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“Someone messed with our phones,” I mutter.
Her brows draw together in confusion, head tilting.
And I leave before I can say one more stupid fucking thing.
I leave to go break something; to direct my rage at someone who actually deserves it. Like the asshole who shot her.
I don’t really give a shit that it was an accident. Luke Jenkins is a total klutz that shouldn’t have even made the squad in the first place. His dad was a friend of my mom’s, so Aves and I let him in as a favor, hoping he’d improve with time.
He hasn’t. He’s still just as much of a stumbling, bumbling idiot three years later, and if almost fuckingkillingsomeone isn’t a good enough reason to rid the squad of him once and for all, I don’t know what is.
My heavy footsteps echo through the corridor as I stomp back toward my office, stepping inside to find it empty. Well, notempty.There’s a rifle resting on my desk, so I suppose one out of two isn’t bad.
I approach my desk and lean against the edge, drumming my fingers on the surface while I wait for Avery to deliver Jenkins. For a second, I wonder if she’s going to come through, but I should know better than to doubt my twin. A few minutes later she appears in the doorway, Luke trailing sheepishly behind her.
The kid looks worse for the wear when he steps inside my office. His shoulders are slumped, eyes rounded in fear, but I can’t find it in me to feel sorry for him. I’ve slipped from anger into a state of cool detachment, eerily calm but no less lethal.
“Close the door,” I instruct Avery, and she shuffles behind Luke to shut it.
He flinches at the snick of the latch, eyes dropping to the gun on my desk before pinging back up to meet my own.
“Pick it up,” I tell him as Avery walks over to stand at my side.
Jenkins stares at the rifle in shocked dismay, shaking his head adamantly. So I repeat the order, putting Alpha command behind it this time to compel him to cooperate.
“Pick. Up. The. Gun.”
“Madd, what are you doing?” Avery asks nervously, gripping my arm tightly as she looks up at me in question.
I don’t look back at her. My eyes are solely focused on Luke as he steps closer to the desk, reaching out to pick up the rifle with shaking hands.
I roll my neck on my shoulders, a coldness like I’ve never felt before settling over me.
Because I had everything when I had Sloane, then I lost her.
And the past eight years have been hell, but they could’ve been so different if someone hadn’t fucking messed with us and kept us apart.
And the fucker standing in front of me now almost took Sloane from me permanently before I even realized that.
I run my tongue over my teeth, glaring daggers at Jenkins like he’s solely responsible for the shit show my life has become. Then I speak again, putting alpha command behind my words so he has no choice but to comply.
“Swallow the barrel and pull the fucking trigger.”
“Madd,no!” Avery gasps, gripping my arm tighter until her fingernails dig into my skin. “Stop it right now!”
Luke’s eyes fly wide, my own glazing over as I watch him draw in the rifle until it’s flush with his chest, his body trembling like he’s trying to fight my Alpha command.
Avery lunges toward him to intervene, but I grab her around the waist and haul her back, holding on tight as she fights against me. She freaks the fuck out as Luke bows his head, wrapping his lips around the barrel with tears streaming down his face. He struggles to hold the gun in place with one hand while fumbling to click off the safety with the other, finger sliding over the trigger…
Then he pulls it.
Avery lets out a panicked shriek as he does and the firing pin clicks, the chamber empty.
Luke’s shoulders sag and he shudders a sob, the front of his jeans darkening as the little fucker pisses himself. He drops the gun to the floor with a clatter, stumbling a step backwards with tears and snot running down his face.
I let Avery go and she jerks away from me, burying her face in her hands as I pin Jenkins with a cold stare.
“That’s your only warning,” I growl, lifting my chin. “Now get the fuck out of my sight.”
