Staying awake was hard when everything hurt, and my body just wanted to sink into the dark, numb comfort of sleep.
Footsteps approached.
Voices.
Louder now.
“Let’s see if he’s…”
Go time.
Pushing through the agony, I sat up straighter, tilting my body until the flashlight in my bound hands was pointing right at the door.
It swung open. I angled the flashlight up and hit theonbutton.
Success.
The screams were out of another world. Screeching, desperate howls.
The figure fell back, clutching at their face.
My vision blurred, the loud yowls of pain sending wave after wave of agony through my head, but I held firm, waving the flashlight in the direction of the door.
If they wanted to get to me, they’d have to pay with pain.
Chapter 31
Eric
The longer I ran, the less empty my chest felt.
At first, it’d been faint, but I started to get what Aries had told me, started to feel that there was indeed a bond between me and Finn. It really was a fragile thing, easily overlooked, but my vampire side appeared to know how to access it better than I did.
So, I letittake over. Well, I was still there, but also not.
Streetlights flashed by, gone within the blink of an eye as I ran as fast as I could. I was fast, faster than the cars on the street. They were bound by laws, but the only thing I was bound by was my own limitations—and I didn’t care about overextending myself.
I needed to find Finn.
Needed to fucking tear those fledglings’ heads off. They’d regret ever taking him. They’d regret taking what was mine. Hurting him.
I’d pay them back tenfold. I’d make them fucking hurt before ending them. They didn’t know it yet, but they wouldn’t live through the night. They’d fucking signed their own death certificates the moment they’d decided to take my Finn.
Finn.
I stopped dead in my tracks.
Bennie crashed into me, shoving me into the street, but I managed to jump out of the way as a car came barreling by.
“What the fuck?” Bennie shouted, grabbing me by the arm. “What are you doing?”
I held up a hand.
Finn.
Where was my mate?
I turned to the right.
