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His men were his weapons.
And sometimes, weapons misfired.
”Straight ahead,” he said softly into my ear.
I looked straight ahead, at the glass window at the end of the hallway, and it looked like it was impossibly far away. I didn’t realize that I was practically running until I got to it, completely breathless.
He waved his hand in front of a sensor and the door wooshed open. ”C’mon,” he said. ”My bike is closer.”
I didn’t have time to question the fact that he had a bike, not when he was tugging my hand and rushing through the street. Everything after that was a blur; he threw a helmet at me, he got leather gloves–though I had no idea from where–and then I was on the back of a motorcycle, both of us racing away from HQ.
I also didn’t click onto the fact that he obviously had my brother’s address until we were racing down the highway, headed to Clearmont. I’d never even been on a motorcycle before; most of the time, I wouldn’t have ever agreed to this.
The seat vibrated under me and I felt like I was going to throw up as Teo took a sharp corner onto the street that led to Sam’s place.
As soon as we got to his apartment complex, I realized that things were worse than I thought. Grayson's car was parked outside of the building, a converted cottage that had been turned into apartments a few years ago at the end of a cul-de-sac. It was a pretty shitty apartment, and it was also exactly the place that I loved going to every single weekend until this whole thing had happened. My brother, and by extension his home, had always been my safe space. I felt sick to my stomach, thinking about how difficult it would be to come back here if Grayson got his hands on Sam.
If he did–and he was wrong, because he had to be wrong–I would be left all alone in this world.
I’d seen Grayson in that Mercedes before, parking in front of HQ. For a luxury car, it wasn’t particularly ostentatious, but it certainly stood out among the many sedans and SUVs in Sam’s parking lot.
He was parked right next to my brother’s Honda Accord, as if this was a fucking social call.
”Is he in the car?” I asked, panic creeping into my voice, though I obviously already knew the answer.
Now I was worried that I would never get to see my brother again. He got off the motorcycle and then lent me his hand. ”Where is he?” I asked.
”Where’s your brother’s apartment?” Teo asked.
”Behind the back, upstairs.”
”C’mon,” he said. He grabbed my hand, his still clad with leather, and the cool feel of it on my palm grounded me for a second; that was, until we were both sprinting toward the stairs. Teo was much taller than me and when he dragged me along, it was hard for me to keep up with him.
He seemed to know exactly where to go. He climbed up the stairs and I followed behind him as fast as I could, my arm aching as he dragged me along. He wasn’t being delicate, but it didn’t matter; this was a matter of urgency and my heart was beating out of my chest as we turned the corner to my brother’s door.
Which was cracked open.
I felt like I was going to throw up as soon as we saw the cracked door. A bunch of scenarios passed through my head; each one progressively worse than the other.
Teo motioned for me to stay back and he crept towards the door, his hand on the hilt of a knife he had pulled out of his pocket. I stood frozen in place, my heart pounding as I waited for him to give me some sort of signal.
But before he could, there was a sudden movement inside the apartment and Teo burst through the door, his knife at the ready. My eyes widened as I saw Grayson standing in front of him, his hands raised in surrender.
”Teo, what the hell are you doing?” Grayson said, his voice calm and collected despite the knife pointed at him.
”Where’s Sam?” Teo growled, his eyes scanning the small apartment.
”On a date, I think,” Grayson said. ”Jace hacked his devices. He’s keeping me updated on his whereabouts.”
I took a step forward. ”Grayson, what are you doing in my brother’s apartment?”
Grayson flashed me a tight smile. ”Didn’t Teo explain?”
”He explained,” I replied through gritted teeth. ”But I want to hear it from you.”
”I was just investigating. I care about you, I don't want to do something that'll hurt your brother if I'm not sure he's the person responsible for these murders.”
”I told you to stay put,” Teo said, anger creeping into his voice.
