Movementto my right caused me to turn. I was happy to see it was Sadie approaching me. Neverthought I would be glad to see my husband’s ex-girlfriend.
“Hownice of you to join us,” Sadie joked and reached out a hand to help me up. Hernormally olive ethnic skin looked ashy and reddish. Her hair was messy and hereyes looked haunted. What the hell were they doing to these girls?
“Ifigured you might be getting bored by now. Thought I could keep you company,” Isaid, grabbing her hand and giving her a sly smile.
Takinganother look at all of the wolves, I saw now that most looked terrified. Theywere all wearing white doctors’ scrubs but at least looked clean and well fed.
“Everyone,this is Aurora. She is the reason you’re here and also, probably the only onewho can break us out of here.”
Irolled my eyes at her introduction. Way to make them hate me right off. Sadiewas too good at being a bitch sometimes. “I killed the black witch,” Iannounced to everyone. “Your pack bonds should be working now. Try to contactyour Alphas and mates.”
Sadie’seyes widened at my declaration, then a concentrated look fell over her face.She began laughing and tears rolled down her cheeks. “I can hear Brett!” she said.The others began smiling, clearly lost in their own mental conversations.
Inodded. Prudence had messed with their bonds. Now that she was dead, her magicwas dead too. A thought came to me.
‘Kai,I’m inside. All of the girls are fine. I killed Prudence. Have Sylvia try tofind me now. A finder spell should work. The magic has been broken.’I didn’t tell him about Tara being tortured,best to keep that quiet for now.
‘Youkilled Prudence?’
Surprisewent through the mate bond. Well, technically I think the Devi killed her, Idon’t think I was that much of a badass on my own.
ThenI thought of what Layla had said before tossing me in this room. With dread, Iasked Kai about it.‘How’s Safe Haven? Layla said she burned it down? Tellme it’s a lie.’
She might have just said that to piss me off. SafeHaven was everything to me. It took me years to start it up and get enoughdonations to keep it running. It was my one good thing to offer this world.
Hewas silent and I saw that all of the girls were engrossed in their own mentalconversations.
‘Kai?’My stomach knotted with apprehension. If it wastrue, I couldn’t handle it.
‘Yes,they burned it down an hour ago. Right after you were taken. I just got thecall.’
No!I sagged to my knees.
‘Wasanyone hurt?’
‘Almosteveryone got out.’Kai’s answer wascryptic.
Tearsrolled down my cheeks,‘Almost?’I needed to know, I needed to hear it.
Kaiwas silent.‘A mother died saving her two children.’
Angerflooded my body as mist leaked from my skin and the ground began to rumble. Thecement floor cracked and the crack raced up the wall reaching for the ceiling.
“Hey!Do you want to bury us alive, stop that!” Sadie screamed at me, snapping me outof it.
ATV on the wall flared to life and Tara screamed. She was lying down in sometype of plexi-glass cage. Thousands of small silver needles shot into her skinas a vampire stood over her pushing buttons on the plexi-glass coffin.
Iceased the shaking immediately, calling back the mist and calming my magic. Myhand flew to my mouth as the needles retracted and Tara was left panting, eyesrolling in her head.
Sadieshook my shoulders. “Get your shit together. You can’t do that stuff here. Ifyou fight them, they hurt her,” Sadie told me.
Ohshit, what was I thinking?
“I’msorry,” I muttered.
SafeHaven, everything I worked for, gone. A mother’s life, gone. I would have todeal with it later. I stuffed it all down in my deep, dark place and promisedto deal with it when I had a chance.
Ablonde girl stood. “I say so what! If we all rush the door next time it opens,we can fight them off. Let them kill her so that all of us can go free,” she roared.
