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He maneuvers the boat through the choppy waves, expertly weaving between obstacles and dodging gunfire. I can feel the tension in the air, the fear and desperation. We're outnumbered, outgunned...but we have each other.
And Rafe is good at losing a tail.
Kendra is at my side, ignoring everyone and everything else. "Are you okay?" she asks.
I reach for my side. "Just grazed," I say, and use my other hand to touch her face. "I'm so glad you're okay."
"Me too," she says, taking my hand. "Me too."
17
Kendra
Ican'tbelievethethree of us are all together again.
Me, Olivia, and Jade. Best friends since we were kids, the darlings of Solstice Bay high society...until we turned on our ACB fathers and made a run for it.
This whole thing started two years ago, when we made a deal that we would get out from under the ACB's chokehold before we turned eighteen and had our first heats. The three of us planned to stash as much money as we could and run.
I was the only one who got caught.
Which meant thatI was the only onewho had to kill my father on the way out.
I was his only child, the sole heir to the Morrison fortune. Even though I was a girl, he had treated me like he would a son, because he didn't have a son to train.
We went shooting together. I learned hand to hand combat.
He loved me, in his own way.
That all changed when I hit puberty, though...and he realized he would need to sell me off to a pack if he wanted to capitalize on what I was.
An omega.
Jade and Olivia were my only solace during that time, my port in a storm.
And they came to save me, just like we had always promised.
That we would save each other.
They come to sit with me and Zane after we lose our ACB tail in the dark seas of the Atlantic, the boat bobbing in the waves as Rafe--the pirate king of the Enclave--steers us to safety. It feels so good to be hugging my best friends again, reuniting with the family Ichose.
"We were so worried this whole time," Olivia says. "When we lost you...we thought you would be executed or worse."
"Worse was planned," I say, squeezing Zane's hand. "But Carson caused enough chaos to get me out...and then I found Zane."
Jade's eyes dart over to him, her brow furrowing as she inhales. "But...his mark isn't on you, right? You got the artificial one?"
"I did," I say, looking at Zane. "But as soon as we get some privacy..."
His purr erupts in his chest, and I bite my lip as I gaze at him. I want him so bad--I've wanted him since the moment I met him--and that hasn't changed even a little bit.
"You two are packed up, I understand?" I ask, looking from Olivia to Jade. I can see both their marks--multiplemarks on both their necks, tattooed over in black ink. Olivia is covered in tats and piercings, while Jade only has a single rose over her heart.
"Yeah," Olivia replies with a dreamy smile. "Phoenix, Liam, and Mercer...they're my family. And I guess yours too, now that you're home."
"And Rafe claimed me," Jade says with a blush. "Fallon and Hawk too, though Hawk stayed behind to run the ship while we were off saving you. And I'm so glad you're here for me to tell you the news..."
Olivia's eyes widen at Jade. "No way."
