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Good.
If he had, I think I might kill him.
"Meet me where you said goodbye to Eve," she finally says. "Do you know the place?"
I can see the confusion on Zane's face--the hurt, the pain. Whatever she means, he didn't expect to hear it, and it hits him somewhere deep.
But he nods. "Yeah," he says. "I know the place. When?"
"I'll be there at midnight," she says.
Then the line dies.
"How the hell did she get a hold of us?" I ask, stepping closer to Rafe. "That was crazy."
"She radio'd through an old resistance line," he says. "No idea where she got it...but she's resourceful, just like you told us, Jade."
"I know," Jade says with a proud smile. "She's amazing. I can't wait for you to meet her."
"Where was she talking about, Zane?" I ask. "We'll set a course."
Zane grimaces, his brow furrowed. "There's an old lighthouse north of Solstice Bay, where the old priory used to be. I...I lost a good friend there."
I know what he's talking about, even if it was before my time; Zane left the Enclave after a mission gone wrong, and he and his crew had fled to that lighthouse as a safehouse.
One of our omega operatives died there--or so the legend goes.
I guess it was true.
"Thanks for letting us know," I say, clapping a hand on his shoulder. "We'll head there and wait for her."
"But what about Maddox?" Fallon asks. "He'll be there too, won't he?"
"We'll deal with him when the time comes," I say, my mind already racing with possibilities. "For now, we need to focus on getting Kendra out of there."
Zane nods, his eyes hardening with determination. "I'm ready," he says, his hand tightening around the radio. "Let's go."
As we race towards the lighthouse, I can feel my heart pounding with excitement and fear. We're getting closer to Kendra, but we're also getting closer to Maddox. And I don't know what he's capable of.
But I have faith in our team, and in Kendra's intelligence. She's smarter than people think...and she's already used that to her advantage.
She has Maddox wrapped around her finger.
And with any luck, he's actually on our side.
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Zane
Aswemakeourway toward the lighthouse, I think about the past.
The last time I was here, the woman I loved died. We never acted on anything. We were young and stupid, but somehow we kept our composure, even when she was in heat and I was in rut. She was incredible, an omega who never took shit from anyone
It always felt like destiny that we would end up together.
Then it all ended too fast...because of the Enclave.
Now, I can't help but wonder if this will be the end of me and Kendra's relationship too--if Jack Maddox will try to stand between us, if this is all a setup, if the ACB will show up and destroy what we have.
