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I paused when I noticed a change to his heartbeat. Viggo cocked his head, hearing the same thing.
“Is she important to you?” I asked, listening intently.
His heart jumped again. “No. But we want to make an example of her.”
He was lying. I knew that he always had hawthorn in his system, so it was impossible to entrance him. But just from the sound of his heartbeat, I could tell he wasn’t being honest.
“Do you have another prisoner here?” I questioned.
“No.”
Viggo snickered. “Lying to a vampire? Not smart.”
“I’m not?—”
I strode across the room and was on him before he could raise his gun. I knocked it from his hand, wrapping my fingers around his throat.
“Show me who else is here,” I snarled, sliding my fangs out. “Or I’ll have to tell your bosses that your usefulness has expired.”
“You can’t kill me?—”
“Oh, I can.” I cut him off sharply. “And your human government wouldn’t give a single fuck. The peace we have is more important than your life.”
“We don’t have Kali,” he shouted hoarsely. “They couldn’t find her once she fell into the river.”
“Then who else are you holding here that you don’t want me to know about?”
“No one.”
I squeezed harder, cutting off his air. “Don’t fucking lie to me.”
His face turned a shade darker as he gasped for a breath. I waited another few seconds before loosening my grip.
“Last chance,” I warned. “Show me who else is here or you’re fucking dead.”
“Fourth floor,” he choked out.
I released him, shoving him toward the door. “Let’s go.”
Glancing over my shoulder, I saw Warner back on his feet, holding on to the bars. Shock covered his face as he stared at me like he was trying to figure something out. Fuck me. I’d entranced him to forget about my blood, but I didn’t have a chance to weave a story about how he wasn’t dead from his bullet wound.
“Don’t hurt her,” Warner said gruffly. “If you find her, don’t fucking hurt her.”
“Worry about yourself,” Viggo said as he followed Norman out the door. “Kali isn’t your concern anymore.”
I rolled my eyes, knowing Viggo was pissed that we were in this situation, and getting under Warner’s skin was his way of lashing out. He was angry at me since it was my fault we were here, but he wasn’t about to fight with me when we were in front of humans.
But I didn’t have time to deal with Warner. We needed to see who Norman was hiding and then get the hell out of this city.
Norman dragged his feet up the steps, and Viggo pushed him to get him moving faster. We climbed up two flights of stairs before Norman unlocked the door with a code. My guard went up as we stepped through. This floor was much higher security than the other. The cells were solid concrete with no windows. I counted three of them, and I glanced at the keypad locks.
“Open them,” I ordered, looking at Norman. “Now.”
His jaw clenched, but he shuffled forward, going to the cell in the middle. The buttons beeped before the light turned green as he unlocked it. I yanked him back, knowing Viggo would watch him.
My heart beat wildly as I forced the heavy door open. The cell was pitch black, and the figure curled up in the back corner covered their eyes from the sudden brightness. Her face was covered, but I recognized her immediately. Rushing into the cell, I fell to my knees in front of her.
“Kali,” I said softly.
