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“Holy shit.” Came a mutter somewhere behind us as Anna tried again, only this time, stopping mid-motion and revealing a towering building that had somehow blended in with the environment, leaving it completely hidden.
“Jesus Christ.” Nick snapped. “What the fuck is that?”
It was Hell, that’s what it was.
“That’s some high-tech shit right there,” Harper muttered beside Anna.
“If that’s the outside, I can’t imagine what the inside is like.” Fin shook his head.
He looked scared now. We all looked scared.
“There’s only one way to find out,” Lazarus glanced at his man. “Looks like we have our target.”
“Gotcha,” London growled, stepping closer until he was right in front of the screen. “You piece of fucking shit.”
Movement came, slow at first, until the room was a flurry of movement. Calls were made, a lot of calls. I turned around, finding Riven first, then Hunter, Thomas, and Kane. They all waited, dodging towering armed men as they hauled bags over their shoulders and grabbed their guns. We had enough men to form a small militia, armed to the teeth, savage in their hunger.
It was our hunger too. But my men sidestepped those leaving and headed my way.
“We stay together.” Riven ordered, glancing around at everyone else. “Because we have no idea what we’re in for.”
They all looked at me. I knew exactly what they were thinking…more like remembering. The tunnels under Coulter’s mansion were one thing. But what Hale and Melanie had done to us at that place would haunt me forever.
“We stay together,” I whispered as a shiver raced through me.
Hunter grabbed his pack and heaved it over his shoulder. “Then let’s get that motherfucker once and for all.”
We all followed, allowing Hunter to lead the way as we made our way out to the front of the Salvatore house. They were all waiting, standing outside four-wheel drives and military trucks, ready to invade.
“The Son told me how to get in,” I said as we headed toward the Explorer. In the corner of my eye, the driver’s door was opened and one of the soldiers climbed in behind the wheel. “He told me the small door to the?—”
BOOM!
I was lifted off my feet and thrown backwards. Air was all I felt, rushing against my face before the sudden bone-crushing impact as I hit the ground. Agony roared through me, stealing my air and my thoughts. Screams came a second later, before the deafening sound of gunfire and the ear-splitting yell from one of the men as he bellowed. “We’re under attack!”
THIRTY-TWO
Riven
BOOM!
I was slammed backwards, colliding with something big that gave a heavy grunt before I hit the ground. Car alarms started, the piercing wails barely puncturing the dull roar in my ears. I shoved up slowly, my thoughts scrambled, until a murky sound came.
I lifted my head, watching one of the Salvatore guards raise his gun, take aim, and fire. What the fuck…just happened? Inch by inch, I turned my head, to find a wave of armed men heading toward us. No…not just heading…hurtling our way.
I shoved upwards, panic pushing the muffled pressure in my head away until the roar of the attack rushed in. I grabbed my weapon, scanning those around me as Hunter climbed to his feet beside me. I grabbed his shoulder. “HELENE! FIND HELENE!”
Screams continued to invade as we were slammed by men who moved faster and sleeker than anything I’d ever seen. I wrenched my gun upwards, taking aim as one of the men lunged over the front of someone’s Audi and hurtled towards me.
Crack!
Crack!
My finger squeezed the trigger and the gun bucked in my hand. The shot hit him in the shoulder as he lunged for Kane, spinning the bastard like a top until he slammed backwards.
Crack!
CRACK!
