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“I believe Birk is the answer.” Talis confirmed my fears, and I had to choke back a sob so they wouldn’t hear me. “He has more powerful enemies, and we haven’t been able to check a good portion of them. I don’t think Grant is the target. He’s just a distraction.”
Were the gunmen looking for my father then? Did they think he’d be in the limo with Carson? They often did functions together. It wouldn’t be unusual.
That’s why the manor was on lockdown! My father knew. Damn him. He’s put Kienna, my mom, and everyone else in the manor in the line of fire. I hated him more than ever.
Why wasn’t he in a safe house instead of me? Oh, that’s right. Powerful Julian Birk couldn’t be seen running away. I clenched my fists so tightly that my nails bit into my skin.
“So they do want Birk,” Evander grumbled.
“No. It’s been clear who's been the target all along now.” Talis’ voice tightened. “Callista.”
What? My heart stopped. No. It couldn’t be.
“I’ll fucking kill every single one of them,” Evander growled.
“Not if I do it first!” Levi snapped.
I could barely breathe. This couldn’t be right. I was no one important.
“During both incidents, no one took a direct shot at Callista. They chased her. They knew she’d be in the limo with Grant and that she’d be visiting him at the hospital at that particular time. Only three teams knew about both things. Us, Grant’s, and I think he isn’t involved in this. And Julian Birk’s. We don’t have a leak. Grant doesn’t care about Callista. So that leaves Birk. Either someone on his staff is feeding info to the enemy or he is. I’m leaning towards the latter.”
“What kind of fuckhead would put his own daughter at risk?” Evander snarled and something smashed. Maybe a mug.
I startled at the noise and covered my mouth with my hands as the tears ran down my face.
“Birk doesn’t want to work with us. He won’t let us check his systems and staff for any leaks. That is a man with something to hide,” Talis continued, but I couldn’t stay and listen anymore.
Taking off down the hall, I stumbled and caught myself. Then I kept going. To the front doors, outside into the night, and running into the forest.
I knew we were on an island even as I ran off into the trees, but I had to keep running. I couldn’t stop. My father was a monster.
Chapter Sixteen
When I heard that soft sob and the retreating footsteps, I knew it was Callista. She’d been listening to our conversation, and it was a shitty way to find out her father was a bastard. Her heart must be broken, and she would need a shoulder to lean on.
I launched myself out of the kitchen, glancing back at Levi and Talis who were hurrying to the back door. I had no doubt they’d heard her too. “I’ve got her!”
With the three of us chasing after her, we’d catch her before she got too far or she was hurt. But I was going to make certain it was me.
I tore down the hall, through the front foyer and out into the night. Callista had left the door open. Hearing her feet crunching the early fall leaves, I slammed the door shut behind me.
Giving my eyes a few seconds to adjust to the darkness, I kept my gaze pinned on the direction I’d heard her go. Callista had been going through a terrible time with the assassination attempts, and then being in heat on top of it, her world must have felt like chaos. I wanted to be her rock in the storm.
I walked down the steps and picked up my pace. She was a runner. I’d seen it downtown when I told her to escape. And it turned me on. So many Omegas were soft and pampered, but not Callista. Her leg muscles were as sexy as hell. More than once I imagined them wrapped around me as I fucked her.
Branches cracked ahead and there was a small cry. She was still going.
I’d lived on the island for a while now. I knew it like the back of my hand. There was nowhere she could go that I couldn’t find her.
Catching a glimpse of her through the trees, the moonlight seemingly making her glow like some fairy nymph, I grinned. She was hurting. I shouldn’t be enjoying this, but the chase was arousing.
I leapt over a rock and darted around a pair of big pines as I picked up speed. I wasn’t quiet about it either.
Spotting her again, she glanced over her shoulder. She knew someone was coming after her. She zigzagged and splashed through the shallow creek that ran down toward the ocean. I barreled through, closing the distance between us.
Callista turned again and ran to disappear between some smaller pines. Smirking, I followed. She was going to pen herself in. That way only led to a bunch of big rocks with no way to go but back the way she came. Right to me.
I slowed and adjusted my hard cock in my jeans. She was still ahead of me, her feet pounding, until I heard her skid to a stop. Her breaths came in heavy gasps.
