My eyebrows tried to lift, a plea forming in my thoughts. But all that did was make his smile grow.
Helikedtorturing me.
And this would be the biggest torment of all.
“This should definitely help us get the party started,” he said as the needle went into my arm. “And if it doesn’t quickly do the trick, I have a few more doses to help ramp things up.”
Heat seared my veins as the venom went straight into my bloodstream. Yet my mouth wouldn’t allow me to scream.
He’d compelled me to remain silent. To take whatever he gave me andacceptit.
My wolf snarled inside, then whimpered as the serum almost instantly took hold.
Fuck.Ithurt. It turned my skin into liquid fire. Created an inferno in my abdomen. Jump-started my heart.
Oh, Gods…I hadn’t felt this way… in… in… eons. Years. Centuries. I wasn’t sure. But it… it…
I closed my eyes, the movement one of the only ones I could control.
I can’t. I can’t… this is… I don’t want this…
Kyra…a deep voice rumbled through my head.Where the fuck are you?
I tried to reply. Tried to latch onto that voice.
But a new one took over. A sinister one. A cold,realisticone. “Welcome home, pet,” he said, his lips against my ear. “Let’s play.”
CHAPTERSEVENTEEN
LORCAN
Kieran metme in Fritz’s security room, Jas hot on his tail. She’d been playing nurse to his doctor for the last three hours while I’d tried to recover the security feeds in Fritz’s lair.
Unfortunately, all the videos stopped thirty minutes before the attack.
And only one remained.
Which was precisely why I’d messaged Kieran and told him to meet me up here. Because he needed to see this.
His dark gaze went to Fritz in the corner, his eyebrow arching in question. The unconscious Omega was lying in a makeshift bed of sheets, his body mostly healed.
His mind was another matter entirely.
Kieran would have to help with that.
But first, I needed to show him the file I’d found waiting for me on Fritz’s computer. Because Fritz had absolutely known what was coming. And this video proved it.
Rather than comment, I simply hit the Play button.
“If you’re watching this, then it’s time. And I’m probably dead.” Fritz grimaced on the screen. “This… I can’t…” He sighed audibly. “I… I hope this works. And that he…”
The Omega trailed off and shook his head, his expression physically pained.
“I’m sorry,” he whispered. “Just know… I tried.”
Kieran folded his arms, his expression a mask of indifference. However, I knew my cousin well. He was absolutely planning Fritz’s murder right now in his mind.
Because this all sounded like an admission of guilt.
