If he so much as touched her that way, I will kill him.
I hate myself for that impulse. I hate myself so damn much.
“Why do you care?” I ask again, my voice even, trying to bury any feeling of jealousy. I’m not questioning him because of that right now, I try to tell myself. I need to start asking questions if I want to find her again. And then keep her safe.
“This isn’t the time for that,” he growls.
“Fine. Why are her parents dead?”
There’s a pause at the other end of the line, and Logan says, “For the same reason that I care. For the same reason that she’s in danger. Got it? Now, stop fucking around and go to the address.”
“Wait, what?” I frown. “I’m going back to Devil Tower. Isn’t that where Piper’s being taken?”
Another slew of cursewords directed at me, and then Logan spits out, “Do you have a fucking death wish or something?”
I can’t honestly say I don’t, so I ignore the question. “I’m going where Piper is.”
“While I admire your bravery,” says Logan snidely, “I’ll handle it from here.”
“No, you fucking won’t. She’s mine, and—”
“And what the hell do you think you can do against the most powerful people in the state?”
“I can… I can…” I swallow the lump rising in my throat. “I can do whatever is necessary to save Piper. Starting with killing whoever wants her dead.”
“That would be Damien Wells,” lashes out Logan. “As in, my closest friend. Do you really think you can go against him? Do you really think I’dletyou?”
A different kind of suspicion wraps itself around my brain. “Why are you doing all this, then? Why areyougoing against Damien, if you won’t let me?”
“I’m not going against him. That is, not really. I’m merely taking care of something… discretely. It certainly won’t be discreet if you come waltzing in and making this big fucking mess even messier. I won’t be able to save you, then.”
“I don’t want to be saved. I don’tneedto be saved. I can handle myself.”
Logan snorts loudly. “Not against the most powerful person in the state, you can’t. Now, listen up carefully. I’m going to take care of this situation. If you try to get to Piper, I won’t be able to save her, and Idefinitelywon’t be able to save you. Got it? Stay the fuck away from Devil Tower.”
With that, he hangs up, his threat feeling oddly familiar, because I once spoke those exact words to Piper, and she didn’t listen.
And I sure as fuck am not planning to listen to them either.
Dialing another number, I wait for the call to go through.
Josh picks up and his excited voice makes me second-guess having called him at all. But I’m not going to be able to do this alone. “Well? Did you find her?”
“No.”
“Oh,” he mutters in a deflated tone.
“But I know where they’re taking her. Devil Tower.”
“Devil Tower?” he echoes, gasping.
“Yeah. So get ready. I’m going to need your help, because we’re about to go to motherfucking war.”
With that, I grit my teeth, and continue down the highway in the direction of Astley.
Chapter 12
Piper
