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“Yes,” Duke said immediately. “I’m with Acid on this. And I’ll be telling Waverly the truth about what happened, because girls her age are going missing and she needs to be aware so she can protect herself.”
I sucked in a breath. “Can we just get back to Waco, please?”
“Yeah, we can get back to Waco.”
It was two in the morning and Sailor was asleep. She was small enough that she’d been able to bend her body in half and was using my lap as a pillow. My fingers sifted through her blonde hair.
Acid had stretched out in the middle seat in the row behind us. His breathing was heavy so I knew he was asleep, too.
Duke and I hadn’t spoken in an hour.
Anger radiated off him and I didn’t have the energy to be combative.
“I thought I was going to die,” I said quietly.
He flinched like I’d punched him in the jaw.
“It happened so fast, you know? One minute I was in a parking lot removing a piece of plastic from the wheel well…the next minute a van was screeching into the lot behind me and—”
It was hard to finish the sentence without emotion boiling up from within me, but I fought through it and went on, “And then when I woke up in the truck, I spent all my time making sure Sailor didn’t panic.” I looked down at her. “She’s got a shit home life, Duke. She reminds me so much of me and Waverly.”
“Parents?”
“Alcoholic father. Mom’s dead. She was working at a fast-food joint taking out the garbage when they snatched her.” I swallowed. “How many others have there been, Duke? How many others weren’t found in time? How many others were left to die?”
“Too many, Willa. Too many.”
“Willa,” Duke murmured.
“Hmm?”
“We’re here.”
I opened my gritty eyes and stared ahead at the clubhouse. “Sailor,” I said gently, shaking her awake.
With a groan, she sat up and rubbed her eyes. “Where are we?”
“The Blue Angels clubhouse.”
“What time is it?”
“A little after four,” Duke said.
She rubbed her eyes. “Okay.”
“How does a shower and a real bed sound to you?” I asked her.
“It sounds great.”
We climbed out of the van.
As Sailor, Acid, Duke, and I headed toward the clubhouse, Savage barreled out the front door.
He stalked toward me and didn’t stop until he’d wrapped his arms around me and hauled me into his chest, squeezing me tight.
“You smell like fear,” he muttered.
“Good to see you too.” I squeezed him back, despite his insensitivity.
