“This is in Izzy’s hands now,” I realized out loud, meeting Kylan’s gaze before looking at Darius. “She’s the only one who can fix him now.”
“It’s a good thing she’s just as stubborn as him,” Darius said, sounding defeated.
“Oh, she’ll give him hell,” Damien promised.
“She will,” I agreed, glancing at the space where Cam had just been hovering in the air. Then I looked at Calina.You’d give me hell, too.
I absolutely would,she agreed.I’d bring you back.
Yes. She’ll bring him back, too.Because the alternative was too bleak to consider.
Everything we’d done had been at Cam’s behest.
To find him, just to lose him again…
No.
That wasn’t going to happen here.
Cam would be king.Ourking. And Izzy would be the queen to make it happen.
They were the primary players on the board now.
All right, Izzy, I thought.Your move. Make it count.
I turned toward my queen, my hand finding hers.
We might not be engaged in this next round of chess, but we still had our own game to play. The one I’d started when I’d removed Lajos’s head. The one Ryder had initiated by killing Lilith.
That wasn’t over.
We had a rebellion to finalize.
And hopefully, when the time came, our king would be ready to join us.
If not, then I’d play the role.
With Calina at my side.
Because fuck the alliance.
It was time to welcome the new future.
It’s time to fight.
They found Cam,I thought, my heart racing in my chest.
When Mira had given me the news, I’d stopped breathing. Then I’d immediately followed her to the waiting jet. It hadn’t occurred to me to ask about Luka and the others, my mind so focused on finding Cam that he’d been all I could see or think about.
However, now that I’d been on this jet for several hours, my instincts were churning with unease.
Something isn’t right. I couldn’t define it, but when I’d asked Mira about Luka, she’d said he was busy cleaning up the mess at Bunker 37 and that we were supposed to meet Jace and Darius with Cam.
An easy enough solution.
Which was entirely the problem.
If Jace had found Cam, he would have called me. Darius, too.
