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She puts a hand on the handle. “He’ll be hiding down there. I’m sure of it.”
My trigger finger flexes as she pushes the door open. A fire of fury blazes in my chest. It engulfs my entire being and I don’t know if I’ll be able to control myself when we get to Aleksei.
We follow Rose down a metal spiral staircase. There are no windows, no air coming through, and it smells of dampness and fear.
Rose is shaking by the time we make it to the lower ground. There’s a light coming from a room to the right, but we can’t see what’s in there.
We hear a sob, and Rose freezes falling back against Sam and me. Someone is crying yet attempting to hold it back.
“I take it back,” Rose murmurs. “I can’t do it.”
Sam wraps an arm around her shoulders from behind and a hand around hers holding the gun. At the same time, I walk past her, leading our convoy.
“We’ve got you,” he whispers in her ear. “I’ll pull that trigger for you if you need, Lovebug.”
I take the first step into the room and halt in surprise. It’s not the six dirty single beds. It’s not the five girls huddled on one of them, holding each other in fear. And it’s not the tiny blonde girl trying to hold back her sobs. She’s very young, and I can only assume it’s Juliette.
None of that is what has stopped me.
No, it’s my blonde girl standing tall, her t-shirt ripped and holding a knife to the throat of the man at her feet.
“Hello,” Rachel cheers in that crystal voice of hers that makes it sound like she’s welcoming us to a tea party.
“Sunshine?” Rose chokes.
“Isn’t it crazy what perverts would do for a simple girl?” She looks down at who I’m assuming is Aleksei Volkov, holding him by his short, blond hair. “Like letting their guard down.” She winks at Rose and presses her knife deeper into Aleksei, who groans.
A laugh blooms low in my chest as Rachel flips her hair back.
Pride is a weak word when I watch our unshakable girlfriend.
36
RACHEL
Mercy- Adam Jensen
I watch Lik run from the car into the Wolves compound, armed to the teeth. I really thought I had lost him. I watched his unconscious body titter on the edge of death as they took him to the hospital. But he woke up stronger than I’d ever seen him. He also woke up unhinged, and that’s how I knew Kill was gracing us with his presence.
It wasn’t possible to hold him back. As soon as he remembered what had happened, he fought everyone to get out of the hospital. They managed to keep him for three days to put him back on his feet. We assumed Jake had managed to turn the tracker on if Sam had found the brothers. So Lik got the location from Rose’s twin. He didn’t need to convince me. I drove us here, and he jumped out the moment I parked at the edge of the forest.
Vermont. Right at the border of Canada. In a recluse forest at the edge of a small town is where Viktor and Aleksei currently hide and rule their organization.
The whole thing sounds insane to me. Since I was never involved in any of this, I never knew this side of society.
What I know, though, is that Aleksei did unspeakable things to the woman I love. And I need to see this through.
I promised Lik I would stay in the car. I undo my seatbelt and grab the knife I hid in the glove box, ready to break said promise.
I take the same trail I saw him take and walk along a brick wall. When I finally reach a place where the barrier lowers, I climb over to the other side. It’s still deep into the forest, but at least I’m on the enemy’s side now.
I walk for a while before I see the first house. Alarms are blaring everywhere, ear-splittingly. I hide the knife in my boot and take a deep breath before tearing my t-shirt open. I just have to pray that my plan to get to Aleksei won’t turn against me.
Running toward the first house, I scream. “Help! Help!”
A guard runs toward me, with his gun pointed. “Who are you?” he barks at me.
“I-I…” I fake some tears as I keep talking. “I want to go home, please.”
