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Carven and Colt just glared at the Son. It didn’t take a lot to know they wanted to gut him and leave him behind.
But we had an opportunity here, one we hadn’t had before.
“Yes,” I answered. “I’ll take responsibility for him. He can be my prisoner.”
Carven gripped his knife and took a step forward. “One wrong move and I’ll kill him, you got that?” He swung that icy stare my way.
I swallowed hard. “Loud and clear.”
TWENTY-EIGHT
Helene
“You want to what?”
I held my ground, staring into the endless pit of rage that was Tobias Banks. “I want to keep him prisoner.”
His lips curled, baring his teeth, as he swung that stare toward the rogue Son. “No fucking way. No Son stays alive.” He jerked his head toward Carven and Colt. “Unless it’s those two.”
“Thanks for the clarification,” Carven muttered, glaring.
I stood in front of Hale’s hunter, protecting him with my body alone. He stood handcuffed behind me, guarded by Thomas and London, with a cross and a gun making him think twice about twitching.
“I say he does.” I held my ground, not once looking my sister’s way.
She shook her head, that same look of revulsion and pain in her eyes. The last thing I wanted to do was hurt Ryth. But I had this feeling and it wasn’t that sickening connection I felt between us. It was that dangerous, fragile, hope…
“He doesn’t live,” Tobias urged.
“I say he does.”
Tobias shook his head, glancing behind me to the Son. One look. One breath and it’d all be over.
“T,” Caleb murmured to his brother.
But Tobias didn’t answer, nor did he look away, just glared at the male behind me. Glared and glared and glared.
“T,” Caleb called again, this time grabbing his brother’s arm gently. “We can use him. Find out what he knows and get to Hale that way.”
My pulse thundered. Did he understand? Christ, I hoped so. He glanced at the Son behind me. But whatever he saw didn’t fill him with confidence. His brow pinched with a frown.
There was no way the Son would be intimated. Not by a man…but maybe…he would be by a Daughter. I looked at Ryth and Vivienne. One looked terrified and the other pissed. My pulse raced, knowing if there was anyone who could get the information we needed from this hunter, it was me.
Tobias turned away. “This is on you, Helene. Any blood he spills, you’ll wear. I hope you understand that?”
I did and it terrified me.
“Move.” London pushed the Son away from the others.
I met every stare, the looks of disappointment, pressed lips, hard swallows, grinding teeth. I felt it all as I turned away and froze. Riven was there, watching my every move. Slowly, he stepped to the side, allowing us to pass.
Finley Salvatore led us to a room, much smaller than the massive panic room we’d made into a command center. He pressed in the code and the steel door opened. “This code disengages the locks until you lock them again. I’ll give you the code and only you. You can use this room however you choose.”
He watched Thom and London push the rogue Son inside and force him to sit against a wall. “I hope you know what you’re doing, Helene,” He murmured, then grabbed his cell, typed out a message and held it up in front of my face. 6767, the code filled the screen before he lowered his hand, turned, and walked away.
London was next. “I need to see Vivienne.”
“Of course.” I answered.
