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All this just so he could have her. He wouldn’t kill her.
“You won’t.”
A grunt on the other end.
A pained cough.
I set my jaw.
“Go ahead, Angel,” Drake prompted. “Scream for your Crow.”
Another grunt.
“Stop.”
The tiniest whimper that told me just how hard she was working to keep herself silent despite the pain clearly being inflicted upon her.
“I saidstop.”
He’d made his point. He may not kill her, but he wasn’t above hurting her to get what he wanted.
“Left. Take the stairs like a good little vulture.”
The door crashed against the wall behind me as I whipped it open and took the stairs one at a time. Each step a march in the black parade that could only lead to one possible ending.
My phone vibrated in my hand, and I chanced moving it a few inches from my ear to see Grey trying to call.
I shut my eyes tightly, jaw clicking as I ignored it and the door to the roof came into view.
It went off again. Twice.
I checked again, reading three text messages on the screen.
Rook: Where the fuck are you?
Grey: We’re here. We found Dies’ car in the parking garage. What the hell are you doing at the Vandermark?
My stomach twisted knowing they were somewhere in the building. Looking for me. The fucking tracking app. I forgot to disable it. Or maybe subconsciously I’d wanted them to find me. To stop me.
I pushed against the door, but it wouldn’t budge. “It’s locked.”
The door clicked. The lock disengaging.
For one beautiful second I actually thought he was really on the other side. Thatshewas too. And I could finish this.
I raised my weapon and kicked the door open, ready to fire, and was left staring into the blinding amber light of a new dawn. Seeing the heart of Thorn Valley a few miles to the west of where I was standing. And nothing else.
Gravel crunched underfoot as I swept the roof but found nothing. No one.
I put the phone back to my ear, not bothering to speak.
“You look terrible.”
My brows drew, and I looked more closely at my surroundings, finding the small black eyes of cameras placed in several places around the roof.
“I’m sure you aren’t looking too hot yourself after taking that shot to the shoulder.”
“Just a graze, nothing to worry about, but thanks for your concern.”
