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He grins, and it freaks me out a little. Dude's clearly feral for her; I don't know what the deal is, but it's got something to do with her heat and his status as an alpha. I can see the craze of rut in his eyes, and it makes me nervous that I'm not doing the right thing.
"Well, she's not here," he says. "She's hiding out at a tattoo parlor--Eve's Apple. The owner's an alpha--"
"Yeah," I say, remembering the name. "Zane..."
"So he did used to be Enclave, huh?" the ACB guy says.
I grimace. "You don't need to know that. The bottom line is that she's safe there...so why the hell do you want her out?"
"What if he hurts her?"
"He's a big softie, he won't harm a hair on her head," I mutter. "You, on the other hand? I don't even know who the hell you are."
"Name's Jack Maddox," he says. "I'm a nobody who wants to help an omega. In that, our priorities align. And you are?"
There's no way in hell I'm giving an ACB agent my real name.
"You can call me Rebel," I say, going with one of my nicknames around the Enclave.
He snorts. "I trust you with my name and you give me some stupid pseudonym?"
"That's all you're gonna get," I mutter. "So what's the plan, Jack?"
"We need to get her out of the city," he says. "But with ACB patrols everywhere, it won't be easy. We'll need a distraction."
I nod, understanding what he's getting at. "And that's where the Enclave comes in."
"Exactly," he says. "I assume you have ways of getting her out of Solstice Bay?"
"I do...or at least I did," I say. "But ever since Jade Winslow set the city on fire--metaphorically speaking--they've tightened up security. Those girls are bringing havoc wherever they go in the city, and Kendra is public enemy number on right now."
"Oh trust me, I know," Jack snorts.
"And I had a plan, but I didn't expect to have an ACB agent on my tail."
He smirks. "I have my uses."
I roll my eyes, but I can't deny the thrill of excitement as we hatch our plan. Together, we might be able to pull this off.
But there's one thing I can't shake.
Jack's obsession with Kendra.
It's not just his alpha nature, or the fact that she's an omega in heat. There's something more there, something borderline concerning.
I don't trust him.
"You need to lay off and give me a chance to talk to Zane," I tell him. "I know the guy--he'll trust me."
"Fine," he says. "Just don't run off without me, okay?"
Yeah...that's exactly what I intend on doing. I'm grateful for the lead, but Jack Maddox strikes me as a total wildcard. You don't just leave the ACB on a dime, and he seems to have done it for Kendra.
The question is why?
"Well...I'll head there now," I say, uneasy with the choice. "Give me a few hours and we'll meet back here."
He gives me a sly smile and runs his tongue over a sharp canine. He looks like a fucking psychopath.
