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He moaned when I dug the blade down even harder. “You disgust me.” I pressed more firmly. “Fucking vile piece of shit.” My hand trembled.
“We’re right here, our lioness,” Tobias murmured. “Right fucking here.”
I didn’t know if I’d ever told him what Dad used to call me. Maybe I’d told Nick once. I couldn’t remember. But the familiar pet name triggered something inside me. Something that had already been pushed to the surface. Harsh breaths moved deeper as I fixed my sight on Killion. “You won’t hold me prisoner anymore.”
I drove that blade down again, pushing it all the way to the inside of his thigh, until the blood ran and my hand shook. Then I jerked the knife back.
“That’s all you needed, princess.” Tobias lifted the gun in his hand. “I’ll take care of the rest.”
Boom!
THIRTY
Ryth
The perfect tiles were a mess.Blood was neon red against the white. There were bits of something, shards scattered, and at first, I didn’t understand. I couldn’t look away, until it hit me…
That was bone.
Bone blown by the bullet that had entered one side of Killion’s skull and exited through the other. Bone that shimmered white against the crimson mess. There were other bits, too. Other bits that when I glanced at them, I wanted to puke…
In fact, Iwasgoing to puke.
“Princess.”
My belly tightened and acid burned in the back of my throat.
“Princess?”
Boom…boom…boom…
The deafening sounds were above me and inside my head.
“Ryth, we have to go now.”
Christ, don’t tell me he’s here…Killion’s words repeated in my mind. “He was expecting someone.”
“What?”
I lifted my gaze to Nick. “He was expecting someone.”
His eyes darted to the front door, and his grip adjusted around his weapon. “Are you sure?”
The hollow boom of my heartbeat thudded in my head. I pushed through the fog, battling the rock in my stomach and the rancid tang in the back of my throat, and tried to sharpen my memory of the seconds of chaos. “Yes. He said,“Christ, don’t tell me he’s here.’”
Nick glanced toward the hallway as Tobias strode out wielding a baseball bat. Where did he get that?
“I went through the scumbag’s bedroom,” Tobias snarled. “Now I feel like I need to shower for a fucking week.” He stopped, stared at Nick, then glanced at me. “What?”
“He was expecting someone,” Nick answered. “So we need to wrap this up.”
“If he was expecting someone, then the bastard never came.” Tobias gave a chuff. But concern moved through his eyes as he glanced at the front door.
“I have his phone and his laptop.” Caleb strode from deeper in the house carrying the items with one hand and a black bag in the other. “As well as a mountain of cash.”
“He was expecting someone,” Nick repeated.
C glanced at the front door. “Then I guess that’s our sign to leave.” He shifted his gaze to me. “Ready?”
