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“Drugged?’ I jerked my gaze to him, shaking my head. “No…it wasn’t me.”
“Wasn’t you?”
Every second I stood here…every goddamn second.
Please…help me.
I lunged, trying to flanking Lazarus, but the fucker was quick. He was so fucking quick, lunging in my way to slam his fist against my chest, driving me backwards. My breath left in a rush, hard and brutal, tearing from my lungs…and for a second, none rushed back in.
I stumbled, and doubled over, sucking in a harsh breath. But there was nothing, just a void of pressure, one I couldn’t break. The world dulled around me. Movement came from the side, but still I pushed upwards, driving toward him as my chest blazed and spasmed along my throat.
“Anna…” Her name was a wheeze.
But Lazarus wasn’t listening. He was consumed, flanking my goddamn side, his body taut and tensed, fists tight. “You fucking drugged me…because of a goddamn initiation?”
“Anna…is…” A thin trickle of air rushed in.Kat…the word didn’t reach my lips. “He’s going to kill her.”
Rossi’s head snapped toward me. “What the fuck did you say?”
“Kat…Damon’s hurting Kat and Anna…he’s going to fucking kill them.”
The color bled from his face and those piercing blue eyes darkened to inky black. “Thefuckhe is…”
Air rushed down my throat now. My head swam with blinding white stars as I gasped. “Damon…he’s hurting them.”
“Sonofa—” He didn’t finish, just turned his head toward their building and took off at a dead sprint.
I shoved forward, senses firing as heavy breaths sawed deep. But Lazarus was like a fucking bull, head down, charging forward.
I dug deep, Anna’s desperate plea driving me harder than I’d ever moved before. Building after building flew past until Lazarus lifted his hand and plunged through the thick gardens outside her building door.
“Open the fucking door!”he roared as I caught up.
The sensor flashed red as he slammed his card against the reader. I shoved my hand into my pocket, dragging mine free as a faint scream came from above. Lazarus jerked his gaze upwards as I slammed my card against the screen. The sensor light turned green and the electric doors opened in an instant.
Lazarus was gone, driving his body through the door and toward the stairwell. I was close behind, matching him stride for stride. That urgency howled as I shoved the door wide and plunged into darkness once more. The sound of our boots was thunder in the stairwell. Higher and higher, Lazarus took the stairs two and three at a time. Fire moved through my lungs as I grabbed the railing, forcing myself to keep up.
By the time we hit the penthouse floor, my legs were numb.
A scream came once more, piercing…shattering.
“Kat,” Lazarus gasped, sucking in hard breaths as he raced forward.
I shoved forward, slamming my card against the lock of their door and in an instant, we were through. Damon was towering over both of them on the floor, one hand fisted in Anna’s hair, the other wrapped around Kat’s throat. Anna kicked and screamed, yanking against his hold, her eyes wide with terror.
Her shirt was ripped…the collar torn, exposing her breast.
“I’m going to fucking kill you, you goddamn bitch!”Damon roared.
Hate plunged deep as Lazarus took one step inside the apartment and growled, “Thefuckyou are!”
He moved like a soldier, head down, charging like a man possessed. Damon never heard him…and never stood a chance. With a roar, Lazarus hit him, tearing his hand from Kat, sending him flying. But the bastard’s fingers were knotted in Anna’s hair.
I lunged as she was dragged away. “Anna!”
Her wide, terrified eyes found mine. The look unearthed something deep inside me, something forbidden...something foul. I grabbed his hand clutching her hair as the bastard fell, and squeezed with all I had.
Something snapped under my grip, and a howl of agony followed. I pulled her hair free, leaving her to drop to the floor and crawl away.
