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It was all for him.
If he hates me now, so be it. I wouldn’t want to touch someone as violent as me with a ten-foot pole. Let alone the fact that I’m covered in someone else’s blood.
Instead, he runs at me, chucking his gun to the side, and wraps both arms around me.
I’m stunned to even react, blinking rapidly.
But I eventually cave to his safe arms, burying my face into his chest.
My body feels so heavy I can barely stand. Now that the adrenaline has worn off, the drugs have the upper hand again, and they’re draining all my remaining energy.
“You murdered him in cold blood,” Felix mutters.
“Do you despise me?” I ask.
“No,” he says, and I can hear him smile. “I’m proud of you.”
I grin against his chest and take in a breath.
“We should go,” Caleb says, clearing his throat. “This truce won’t last long.”
I lean away and watch the men stare us out.
Kai and Milo have helped Nathan up. “Can you walk?” Milo asks him.
Nathan nods. “I can try.”
“Let’s get out of here,” Alistair says as he approaches us from behind and places a hand on Felix’s shoulder. “Y’all can have a family reunion later.”
Felix supports me while we run toward the exit, with Kai and Milo keeping Nathan on his feet. At the back entrance, a blazing fire stops us. In front of it is Dylan, chucking random guards on top of a pile of bodies burning to a crisp.
“Hey, guys! Back already? I cleared out this area!” he says cheerfully. “Roasted them like sautéed chicken.”
I’m both mildly disgusted and impressed at the same time.
“We’re done,” Penelope tells him. “Let’s go.”
Alistair runs ahead of us and gets the car, driving it toward us so we can easily get in.
“Fuck, it’s gonna take forever to get those stains out,” Dylan mutters when he sees all the blood his friends drip onto his leather seat.
“Worry about the cleaning later!” Penelope yells at him.
“I’ll take our car back with Nathan and Milo,” Kai says. “You go with your brother. Caleb, you go with her too.”
I nod and jump in with them while Milo and Kai help Nathan into the back seat of their car. Both cars race off together, leaving behind a bloodied, crippled Bones Brotherhood.
But the longer we drive, the bigger the hole in my heart becomes.
Crystal.
Tears well up in my eyes.
“What’s wrong?” Penelope asks.
“Crystal got taken with me.”
Penelope’s eyes widen, her face turning white as snow.
