“Yes, let me go in first,” Cyn says quietly.
I look at him sharply.
“You got it,” Vale says. “Make it last a long time, Cyn. Show him the meaning of fear.”
“Rory, have you got some of your experiments on you?” Vale barks out.
I tap my dart gun that is already loaded with a dangerous concoction of drugs that will have him tripping off his ass.
“I do.”
“Plug him the minute you get a chance. I want him to live in his nightmares. Kota?”
“Yeah?”
“Disable him. I don’t want any accidents. Get our girl out of there.”
Sanderson snorts. “What am I supposed to do?”
“You can help me skin him alive,” Vale says in a malevolent hiss.
Sanderson’s smile is slow but wide. “I like it.”
Vale parks the car, and we all rush out. I scan the surroundings while Cyn checks his tracking app. The cabin door is open, and there’s blood on the porch. I check the ground and see that there was a scuffle or a fight, but I can’t tell where the tracks go. I lift my gaze and stare at the path into the park.
This is where it all restarted for us all those months ago. I never would have thought I’d be here, be changed like this. But I will die to keep her safe.
We haven’t been idle; Mitchel has been teaching us how to survive out here. This place is as much home as the concrete jungle was. He’s going to find out just how ruthless we can be.
I am not afraid to go in there.
“He’s taken her into the park,” Cyn says in amusement. “He took her into her home turf? Ballsy move.”
I hesitate when I see something blue lying on the ground. As I get closer and can see around the massive tree, I realise it’s Desi and Meg. She’s crouched over him, her eyes wild, holding his stomach. Pix is kneeling over a first aid box and is filling a syringe.
“Meg?”
She whips around, tears streaming. “Go save her!” Meg barks out. “She’s your scent match, so you go save her. She needs you.”
She’s screaming; she can’t stop. Her eyes are wild and huge, but she’s still furiously ordering a bunch of serial killer alphas to go do as she says.
Part of me wants to growl at her, but the rest of me accepts her hysteria as love and care and respects it. Because she is Bonnie’s, too.
“I’ll stay,” Sanderson says. I can see how torn he is.
“Why?” I ask, needing to know.
“Because this is Bonnie’s territory. The only people who might be able to bring her back from the bloodlust she’s going to be buried in are you four, and if he’s done something…I don’t think I could see that. So, go save my baby girl.”
Vale tosses the keys to him. “Take the car. We have another on the way.”
The huge alpha picks up Desi and carries him to the car. I don’t bother watching anymore. He will live or he won’t. Nothing we can do will change things.
I check my gear and then look at Cyn and Vale.
“Ready?”
Kota thumps his chest with his fist. “Oh, yeah, I’m ready.”
