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She extends her hand with a pointed stare.
"Kendra Morrison," she says. "Zane is my mate. And he saved my life."
Diego looks from me to Kendra as he takes her hand, shaking it in surprise. "I uh...sorry, did you say Morrison?"
"Yeah," she says. "You may have heard of me? I killed my dad and I've been on the run ever since...?"
"Of course I've heard of you," he says. "And Zane--you saved her life?"
"This is going to sound bad, but not on purpose," I say, my voice softening as I look over at my beautiful mate. "She showed up at my tattoo parlor and I had to help her. The mating thing...it was an accident."
"I read your sister's journal," Kendra says, looking at Diego. "She really loved you."
Diego's face falls, and his eyes sparkle. He's a big guy, so it's jarring to see him like this...and I didn't even realize the journal was still there, hidden somewhere in Eve's old room.
"Do you still have it?" I ask.
Kendra nods, her eyes sparkling as she looks up at me. "I put it in our backpacks before we came here. If you still have mine...then yeah. Eve's journal is in there."
"Why didn't you tell me about it?" I ask.
Kendra bites her lip. "It seemed personal. I read it to occupy myself while I was in that room, and well...I don't know. It seemed like it would hurt too much to talk about."
Diego nods. "It's an old wound, but it still hurts like a motherfucker."
"So...anyway," Kendra says. "What I'm trying to say is that Zane is a good guy. He saved my life...and I love him. And I think Eve would be proud, given that her name has become somewhat of a code word among omegas."
My brows go up. "It has?"
Kendra nods. "Yeah--when we go into certain tattoo parlors for claiming marks, we tell them that we have an appointment with Eve. She's like...an icon, honestly. I just never knew who she really was until now."
Diego's mouth twists into a sad smile. "I still miss her so much, dude...but she would be happy for you."
"And tomorrow, we're all gonna make her proud," Kendra says. "Right?"
I nod.
"Absolutely right."
26
Carson
Ican'tbelieveJackfucking Maddox was the key to unlocking this whole plan.
For months, we've been placing units of Enclave troops around Solstice Bay, waiting for our moment to strike. We have people in every tattoo parlor in the city, in every piercing shop, every bar and back alley and brothel. People are eager to get out from under ACB rule, and we just needed the intel to get us into ACB HQ to destroy them from the inside.
But if Maddox is being legit—if he's really given us Ramsey?—then we're golden.
We're going to take them down.
Which means that everything is riding on himactuallywanting to protect Kendra.
We take boats out from the Raft toward Solstice Bay, coasting around ACB patrols and making sure we aren't seen.
As we approach the city, the salty sea air fills my lungs, and my heart races with anticipation.
This is it.
