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Grey turned left, taking us back to Thorn Valley.
My phone vibrated and I took it out, knowing better than to hope it would be anything good.
And as usual, I was right. My stomach soured at the message lighting up the screen.
Sensing my tension, Rook leaned forward, trying to peer over my shoulder to read the text, but I thumbed the side button and the screen went black, reflecting my own carefully constructed mask back to me. “Who was it?”
“Diesel,” I lied.
“What are we doing here, Diesel?”Maverick’s misplaced sense of superiority tainted his voice as it floated up to us from the underbelly of Sanctum.
“We’re waiting for my sons.”
“There are places we need to—”
“You’ll wait.”
Diesel’s attention turned toward us as we came down the stairs and I shoved past Corvus to make a beeline for Maverick.
“You didn’t catch him?” Diesel asked Grey and Corvus, stepping out of my way as I squared up in front of King’s so-called ‘leader,’ seeing him in a new light.
Watching him cower.
“Tell me about Drake.”
His lips flexed into a tight line, but his stare couldn’t hold mine for more than a second before he turned his attention to Diesel. “What is this, St. Crow? I already told you I don’t know why the boy ran.”
“Like how you know nothing about where Aries went?” I pressed, thumbing my blade from my hip to flip it between my fingers, rolling it over my rings.
“Diesel?” he urged.
“You will answer my son’s question, Maverick.”
“Sit.” I pushed the tip of my blade into Maverick’s chest, guiding him to the seat behind his ass until he fell into it.
I perched on the edge of the meeting table, lifting my foot to rest on the chair next to him, never looking away. Watching the sweat bead at his hairline.
“I’ve already told your father, boy. I have no idea what Drake was playing at. One second he was sitting here at the table with us for the meet. The next thing I know he jumps out of his seat and throws a damned smoke grenade and a flash bang under the table and he’s gone.”
I looked to Diesel for confirmation. He nodded gravely.
“What was he doing before that?”
Mavericks thick brows bunched together.
“He was on his phone,” Diesel answered for him. “Must’ve seen something that spooked him off.”
Corvus and I shared a look.
We already knew Drake had eyes on us at Briar Hall. In the halls. The cafeteria. The fucking kitchens. Why not in Ava Jade’s and Becca’s room? We could’ve missed it. We weren’t watching close enough. We should’ve been checking.
Should’ve.
Should’ve.
I would nevershould’veagain.
On that note.
