AllFreeNovel
Share Us
A brown leather couch faced the opposite direction of the desk. A coffee table with magazines, a remote, and a flat television sat in front of it.
We wandered over to the computer station and woke the center one up, causing the projector screen to change along with it.
“Password protected,” Trix announced once all three computers had been tampered with.
That wasn’t surprising, but… “So this room was locked, these computers are password protected, the house is insanely clean which means this Cardinal guy gives a damn about it, but then he forgets to lock the front door?”
“I think someone wanted us here, and to find this room,” Maliki said.
Addy crossed her arms and smothered a yawn. “Even if all that is true, how were we supposed to get into the system? Does anyone know how to hack?”
“Ice does,” came from the partial doorway.
In one defensive motion we all turned to see who had arrived.
A disbelieving laugh bubbled out when I saw his face.
“What the hell, Luce,” Addy snapped. “What are you doing here? How did you get in here?”
“I wanna know how his ass knew where we were,” Trix voiced.
Luce grinned at us before stepping through the doorway, a man with dark blonde hair followed after him. I knew Ice from around the compo
und. He had always been one of Lucifuge’s go to confidants, a lone wolf if there ever was one.
“I’m here to check on my baby sis and little cuz.”
I scoffed. “We’re older than you.”
“Numbers mean nothing,” he joked, holding his arms out for a hug.
Pretending I was reluctant, I dragged my feet forward and embraced him. I was happy to see him.
It felt like forever since we’d been home, aside from missing the hell out of my parents he was the next best thing.
I stepped back and caught the strong scent of gas. “What did you do, roll around in a tub of diesel?”
“Naw, Ice and I paid a visit to a farm.”
There wasn’t a need to ask which farm so I simply asked, “And then?”
“We had ourselves a good old-fashioned bonfire,” Ice answered, his southern accent full of amusement.
I shook my head at the two of them understanding the meaning. They’d burned the Stiles farm down and more than likely had some fun with the remaining cannibals.
“Then I want to know even more now how you knew where we were and what’s going on?” Addy demanded.
She accepted her brother’s hug, and then stood by as he did the manl-y handshake with Maliki, Zane, and even Trix.
“This is Ice, he’s been with me since things went to shit,” he introduced the blonde and then turned to address as a whole.
“The SUV has a tracker on it; our parent’s made sure of that before sending our most precious cargo off into the world. Up until a few days ago you had four acolytes trailing you. They’re all dead now, someone had them taken out nark style.”
“I’ve been on your asses ever since, staying a few paces behind. That is until I got a call from your Latino friend. He filled me in and spilled his distrust for an old friend of the Venom. I’ve got Bryce on his way to him and you bunch get my assistance.”
Um…
I took a few seconds to process his words, looking to Addy. “Are you not as surprised as I am?”
