“Happy hunting, Alphas,” I blow them a kiss, get into my car, and drive away. When I look back in the rear view mirror, they are still watching.
“And that is how you get the job done, boys.”
My phone rings, and I put it on speaker. “Mission complete, darling?”
“Yes, Dad. It’s taken care of. And I got to steal their mark,” I let out a giggle and pull my hair tie out, letting my hair loose.
“Good job. Come home, your mother’s got a new recipe she’s perfected just for you. I can’t wait to hear all about your adventures.”
“I’ll be there in two hours. I just want to stop and have a shower at Meg’s house before I swing home.”
“No worries, and, baby, did you have fun?”
I think about the alphas and their frustration when their murderous attempts failed. The challenge and excitement and the triumph when I stole their kills. “I really did.”
Dakota
Istand there staring after the car, my mind blank, every instinct screaming after me to stop her. But how? My thoughts won’t settle, they are jumping around, and things don’t make sense.
“Who had the first-aid kit? The big one?” I ask.
“The one we salvaged from the raft?” Rory murmurs. “That was Rojer.”
“So, the pack with the spare EpiPen is the one we left at the top of Colson’s Pass?” I ask.
Vale turns sharply in my direction. “Where are you going with this, Kota?”
Rory’s eyes are dancing. “Think it through; there’s no other answer. Come on, Kota.”
“What’s going on?” Cyn murmurs, but he sounds awful. He doesn’t do well with letting people in or losing them.
Vale is silent, watching me with a question in his eyes.
I rub my chin.
I open my mouth, close it, open it again, close it. I gurgle. My brain misfires.
There is just no way.
But how can we possibly be wrong?
“We had to fill in our medical history in the sign-up forms to come here,” I murmur. “They are all allergic to bees. I remember looking at it when I hacked the application. Bees, I thought it was weird all three had the same allergy.”
“What?” Cyn asks, but he’s not really paying attention. He’s still watching the road like he hopes she will just appear.
A smile spreads across my face. “Oh, no, you are good, Bonnie, so fucking good.”
“What are you talking about?”
I wait until everyone is looking at me.
“We assumed Bonnie would want some kind of payback, didn’t we? It’s always been something we have speculated about.”
“Yeah, her payback was keeping them alive. It was damn annoying.”
“Ah, but what if it wasn’t? What if that was just fun for her? She seemed to be having a whole lot of fun.”
Vale snorts. “That is true.”
