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"Nope," Remy said. He texted us over an image of how the cameras were wired and what areas they observed. He had cameras stationed all through the woods around his house, which gave me a creeping feeling up my spine.
"Well, drop the loop along the driveway. I'm going in and he needs to know I'm coming."
"I hate this," Pax said, his voice a rumble in the background.
Cain shrugged. His muscles were coiled, ready for a fight, but he still had that careless, flat affect. "We'll get this over with fast. Either he's our man and he'll try to take Aurora and she can get to killing him, or he's not and we can move on."
Cain and Stellan got out of the car.
I slid into the driver's seat, then drove the car slowly up the mile-long driveway. There were cameras watching me from the trees, and it sent a chilling feeling through my insides.
I parked the car and stepped out into the yard in front of a squat little farmhouse. There was a faint scent of rotting meat that brought with it a rush of bad memories and a rise of goosebumps on my arms.
I didn't expect Carnage to just open the door if I rang the bell. I was suddenly very sure it was his house.
That smell...
I opened the driver's side door, ready to escape again. I'd tell my men about my intuition, and we'd set a trap.
But the front door was already opening.
A tall man stepped out onto the front porch. "Can I help you, young lady?"
His face looked different—so did mine—but his voice was familiar. His face mostly looked different because not only was he ten years older, but there was a scar across his face, and his nose had obviously been broken.
"Hey there, Uncle Carnage," I said, because there was no point in pretending. He'd no doubt seen my updated photo in the news. "Do you remember me?"
“Of course I remember you, my bloodthirsty little friend.” Carnage studied me with a malicious glint in his eye. “How did you find me?”
"Dad told me where to find you a while back." We could pretend the Demon was the smart one.
"Is that so? What does your dad want?"
"He doesn't want anything." I chewed my lower lip, trying to look afraid. My phone chimed in my pocket, and Carnage's gaze sharpened.
Then it chimed again, and again.
Jenna had some fast fingers.
"I need some help," I said. "I know you've been mad at me the last few years..."
"Mad at you?" he asked skeptically. "You were just a kid. You can't be blamed."
I stared at him. Carnage had been furious after I tried to save those people in the farmhouse. I remembered him ranting to my father.She's out of control...
"I've grown up since then," I said. "I understand more about the world. But my father..."
"He wants you to still be his little murdery girl?" Carnage let out a laugh. "Jesus, it's likeDawson's CreekmeetsDexter."
"You know he's loose, right?"
"Of course. The two of us always keep track of each other."
"He's got my mom," I admitted. "He wants me to come back to him."
"I know," Carnage said. "I already talked to him."
My blood curdled.
