Karev grabs my arm.“What the hell happened in there?”
“She’s gone.”I rip my arm from his grip and keep walking.“I have no fucking clue what happened.Cassius came inside and started spouting nonsense.I could feel how much she hated him.She...she...fuck.I don’t know.One moment she was there, then she simply dropped my hand and was gone the next second.Like she was ripped away from me.”
I run a hand over my neck and shake my head as I let the moment replay inside my head.
“Does Cassius have her?Did he take her?”Shock is in front of me while he walks backwards.
Grabbing the keys from the SUV, I rip the door open.“I don’t think so.I ran out and could sense him.I can’t feel where Fosca is, but she wasn’t there when that fucker was slithering away.”
“Fuck,” Karev grumbles.“Let’s get back to the clubhouse and hear what the others have to say.Maybe Triton can locate her.”
Without a word I get inside the SUV and start the engine.My emotions are all over the place and it’s something I definitely don’t need if I want to sense my woman.Dammit.What a fucked-up time to be riding in a cage.Riding my bike would be a hell of a lot better.
Time drags on and the restlessness inside me hasn’t diminished by the time I park the SUV in front of the clubhouse.
Levan and Drop park their bikes beside Karev’s bike.Most of the others are back from taking out the humans Cassius had a grip on.We get inside the clubhouse and once the door falls shut behind us, it’s Karev who gives a harsh whistle to get everyone’s attention.
“Cassius showed his face,” I bellow, and silence instantly follows so I continue, “Fosca tried to attack him but he was protected by a shield.He said some shit and suddenly Fosca was gone.”
“Gone?”Triton asks and steps closer.“What do you mean?What exactly did he say give me all the details?”
I release a frustrating sigh and try to remember.“He said shit like ‘The legend becomes you.’He completely ignored me and only had eyes for his sister.”
“Is she working with him?Did she use you to get knocked up and then return to her brother or some shit?”Levan grits and I take a step in his direction, ready to rip his head off.
Karev grabs my shoulder.“He has every right to throw the question out in the open, Prez.We need to know what the fuck is going on and be ready for anything.”
Fuck.I know he’s right, but I do know what I fucking feel in my gut.
“She’s not working with him.I could feel the damn hate she has for him,” I grit.
Triton is looking at his feet and is silent.He gets like this when he’s inside his head, figuring things out.
“What, Triton,” I snap, getting more agitated by the damn second.
Triton frowns when he gives me his attention.“Did he say or do anything right before Fosca disappeared?Here, give me your hand.”
I hold out my hand and Triton covers it with his, red lightning dances from his fingers.
His eyes glaze over and he rambles in a detached voice, “We will meet again very soon, Cassia.We will face what’s really important, and it doesn’t concern him.Your part is done, now we can move forward.Know your place, your blood, your future.Meet me where you agreed to my terms.It’s time for the next step.”
Triton removes his hands and announces, “Gemini Neptuni.”
I nod.“Yes, that’s what the fucker said right before she let go of my hand and then she was gone.”
“He planned this,” Triton muses.
“Gemini Neptuni,” Levan recites.“Neptune’s testicle?Why the fuck would that motherfucker be talking about testicles?”
Triton shakes his head.“Twins.Children.He meant Neptune’s twins.And from what I could see through Prez’s memory?The fucker used it as a trigger.He must have put a spell on her, kinda like hypnosis, and ordered her to do something when he used a trigger word imprinted in her brain.”
A trigger?Ordered her to do something?What the fuck is going on?
