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I rose to my feet, catching a glimpse of the look Pax and Remington exchanged. I knew I wasn’t exactly acting like normal.
“I'm pretty sure Stellan drugged Aurora and took her with him to get revenge for his sister.”
Pax said, “I don't think Aurora had anything to do with that. That girl is trouble. But she's not a murderer.”
“Not without good cause,” I said. “I'll be surprised if we find Stellan's head still attached to his body when we catch up to them. I’m not sure if we're rescuing her or rescuing him.”
At least I hoped that was the case. I liked to think of Aurora as being tough enough to survive in our brutal world. I wanted to protect her but I didn't want to have to. I wanted someone I didn't have to feel guilty for dragging into my dirty corner in the universe, for making her as filthy as I already was.
Aurora seemed like the queen who could stand beside me and rule the fucking underworld.
Remington looked up from his cell. “Aurora seems to have stopped. Off highway 18. She's about an hour from here.”
“Let's track down our wayward friends,” I said lightly.
“Want me to drive?” Remington asked with a cheeky grin. “Since you don’t have a car?”
Maybe I should let Aurora murder all of them, actually. And then that crazy girl and I could ride off into the sunset without anyone left to annoy me.
But first, I had to get my twisted queen back by my side.
Chapter3
Aurora
Stellan and I walked into the yellow circle of light surrounding the gas station pumps. Beyond that, the night seemed to press in.
“This time,” I told Stellan as we walked toward the car, “I'm riding up front.”
“You're going to go with me voluntarily.” He cast me a look over the top of the car.
I rested my arms on the roof over the passenger seat, giving him a look right back. “Like I always would have if you weren’t a fucking idiot. All you had to do was ask.”
He scoffed. “How can I ever really trust you?”
He got into the driver’s seat before I could answer. Ass.
I yanked open my own door and slid in next to him. “That's a great question. It's one I've been mulling over myself. Because the thing is, Stellan, I don't know if I can ever trust you. You kidnapped me.”
“For Sophia.”
“Sophia would think you’re a moron.”
He looked at me as if I’d just slapped him, but it was true.
I didn’t want to leave Stellan, Cain, Pax, and Remington behind. I felt alive when I was with them. Irritated, angry, sick of their shit—absolutely. But alive too. They turned the world technicolor, and I was someone new when I was with them. Delilah was dead. And in her place was a wild girl who tattooed Cain, who saved Remington, who played with the monsters and could best them.
I didn’t want to walk away from them, even though I should’verun.
But I couldn't do this bullshit anymore. It was exhausting
“I want to find out what happened to Sophia as much as you did. But once we find out, I think we have to go our separate ways.”
“Once we find out? You say it like it’s going to be easy.” He flashed me a look I couldn’t quite read, and wasn’t sure I wanted to.
It made me want to scratch his eyes out. With the serrated knife. “You know, you put me through hell on top of the hell I already went through losing Sophia. So once we're done with this, we're done with each other. You have to promise to help me get away from the others. Deal?”
“Deal,” he agreed, although he looked troubled.
