FELICITY
The red laser dot trembled against my chest.
Tiny.
Deadly.
My entire body froze.
Rain hammered the barn roof while more laser sights slid through the darkness around us.
One on Wolf.
Two on Trigger above.
Another centered directly on Rook’s forehead.
The Hollow Men had complete sightlines.
Complete control.
Outside, Shepherd’s calm voice returned through the loudspeaker.
“Now we can finally have a civilized conversation.”
Nobody inside the barn moved.
Nobody dared.
Because one wrong twitch?—
and we all died.
Hersh slowly shifted in front of me anyway.
Blocking part of the laser sight with his own body.
My heart nearly stopped.
“Hersh—”
“Don’t,” he said quietly.
His voice never shook.
Not even now.
Shepherd noticed too.
“How romantic.”
Rook’s expression turned lethal.
“What do you want?”
“The ledger.”
“And the girl?” Rook asked coldly.
