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“Wait. Shadow….” Did that have anything to do with the boy?
I turned toward Cabbie, but something else caught my eye. In the far corner, where the platform was the last time, a figure stood in the doorway.
A figure I recognized all too well.
“Brody!”
“What?"Cabbie glanced behind him.
“Brody! He was just right there!” I released the stone and wavered. “Whoa.” Tingles attacked my body in hot waves, messing with my equilibrium.
“Are you okay?” Rand asked as he and Jari rushed to my side. Sage had already taken off down the hallway after Brody.
“Yeah, I’m good. That just felt weird when I released it.” I lightly brushed them off and sprinted down the hallway. They followed right on my ass as I followed the sound of feet beating against the floor.
A shout rang through the hall, and we pushed ourselves to run faster. Sage was a good fighter, but Brody and his mates had already proven just how lethal they were.
I slid past the room where we had popped in through the portal, and nearly got bowled over as I pivoted to backtrack.
“Oof,” Jari breathed out as I shoved at his chest.
“They’re in there!” I pointed to the room.
The Cherries dashed in, clearly having better awareness as they ran, and we followed behind them.
“What the hell are you doing here?” Sage gripped Brody’s very human style T-shirt in his fists.
“Listen man, this isn’t what you’re thinking.” Brody held his hands up as the Cherries circled around his back. One sneered when he glanced at her.
“Tell me, what am I thinking?” Sage growled.
“That I’m the enemy.” Brody said drolly and raised an eyebrow. His gaze flickered to mine and his eyes softened.
“I wouldn’t look at her if I was you,” Jari said as he crossed his arms and blocked Brody’s view of me. “Where is your Mazza and mates?”
“I left them.” He audibly gulped.
“You left them?” I couldn’t contain the question. That was wild, crazy, and slightly suicidal. His Mazza was like the dominatrix from Hell, and she didn’t seem like she’d easily let him go.
And us Mazzas, we could find our mates.
If Brody really did leave, which I wasn’t buying, that would be very dangerous for him.
“I never wanted to bewiththem.” He sighed, his body losing any sign of tension. Funny, since Sage’s body seemed to absorb everything he lost.
“Doll, this sounds like a very personal conversation. You want us in here with you or guarding the door?” Cabbie flicked his fingers at the Cherries and they moved behind him and took on what I would consider the vixen warrior stance. Feet spread, chests pushed out, and pouty lips as they glared at Brody.
He didn’t even pay them any attention, but he was never really a pussy chaser when I knew him. Although, my limited experience with Brody wasn’t exactly watching how he interacted with other people in public.
No, it was how we interacted in the bedroom.
Brody leaned to the side, but as soon as his sad eyes came into view, Jari stepped to cover me up again.
“Why don’t you step in the hallway. Make sure no one comes in,” I said to Cabbie as I moved around Jari, earning a scowl.
“You got it, dollface.” They left, shutting the door behind them.
Jari, Sage, and Rand fanned out until they had Brody in a circle between them. I moved to stand across from him. Not too close, the guys wouldn’t allow that.
