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“Mistake or not, we still need a way out.” Val nods her head toward the door. “Move.”
I bite back all the things on the tip of my tongue. How can I be so fucking done for this girl? She’s worse than a loose cannon, too damn stubborn for her own good and the good of everyone around her.
Instead of going back out the front of the club, we stick close together and move slowly in the opposite direction. The girl stays plastered between us as we move through the orgies and voyeurs. The air is heady with the smell of sex and sweat. My stomach roils, my hand tightly clenching the gun. Finally, after a few turns through the maze, I find another door. A sharp breath slices at my lungs.
I push it open and let out a shaky stream of air.
Darkness falls around us, dry Vegas heat blanketing my prickled skin as we step into the night air. Ominous silence hovers like a heavy cloud, like the calm before the torrential storm.
We fucking made it out of the bowels of Hell.
Are we gonna be able to survive long enough to tell anyone about it?
A chill wraps tight around my bones. I shudder like I’m shaking off a heavy gaze.
I jerk my head around. A dark-haired woman stands a few feet away, a cigarette hanging from her hand. She’s older, her face eclipsed by shadows except for the slight lift of her lips, a sinister, knowing smile.
Like she knows something we don’t.
Dread crashes over me, paralyzing my muscles and rooting me to the ground.
We made it out alive, yeah.
Buthow longwe stay alive? That’s the million-dollar question.
And that lady looks like she might have the answer.
Chapter34
Valentina
Quinn stops short, his eyes focused on a shadow in the distance. A sudden rush of air brushes the back of my neck like a sharp gasp. I swallow hard as a calculating gaze pins my feet to the concrete.
It’s the woman from the casino. The one who was outside the ladies’ lounge when I went after the bride-to-be.
Even then, I knew I’d never forget her face. Eyes so deep set and dark, they appeared to be soulless. Long black hair, red painted lips curled up in a knowing smile, bronze skin etched with time.
Quinn stiffens, the girl falling hard against him as if she’s trying to steady herself on the ground. If I didn’t know better, I’d say she cast a spell on us both, paralyzing our limbs and mouths. Wisps of wind pick up around us, which doesn’t make sense because it’s Vegas. There’s no wind, especially in the dead of summer.
My heart thumps like the percussion section of an orchestra, muffling the world around us.
Why is she here? Why now?
I part my lips with the intent to say something, but before I can squeak out the words, she disappears into the palm trees as if she was just an apparition.
And just as suddenly, the ominous whisper of a chill transforms back into stagnant air.
“Holy fuck,” I mutter.
“You saw her, too?” Quinn’s head darts in my direction.
“Yes. We need to get the hell out of herenow.”
The hidden parking lot is empty and thankfully, I parked back here because of Zavion’s instructions. He specifically told me not to park up front.
My gut wrenches. He couldn’t have known… could he?
I scrub a hand down the front of my face. I don’t know who the hell to trust anymore. Death always seems to be hanging over me, held up by the thinnest thread. One day, that thread is going to break, and I’ll be fucked.
