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Like he’s sending me a message.

Vameer winks at me. Then he, Volik, and Orion all follow Dread through a portal.

It’s just another day for him. Another fight for my warrior mate.

But it’s not just another day for me.

And I won’t be okay waiting at home.

The portal disappears, and I turn to Nix. “So, we’re still going, right?”

She huffs. “Of course we are. You’d think they’d know us better.”

“Men.” I roll my eyes.

Nix pulls out her phone.

Chapter 126

The Same Volunteer

The little monster whines. Again.

“Shut the fuck up!” I kick the side of the wire kennel as my shout echoes in the cement room.

He lunges for my foot, crashing against the metal.

I know he can’t get through. But I still take a step back.

“I’ll give you something to cry about,” I mutter as I go back to digging around in the metal cabinet on the back wall.

Checking my watch, I grit my teeth.

So much for someone bringing me dinner.

That’s what I get for working with fucking vampires. They don’t even remember that people need to eat.

I shove the items around in the cabinet, but there’s no food.

Typical, put me on babysitting duty. Don’t feed me. Don’t brief me. Just leave me here to rot.

Slamming it shut, I glare at the monster.

I haven’t seen Jones since we arrived early this morning and the Alts brought him to the med tent.

The bite on his arm didn’t look good when we were in the chopper. Still didn’t look good on the airplane. Or in the van. So maybe he needed surgery.

Or maybe vampires have no idea how to treat human injuries, and Jones is fucking dead.

I drop onto the single folding chair.

Maybe the blood suckers didn’t even try to heal Jones and just ate him for dinner.

My knee bounces as my nerves climb.

Johnson said he’d be here. But I didn’t see him when I was up top earlier. And if he was here, I’d have seen him by now. Even if he doesn’t give a fuck about me, because I know he doesn’t, I’m certain he’d want to see the monster.

Still sitting, I fake a lunge at the kennel. “What?”