His skin was far too pale, and I knew he’d lost a lot of blood. They’d taken a break though, seeming unwilling to kill him.
It had been all I could manage, holding onto the last of my sanity, watching him be tortured. I’d held on because I knew, so far, they hadn’t caught our omegas.
That last reason flickered out as Sterling spoke.
“Wouldn’t come. They’re in our cell.”
“Wouldn’t come?” Holden snarled.
“Still has their gun,” Sterling muttered.
Holden rolled his eyes, getting to his feet. “We’ll deal with it.”
“Holden—” Sterling put a hand out before he was brushed off.
“Hm?”
“I don’t want her broken.”
A growl rose in my throat as Holden sneered. “We take whatever we want first, but you’ll get her in one piece.”
“No!”Vandle croaked, finding the strength to sit up, fury and terror shooting through the bond like lightning.
Before he could do more, the alphas grabbed him by the arms and dragged him toward the cage. He snarled, throwing himself against their grip.
It wasn’t enough, and then they were ripping the door open, flanked by more so we couldn’t make a break for it before they tossed him in.
We hauled him up, stepping back.
What was happening?
They didn’t shut the cage.
Instead, members of the Wakefield pack came into the cage with us. I scanned them, holding Vandle up at my side.
There were eight of them here, and I had no weapon…
“We’ll be back,” Holden said, scanning us as he slammed the door shut behind the last alpha. “Don’t think you’ll make it until then, but they’ll get to see your bodies before we clean up.”
I watched as he turned the key and tucked it into his pocket.
I didn’t get a chance to see him and his pack leave for Crescent and Sin, because the first alpha lunged my way.
Sanity fled me as I reacted, catching him with a blow.
Eight?
