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“Now that the distraction is gone, which one of you nice boys is going to be the messenger?”
“I don’t understand. You were the one who let us know she was here…” the guerilla beside Ponytail said, his brown eyes bouncing between the different Savages.
“He let you know something all right,” Cam smirked.
Ice laughed under his breath; Bella sighed. Ponytail’s brow puckered, and then understanding cloaked his features.
I was left not knowing what was happening.
I’d been sure Luce had let them know I was here because he was going to give me back. Now he and Cam looked like a pair of rabid wolves about to tear into their prey.
Luce moved so that he was standing directly in front of Ponytail, holding a hand up to stop his acolytes from shadowing his movements. He leaned in, giving the illusion that he was about to say something none of us should hear.
“You get it, don’t you?”
An audible swallow and a nod. “You—”
Luce brought his blade up and pressed it to the man’s mouth. The same blade that still had Kevin’s blood on it. “Shh. She can’t know yet.”
What couldn’t I know?
What the hell was going on?
“I believe we have our errand boy.”
He straightened and took a small step back, sharing a look with Cam I couldn’t see due to him still facing away from me.
“What’s your name?” Cam asked, throwing his arm around the other guerrilla who’d been watching all of this in silence.
“Tim,” he replied nervously. “And that’s Calvin.” His hand motioned to Ponytail.
“Well, Tim. If Calvin is the messenger, that makes you the disposable one, my friend.”
“W-what? We only came because our Cardinal sent us. We have no issue with the Savages. All he wants is his—”
Cam shoved him forward. Luce turned and caught him around the back of the neck, slicing his throat in one fluid motion. Blood sprayed onto his shirt, saturating the fabric.
He didn’t care. He released his hold and tossed Tim aside, leaving him to fall to the ground.
The acolytes moved far enough back that their robes would be spared from the puddle of crimson that was rapidly forming on the floor. I was transfixed until Calvin began to panic.
“Shit.” He cursed and turned to run, much like I had the night they took me. Cam was there to stop him, just as Luce had stopped me.
“Woah.” Cam grabbed hold of Calvin’s shoulders and forced him to turn around, and with one foot, he swept Calvin’s legs out from beneath him.
I winced internally as they met the floor with a loud thwack. He stared up at Luce, his pupils dilated and nostrils flaring.
“Not gonna beg?” Ice questioned. The sound of his voice almost made me jump. He’d been still as a statue.
Calvin’s jaw tensed, but he didn’t respond.
“Look at that, kid’s got heart,” Luce goaded.
“I think we should make it easy on him.” This was from Cam.
“He still needs to send my message clearly. Would you like to do the honors?”
“Of course.”
