Elliot kept a lot of boxes and supplies in the truck bed, including a few tarps. I ducked down between the crates near the cab window and pulled one of the tarps over myself.
Now I had to wait.
It didn’t take long.
Dev and Elliot stepped into the garage, turning on the lights. A couple of other wardens followed, armed to the teeth.
I didn’t see Sable anywhere.
The garage door began to open.
“So, what are you going to tell her?” Dev asked quietly. “You know this is a trap.”
“Of course it’s a trap,” Elliot said, his voice unwavering. “But she doesn’t know what I know.”
“Which is?”
“That she has already decided how this day will go. And she did it willingly.”
“You can see the outcome of today?”
“I can see that this needs to happen.”
“That’s not really answering my question.”
“I’m aware. Listen Dev, you can stay behind if you want. Sable did.”
“This is my team, Elliot. I’m not leaving them.”
“And Seph?”
“She needs to stay here too. I don’t want her anywhere near that woman.”
My fingers tightened in the canvas.
“You care about her huh?”
“I don’t want to talk about my feelings with you Elliot.”
“But there are feelings to talk about?” Elliot asked mildly.
I practically heard Dev seethe. “Where do you want me today?”
The truck started up, and the rest of the conversation was swallowed by the engine.
We drove for a long time before finally stopping at what looked like an abandoned airstrip.
I could see why Elliot picked this place. There were very few places to hide, save for the surrounding mountain range where I knew Sy waited. There were only a few buildings, all of them watched by armed guards. With our small contingents, the groups looked evenly matched.
The buildings themselves looked abandoned, staring at us with bandaged eyes.
A black BMW waited at the meeting point, its engine still running when we pulled up. When we stopped, so did our guards.
It was a standoff.
Then the door opened.
And out she stepped.
