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Ice gave him courage and Echo wanted to give that courage to Rogue. He knew in his heart his brother wanted to do the right thing, only the fear could be paralyzing.
Rogue was absolutely right. What if there were other street kids caught in cages and couldn’t get out? They’d slowly starve to death waiting for Solomon. All this time, Rogue had carried that weight on his shoulders.
Fuck!
There had to be an answer to this mess somewhere.
“Where’s Fisher?” Echo asked.
Rogue glanced over his shoulder and Echo’s heart pounded in his chest.
“Tell Fisher I want to see him,” he hissed when Rogue walked toward the door. “That’s the least you can do!” he shouted, but Rogue didn’t turn back.
“Fuck!” He slapped the cage and then glanced at the twins.
He longed for the days prior to Ice when he didn’t give a shit about anyone else but his own skin. But something had changed him in the Maldives. Which wasn’t true. If he had to pin a time down, it had started when Ice began pursuing him.
It was on the island where he’d opened himself to Ice. And now? He fucking cared about these kids. He shook his head when it dawned on him.
Damn it. He’d always cared about the kids, so that wasn’t new. But he’d forgotten about—his humanity had crumbled beneath the onslaught of blood and gore. And Ice had been the one to remind him of who he was. And he remembered what it felt like to really care for another human being.
“We’re getting out of here,” Echo promised.
The boys stayed silent, watching him with dull gazes, and Echo remember that feeling of hopelessness.
This time, though, Solomon was not going to win.
“You think he’ll be okay?” Stone asked, gazing after Ice.
Dave sighed and made his way toward his favorite armchair. “I hope he doesn’t do anything rash.”
“Rash?” Stone growled and dropped into the chair opposite Dave. “It sounds like you have a leadership problem.”
“Mhmm.” Dave cleared his throat and gazed out the window at the garden that lay shrouded in darkness.
“Did Solomon set Ice and Echo up?”
“It seems so, but it’s bigger than that.”
“Are you talking about the facilities?”
Dave finally turned from gazing through that damned window and Stone got a look at the man’s face. Their eyes locked and held.
“How much did you hear?”
“I came in around the part where you told Ice this was bigger than he could imagine.”
“So, then you know about Real.”
He grunted, irritated. “When did you start up Genesis?”
“A year ago.”
Well, that just showed him how much he was really needed around here. They’d talked about Genesis together. When they actually had talked in the past. Now, he and Dave didn’t communicate much, they just skirted around each other. It was a bitter pill to swallow.
“I’ll get out of your hair.” He stood and Dave grabbed his wrist.
“Stay. I’ll tell you what’s going on.”
