But they sound just… just like…
Focus,I commanded her, my mental tone leaving no room for her to even consider following someone else’s orders, including her own.Give Ismerelda the glasses, then find a place to hide. I’m coming for you.
And if not me, then Khalid and Emine.
Lily’s hesitation melted beneath a wall of determination as she forced herself to take charge.I amnota weak flower.
No. You’remyflower,I told her.And my flower is only delicate in appearance. She regenerates. She fights for her life. She’s strong and she survives.
I survive,she echoed.I’m a survivor.Resolve underlined her tone.I can do this.
You can,I agreed.Now give Ismerelda the glasses and find the grate. It’ll be unlatched.Because that, too, was controlled by Cane’s network.
While his system was impressive, he’d manufactured it based on technology that Hazel had given him—technology that Khalid had purposely provided to her.
Which made us familiar with the security parameters and what could happen with a complete shutdown.
Khalid had backup plans in place for that.
Cane did not.
And he was about to learn what happened when one relied on a single method for protection. Just as he was about to learn what happened when you pissed off a wolf pack.
Or, in his case,severalwolf packs.
The truck came to a stop just outside the old Vatican City walls. “Time to make it pour,” I mused, my gaze catching Damien’s, as I knew he would understand the reference.
“Blood rain,” he murmured, his golden irises swirling with amusement. “My kind of party.”
“Good thing you’re invited to join this time.”
“Good thing,” he echoed, hopping out of the truck bed. “Let chaos reign…”
“Cheers to that,” I agreed, following him.Ready for a little hide-and-seek, Lily?
Only you would turn this into a game,she muttered back to me.
You hide. I seek.
And then?
I didn’t answer her. She knew what would happen next. I’dclaim. Because no one took my mate from me. Least of all a mad royal with a mating complex.
Lily was mine.
I’d find her. I’d protect her. And I’d kill everyone in my path.
Howls reverberated in the evening air, dusk having fallen over the city.
But those howls weren’t coming from outside. They were coming from the earth. Because the battle below had started.
This is the beginning of the end.
May the Blood Alliance fucking burn…
CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
IZZY
