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"Stellan!" I screamed as I stabbed a woman directly in the eye. Her garbled moan faded away as I watched him disappear into the crowd.
And then, as if they were a beast that had just needed to eat, the crowd pulled back. Cain and I were still slicing and dicing everyone we could get a hold of, but they were no longer trying to grab us. They seemed to disappear into the trees, and there was no sign of Stellan or the cult members who had taken him.
"Stellan!" I screamed again, and then…something caught my eye.
Across the cemetery, standing just in the tree line, reminiscent of that day that he’d escaped from prison, was the Demon.
He smiled broadly at me, blowing me a kiss.
I immediately held up both my middle fingers, screaming, "Fuck you!"
His cocky grin slipped away, because there was nothing that the Demon hated more from me than disrespect. I jumped forward to go after him, but a pair of arms grabbed me by the waist and hauled me back.
I screamed and tried to fight the hold.
"Aurora, stop," Cain grunted as my elbow connected with his stomach.
"He's right there," I hissed angrily, still struggling.
"And he's outmaneuvered us. Today is not our day," he answered, continuing to drag me back into the forest.
Hot angry tears were running down my face, and like when Paxton and Remington had disappeared, there was an ache inside of me, a hole in my soul where my love for Stellan lived.
I could only hope that Stellan would end up with the others. That he would stay alive.
I finally stopped struggling, and Cain hugged me tighter.
"I promise you we will find them, Aurora. I'll bring them back to you," he murmured, over and over again…until I almost believed him.
There was no sign of the Demon’s followers now. It was like the cemetery really was haunted and they had all been ghosts taken back to the grave.
The walk back to the car felt like it took a lifetime.
I was changed as I settled into the passenger seat. I realized belatedly that I was gripping onto Cain's arm, and when I tried to loosen my hold, I couldn't get myself to do it. I needed a tangible reminder that he was still there.
That I wasn't alone.
We drove back to a new hotel Cain had picked out, and the room felt empty.
As he held me in bed for the rest of the night, all I could think was…
How soon would it be that he was gone too?
20
AURORA
Dread settled in my stomach when my phone pinged.
Killing Carnage had meant nothing to me except for the danger it posed for my men and me. But killing my old FBI handler had been agonizing. The look of sympathy on his face when he opened the door would haunt me forever.
What would the Demon want next? He’d eased me into being his weapon again with Carnage. Then the FBI agent had been devastating. Three men, three targets...the next one would be terrible. Could it be my mom? Who else was precious to me? There were so few people I knew or cared about in the world besides my men. I closed my eyes, unwilling to look for a moment. I wanted to live another few seconds in the before.
But I’d do whatever it took to get my men back. I had to face it.
“What is it?” Cain demanded, pulling me onto his lap so we could look together.
At least I wouldn’t face this alone.
