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Kane’s eyes shuttered as he leaned into my touch, a serene expression washing over his hardened features. “Becca.”
“You have to let me go. If you love me, Kane, you have to let me go.”
Kane didn’t love me, but he felt something. Lust. Need. Obsession. Whatever it was, it was destructive and violent, but at this moment, he needed this. He needed to know he wasn’t alone.
“Kane.”
When his eyes opened, I didn’t know what I hoped to see, but it wasn’t two obsidian pools staring back at me. His whole face morphed into something sharper, determined.
Terrifying.
Oh God. What had I done? Had I pushed him too far? “K-Kane?” My voice cracked as my hand slipped away.
“ARGH!” He lurched away from me with a roar, and I pressed back against the wall, trying to shield myself from the fury radiating deep from within him.
“It’s all their fault. I hate them. I HATE THEM.” He clawed at his face, his hair, pacing in front of me, lost to his demons.
“Kane, you’re scaring me,” I whispered, holding myself together with my arms.
Then he stilled, his eyes snapping to mine. “I have to go now,” he said, so calmly it made my blood turn cold.
“Go? Go where?”
He leaned in and pressed a kiss to my head, no sign of the maniacal guy from only seconds earlier. “I’ll remember you, always.”
And then he was gone.
* * *
“Shit.” The word echoed around the room as I tried to reach the lamp. It was one of those old-fashioned oil lamps that threw out as much heat as it did light. My legs tingled as I willed them into action.
I’d managed to roll and push myself onto all fours and drag myself farther into the room. The shadows moved with me, illuminating new sections of the area, the closer I got to the lamp. It was definitely a room. I could make out three walls from my new position, but I still couldn’t see a door, just a vast darkness. Kane had disappeared into the shadows only minutes earlier, so I knew the way in and out must be in that direction. Now, if only I could make my body do as it was told.
Kane was gone, and from the way he’d looked at me before leaving, he didn’t plan to come back. For all I knew, no one knew where to find me. I could be anywhere, and with no way of knowing the time or what day it was, I had to assume the worst.
No one was coming for me.
“Get up,” I commanded my body. Saying it aloud seemed more powerful than thinking it. I pressed down against the floor and lifted one knee, moving my foot underneath me. Rocking forward, I did the same with the other leg until I was in a crouched position. It was now or never. I pushed up, slowly stretching my arms out to steady me. When I was standing upright, I gave myself a couple of seconds. My muscles screamed in protest. Heavy and sore, I wasn’t sure how far I’d get before I collapsed again, but I had to try.
I had to get the hell out of here.
“On three.”
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Two.
Three…
CHAPTER34
EVAN
The flashlight beambounced off the pipes, illuminating the tunnel. It stunk. The whole place did. Stagnant water and decaying vermin and things I didn’t want to think about. I kept my sleeve over my nose as I moved farther through the building.
Knowing Becca was here somewhere with him made me sick to my stomach. Underneath the old water treatment plant was a network of tunnels and rooms that had once supplied Credence and the surrounding towns with purified water. Now it was a derelict facility sitting on the outskirts of town, wasting away like so many other local businesses.
I pulled out my cell phone just in case I needed it, but there was no service down here. It had been hours since she’d left her parents’ house. She could be hurt… or worse. Fuck. How had things ended up at this point? I’d gotten the short version from Kendall, but I knew there was more to it. So much more.
