I scowled. “No. I thought you would fuckingdie!Jesus Christ, you’re like a fuckingcockroach!At least now you look like one, too.”
I spat on him, and his face went purple with fury.
He reared back, pulling back the needle as he readied himself to plunge it into my neck.
Suddenly, there was anexplosion.
The entire room shook, and dust rained down from the concrete walls. The steel door to the room he had me locked in blew inward, and Damian and I both stared in shock as Ryan Fairview stepped into the frame.
Theo appeared behind him, and they both looked ready for fucking war.
Alexa, play: Glass Houses - Bad Omens
Ryan didn’t even look at me; he only had eyes for Damian. The dust from the explosion billowed in the room from behind, and he sighted down his arm. Almost casually, my little, innocent ginger snap fired a shot.
Holy shit, that was hot… Why was that so hot?!
The bullet caught Damian in the shoulder, but the fucker had learned from his mistakes.
Bitch was obviously wearing a vest under his shirt.
Still, getting shot with a vest on will wind even the toughest guys, and Damian was no exception. He stumbled back, shouting out in alarm as Ryan stalked toward him.
Ryan had a look on his face I had never seen before. His eyes were blank, and his face was white with rage. Even his freckles were pale.
Suddenly, he winced, and his attention became divided by something I couldn’t see.
Fuck. I’d dropped my talisman.
I swear to god, if my bitch ass mother was attacking him…
“Free Cal! I’ll deal with this fucker,” Theo shouted, darting past her brother toward Damian.
Damian was still trying to recover from being shot when Theo executed one of the most elegant roundhouse kicks I’d ever seen in my fucking life.
Her foot connected with the side of Damian’s head, and he went flying. My mouth dropped open as I watched Theo descend upon him again.
I knew Theo fought in underground rings, butknowingsomething andseeingit were two different things.
Her fighting style was incredibly unique. It was an elegant mix of Krav Maga and Judo, which gave her an edge against someone Damian’s size.
She was fast and evasive but ruthlessly efficient when executing offensive moves. She wasn’t aiming to just injure. She was aiming tomaim.
Despite how good Theo was, she was much smaller than Damian, so it was still high stakes. She would be in serious trouble if he even landedonehit on her. Her clear Judo background allowed her to use his size and momentum against him, but she could tire and possibly make a mistake unless she knocked him out soon.
I needed to get out of this fucking chair before that happened.
Ryan was suddenly on me, working on the ropes that bound me to the chair.
“Baby, I can’t believe you’re here!? Where’s Vox?” As happy as I was to see my ginger snap, I hadn’t expected him to be the one to bust through that door. Where was my vampy bestie?
“Vox has Naomi; he’s getting her to the car,” Ryan grunted as he ripped one of the knots on my wrists loose. Relief rushed through me.
Fucking Damian.
Getting me all worked up for nothing.
I should have known Vox would never let anything happen to Gnomes.
