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I started for the door but noticed the way Cade hesitated. He glanced back at Declan, who looked close to having a panic attack despite helping.
“Keep them safe,” I told him. It was better if he stayed. He couldn’t help me if his mind was elsewhere.
“Are you sure?” he replied.
“They need you more than I do right now,” I said. “He needs you more.”
Lips pressed together tightly, he nodded slowly. I could see him fucking struggling with the idea, so I made the choice easy for him. I ran.
I turned on my heel and ran like hell after her.
I caught her scent long before I ever saw her. Whatever the hell Finn had done to her, it sent her fleeing into the next building over. Lavender and lemon mingled horribly with the smell of old fish and blood.
The warehouse was a wide open space lined with tables that led back to a massive freezer. I managed all of two steps into the building before she was on me. The slam of her knife into my side sent a spiral of pain through every nerve in my body. Fuck her and her magical fucking knives that cut straight through my goddamn uniform. She ripped it out just as fast. I snarled as I snatched her wrist when she tried to stab me again. With a sharp twist, I yanked the knife free and ignored it as it clattered along the floor.
The blast had done a fucking number on her. She was bleeding and pissed off. The monster inside me raged, twisting my perception.
Blow for blow, we moved across the room. Anger fueled by loss radiated through me.
Charlotte.
Michael.
The thought of everyone she’d hurt spurred me on.
Nolan.
Genevieve.
Mom.
No more.
No fucking more.
When her boot came up to kick, I blocked her. I didn’t, however, anticipate the blast of magic she put into it. It threw me across the room and right through the freezer door. The groan that came out of me was feral, vibrating off the metal walls.
“Come and get me, Killian,” Sadie taunted from somewhere in the warehouse.
“With fucking pleasure,” I snapped as I climbed out of the steel fucking door. If it fucking hurt, I didn’t feel it. The rage swirling inside me was something else—something wildly intense in a way I’d never experienced before. It threatened to be my undoing.
I got one step outside the fucking door when something wrapped around my neck. Before I could react, it tightened with a familiar zip.
Fuck, she had a catch-all noose.
One strong pull made me lose my footing. I gasped for air. My boots slid on the floor as she yanked me backward. I struggled to grab her hands, knowing full well I wouldn’t be able to. It wasn’t designed to be easily broken.
“You have quite the collection of weapons, but I’m keeping this one,” she hissed in my ear, giving the catch-all another hard tug. “A trophy for killing the biggest pain in my fucking ass.”
The edges of my vision pulsated with black while my lungs burned from the lack of air. I wouldn’t last much longer.
I leaned into the dark monstrosity inside me.
The change was flawless but intoxicating. Fangs, claws, magic. I felt it in every fucking cell of my body. Strong. Powerful. Deadly.
My claws slid under the metal wire, cutting into my skin as I made a fucking opening. While I did, I tapped my heels to activate the dig-ins. One powerful kick and I shattered the concrete. I used the leverage to pull on the catch-all as I righted myself.
A vicious growl rumbled through me as the locking mechanism fucking broke on the catch-all under my power. It slid loose while I rounded on her, baring my fangs.
