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“That’s all I can tell you,” Ryth said deliberately before she whispered. “The rest you’ll have to figure out yourself.”
The rest?
Oh, God. Oh…God.
A shiver raced through me as I lifted my gaze to Riven’s.
“I have to go,” Ryth added. “I’ll contact you as soon as we’re safe.”
“Okay.” I said automatically as Riven’s brow creased. “Stay safe. I love you.”
“I love you too.”
Then the call was silent.
“What is it?” Riven urged.
My mind was spinning, my stomach churning so hard I thought I was going to throw up. “I…I…” The bedroom darkened, snatching all the color until there was nothing but gray.
“Trouble?” Riven caught me as I swayed, pulling me against him. “Talk to me. Tell me what it was.”
I lifted my head. “Did you know Hale was engaged?”
He scowled. “Engaged? No.”
“Well, he was.” I slowed my breaths until slowly the colored hues inside the bedroom returned. “And you’ll never guess who he was engaged to.”
Riven stiffened, his eyes widening as he whispered. “No.”
“Yes.” I moved with him as he turned. “Kat VanHalen.”
“Holy fuck.” He ran his fingers through his hair, pacing the bedroom floor until he turned.
“I need to think,” I murmured, focusing on the far wall. “And plan. I need to…”
I turned around and started walking.
“Where are you going?”
“To the command center!” I called over my shoulder as I raced down the stairs.
Hale was engaged to Kat?
Jesus…that changed everything.
I ran down the stairs and slammed through the door, racing for the stand-alone building that was an armory and a command center all in one.
“Helene, for Christ's sake!” Riven roared as I barrelled through the entrance and up the narrow flight of stairs to the room with the bank of monitors.
But it wasn’t the computers I was interested in. I turned around, finding the wall that was crammed with names and pictures as they connected to The Order. That fever which burned inside me took hold as I stepped closer, pulled the pictures of Ryth, Vivienne, and me free, then took a step backwards and laid them on the floor.
“What the fuck are you doing?” Riven snapped.
But I didn’t answer. I placed my picture down and surged forward again to pull Hale’s free, ignoring the major players of The Order. My gaze skimmed Coulter’s face. Get her on the table…I shook my head, pushing the horror away.
I was so close to figuring this out.
The Order.
