“Can we rein this in for a minute? We have company. Elliot?” Dev shouted.
“I see them. Turn here.”
Dev yanked the wheel left, sending us down a long dirt road.
I twisted in my seat and looked out the back window. Three black SUVs were tearing after us.
A window slid down in the lead vehicle.
A masked man leaned out, a machine gun in his hands.
“Down!” Kieran yelled.
The back window of the car exploded.
We drove hard until the SUVs finally disappeared behind us.
The road led into a deserted industrial area.
“We’re going to have to find a second car and split up to draw their focus,” Elliot said.
“There.” Dev pointed to an empty mechanic's garage. A couple of cars sat abandoned in the lot.
“Seph’s with me,” Kieran snapped.
“What?” Dev exclaimed.
“No!” Ash protested.
“Elliot, take Ash and Dev back to the compound. Ash needs a healer. See if you can find Phantom.”
“Are you giving the orders now, Kieran?” Elliot asked.
Kieran just grinned back. “That’s why you need me.”
Elliot held his gaze for a moment.
“Fine. And Seph?”
“I don’t trust her anywhere I can’t see her.”
“I’m right here, jackass,” I said. “I can hear you.”
He ignored me. “We’ll take the back roads to draw them off our trail.”
“What about Sy? He’ll be tracking me.”
“Then he’ll find you soon enough,” Kieran shot back.
I glared at him.
Dev opened his mouth like he was about to say something. He looked at me, and I saw a flash of pain in his deep green eyes. It vanished as quickly as it came, swallowed by cold emptiness.
“Fine. Whatever.”
“K,” Ash pleaded. “I want to stay with Seph.”
“You’re not in any position to argue, Ash,” Kieran snapped.
