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My insides plunge into a deep freeze.
Unless I can’t.
“There’s no way out. It only opens from the outside, unless you have the code.” Tyson grabs me by the back of my head. He yanks my hair, pulling me backward. His lips and teeth tug at my earlobe, his voice dripping with hatred. “I want what your father has, and I need you to get it for me. He’ll never leave his little girl in the lurch, not when he knows what I’m capable of.”
Tyson moves the knife blade to my neck, threateningly jabbing at my jugular.
He’s so fucking unhinged right now. If he goes any further over the deep end, he’s going to take me down with him.
An explosion of gunfire erupts outside the door. My knees quiver, buckling with relief.
He’s here. He found me.
“Zak,” I cry out. “I’m in here!”
“Skyla, I’m coming in. Stay back.”
More gunshots pop against the door.
Tyson digs the tip deeper into my neck. “You’re too late, motherfucker,” he screams. “You can’t save her. And guess what else? This place is fireproofed. But outside the door… you’re fucked.” He reaches for a button on the side of the door and stabs it.
Not a second passes before an earsplitting explosion shudders the walls. I scream, my knees buckling. The noxious smell of searing metal making my eyes water and my lungs burn. My legs give out and Tyson loses his grip on me. I crumble to the floor, falling forward onto one hand.
Gagging, I crawl toward the small space under the door.
“No, please, God, no!”
Chapter35
Zak
Skyla’s panicked screams flood my body with anger. I can still hear them. They make my ears ring, even over the sound of the blast, which I saw coming because of the flashing light on the outside of the door. As soon as Tyson’s words were out of his mouth, I knew exactly what was coming next, so I rushed Kylian away from the door and dove to the floor.
I’d guessed the blast would be contained because otherwise there’d be no other way out. Thank fuck I guessed right.
His plan was to take out unsuspecting idiots who might want to break into his safe place.
I’m no idiot.
I also have Nik’s fiancée, Kenzie, who’s taught me plenty about explosives and switches and triggers.
“Are you okay?” I shake Kylian’s shoulder.
He groans. “My fucking leg.”
“Yeah, I said that a lot after you sabotaged me at that game. Suck it up.” I struggle to my feet, soot and broken ceramic tile littering the area around us. The explosive was buried in the floor outside the door, and if I wasn’t observant enough to see the blinking red light next to the door, we’d have been blown to shit. “I’m going in.”
“How? The door didn’t budge.”
My lips lift, and I point toward the spot right above the hole in the floor. “The blast loosened the lock. See how it’s hanging open? Bad design, but good for us.” I jog around the rubble, smoke stinging my eyes. There isn’t a lot of space for me to maneuver the door since the floor in front of it is now a gaping hole that plunges into the basement level.
Skyla’s piercing scream makes my teeth grit. That son of a bitch. I’m gonna fucking gouge out his eyes with my fingers once I get in there.
I lean forward as much as possible without falling into the black hole of certain death, grip the space in between the door and the wall, and pull with every bit of strength I have. A loud growl erupts from my chest as the door slowly opens enough where I can slither through.
I won’t ever forget the look of shock in his expression. I will relish that shit forever.
Holding out my gun, I step inside the large white room. It’s pretty bare and has hardly any furniture except a desk and a chair. My stomach wrenches when I catch a glimpse of the handcuffs, rope, and candles scattered on top of the desk. A large glass window opposite the door lights up the space.
