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“Saved you from the big scary man,” I prompt her. “Didn’t I, Rose?”
Her jaw tenses and she replies coolly, “Yes, you did.”
The others don’t notice. They’re too busy flapping around and wanting to kiss her boo-boos better. Seb puts his fingers under her chin and turns her face to examine the cut on her face from a shard of glass. “You’re hurt.”
“I’m fine,” she dismisses. “It’s just a scratch.”
“He’d have torn her pretty head off if I wasn’t around,” I say to infuriate her more. “She’s lucky I was here.”
“Our location is compromised,” Seb says. Where did Freddie find this chump? The only thing private education taught him was to state the fucking obvious. “If they know where we live, it’s not safe here.”
Freddie nods and turns to me. “You made the mess. Now you need to clear it up.” My smug grin vanishes, and Rose coughs to disguise a laugh behind her hand. She owes me. Cleaning is no fun. “We will meet you at the safe house.”
“A safe house?” Rose squeaks. “You have one of those?”
Buckle up, buttercup. Her friends won’t be able to track her down where we’re going and when I get her alone, she’ll give me the answers I want… or I’ll have to force them out of her.
CHAPTER20
FREDDIE
Seb and I returned home because our security system alerted us to an unfamiliar registration plate in the area. Even without him around, Bram is still watching out for us. He’s alive, I can feel it. If he wasn’t, they would have left him for us to find, just like Spencer’s men.
“Isn’t it your turn to do the hard work?” Callen asks, crossing his arms in defiance. “I killed an intruder and saved Rose. How is it fair that I have to clean up too?”
Chunks of brain cover our walls, yet Callen looks like his birthday has come early. He wears a shit-eating smirk while Rose shakes in terror. Seb strokes her hair while she snuggles into his chest, staining his white shirt with blood. Guilt twists in the pit of my stomach. What have I done by bringing her here?
“Because you’re just that capable, Callen,” I reply sarcastically and nudge my head at the mess. “Dispose of the body, then meet us there.” I turn to Rose. “You need to get clothes together because we need to hit the road.”
We’re on borrowed time until the Killers Club discovers an agent is missing, but Rose doesn’t move.
“Rose,” I say more sharply to get her attention. “We need to go. You have five minutes.”
“I’ll help her,” Seb says.
The two of them disappear upstairs, leaving Callen and me alone. His smug demeanour puts me on edge. The Dukes should trust each other, but Callen is used to working alone.
“Are you sure you’ve told me everything?”
“Positive,” he replies.
Even if my gut is telling me something is wrong, I have to take his word for it. “Did he say anything when he came in?”
Callen shakes his head. “Just the usual bullshit you’d expect after I killed his twin.”
“But how did he find us?”
“It wasn’t exactly the right time to give him an interrogation,” Callen says. “I was too busy trying to stop him from choking Jessica Rabbit.”
Moments later, Rose and Seb return. They’re carrying the shopping bags filled with the new clothes I bought her earlier.
“It’s a good thing I didn’t unpack,” she murmurs, managing to keep her composure despite the trauma of the evening.
Seb carries two pizza boxes in his arms.
“Where did you get those?” I ask.
“We went out to get them right before the man came in,” Rose interjects. “I’m sure Callen won’t mind if we take them with us.”
