I glance at Caius, the ultimate expert on this terrain. “True?”
“True,” he says. “I know the way.”
“Then you get to lead,” I tell him.
He grins. “Excellent.”
“How many enforcers does he have with him?” Tieran asks, his hand on the passenger door to my new Jeep.
“Eight,” Jaxon tells him.
Tieran and I share a look.
“He didn’t send enforcers to Richmond,” I say. “Not the main ones.”
“No,” he replies, concern tainting his features.
Shit.“He knew we were coming.”
“Seems that way,” he replies, his jaw clenching.
I’m about to slide into the driver’s seat, but I pause, my chest suddenly twisting. “We have another mole.” We already knew this because Alpha Kin saidus. But who?
Tieran walks away from the jeep, his finger near his ear as he starts to re-activate the comms.
All the hairs along my arms stand on end as I wait for him to make that connection. Which is why I notice Jaxon’s flinch. His eyes start to widen and I’m moving before I even hear the crack of the bullet.
I dive in front of Tieran, taking the hit to my shoulder and growling at the direction of the gun.
It didn’t originate from Jaxon.
It came from the woods.
The little fucker led us into a trap.
Gunfire erupts around us, one of the bullets hitting him square in the head, killing him instantly.
Okay, so it may not have been an intentional trap.
“Looks like they found those weapons!” Caius shouts as he takes cover behind the four-by-four.
Tieran’s at my side in the next instant, his knife digging into my arm to catch the bullet. “Don’t waste your time on me,” I snap.
“I need your fucking aim,” he counters, cutting me deeper to yank out the metal.
It hurts like a son of a bitch, making me snarl in response.
He growls back, his animal in his eyes. “The comms are dead,” he tells me as he finishes the quick medic job.
Our wolves are surrounding us, taking fire and returning it with the assholes in the woods.
From the growls, it sounds like we’re winning. Not a surprise. We’ve trained under far worse conditions.
“Something’s wrong,” Tieran continues.
An explosion comes from the tree line, drawing my attention to Alpha Ion. He’s grinning like a loon, having just unleashed a handful of grenades. Normally, I would be smiling right along with him.
But my heart is hammering in my chest.Clove.
