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“Do you need a better reason than that? We have no clue what kind of place they’re taking them to.”
“Exactly the point, Nyx,” he stressed.
I looked between the two of them, understanding both sides but agreeing with Nyx full heartedly.
“Addy,” he tried to reason.
“I see your point, but I see hers too. Like I just said, we don’t know anything about these people, and apparently neither does my Dad. Isn’t it better to get the kids back before they’re surrounded by a faction we know nearly nothing about?”
He glared at me, pissed I didn’t try to talk her out of it. “What happens when you have no choice but to go all the way there, huh? Or you get there and find you were chasing a ghost? You think you can take on a whole faction?”
That question was rhetorical.
I didn’t plan to run up on them with no type of plan or firepower. But I also had no intention of returning home without Lilly, Sam, or Bell. My intuition told me this was the way to go and I was listening to it.
“She isn’t going to be going all the way,” Luce cut in. “She’s going to get as close as she can if need be and then wait for me to arrive with the acolytes I’m going to get. If she gets her back before then, that is always the best case.”
I glanced down to hide my immediate surprise. That was not what I expected him to say.
“And I’m going with her,” Zane casually stated.
I looked back up so quickly there was a slight pop in my neck. “What do you mean you’re going with me?”
“I mean I don’t trust your kind not to hurt my brother to get your sister back.
“Or run off and get a bunch of satanic fucks with ‘good’ intentions. Besides, princess. You shouldn’t go alone.”
His first point was valid. The second didn’t make any sense until I considered the fact he and Lucifuge had obviously associated at some point outside of tonight.
“I am not going halfway across the Badlands with you,” I laughed at the asininity of the very notion.
“Adelaide. If you don’t. I will. You’re not going halfway across the Badlands with just Annie and Nyx either. And he isn’t going to be alone with you. Cam is going to,” Luce directed.
“Zane you can’t be serious with this bit—.”
“Darrian and Tobias will go with you. Just to be on the safe side,” Zane cut off the accented woman and spoke directly to my brother.
“Then you take the XL, and I’ll take my Jeep. I’ve got a spare underneath, and these tires were made to be damaged. I can get close enough to the compound before they give out.”
Nyx and I stood there in complete disbelief, our gazes ping-ponging between the two men who should have been at each other’s throats. Even Cam muttered a, “What the fuck?” running a hand through his red locks.
I began to openly stare at Luce, mind scrambling to understand what the hell he could be thinking.
No one outside of the woman with the accent and a man who looked as if he should be out riding waves seemed surprised by this.
Not even Annie.
This was not happening.
I didn’t know my brother at all anymore.
“It doesn’t look like they touched our gear. We should load up the SUV,” Maliki added to their conversation.
They continued to talk as I stood back and watched everyone start preparing for this odd exchange.
“What just happened?” Nyx mumbled.
I didn’t open my mouth for fear of erupting. I remained quiet and simply went to stand by the rear of XL, leaning against its cool metal and closing my eyes. My head was beginning to pound and with adrenaline fading, all the muscles I used for the day were reminding me of what they had done.
