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“You’re like that other fucking bitch, aren’t you?” he groaned. “The one the Banks brothers were after.”
I flinched. The words tried to push past the murderous haze inside my head. “Y-you know Ryth?”
My sister.
I remembered now. Remembered it wasn’t just my Colt they wanted. They wanted all of my family. They wanted me. I surged forward, dropping on top of him and drove my knees into his chest as I shoved the gun into his mouth. “You fucking bastard. You took her, didn’t you?”
He unleashed a moan, trying to push me off, but his blows were weak now as he groaned. “We did what we were told.”
That white haze pressed in, narrowing my vision. All I saw was that severed thumb on the counter. And rage followed, the kind that made me feel savage. I shoved the gun against his lips and aimed upwards. “She’s my family. So, you take from me, motherfucker…and I take from you.”
All I needed was a twitch of my finger. One tiny…squeeze.
Boom!
His body kicked under me as his head flew backwards.
I felt nothing as I rose. Not disgust at what I’d done. Just…empty. There weren’t enough bullets in the world to fill that hole inside me. Still, I’d kill and I’d keep killing until they gave Colt back to me. My knees shook as I pushed away from the body.
A man’s scream came from inside the warehouse. I sucked in a hard breath as I glanced at the open door. Movement came from beyond. Dark. Murky. Shadows gathered around Carven as he strode out, clinging to him like a cape. He was born anew from the violence within those walls. A god of wrath and vengeance.
If he was a god…what did that make me?
Damned by love.
One glance at the dead man at my feet and he murmured. “We need to go…now, Wildcat.”
I tried to move, but my body no longer obeyed my commands. My knees shook so hard, they buckled as Carven reached me. Strong hands caught me, pulling me hard against him.
“Easy now.”
BOOM!
I jumped at the deafening sound. Behind us, the warehouse exploded. Walls blew out. Windows shattered. They were all dead, and still we had nothing. No Colt and no Hale.
My throat thickened as I clutched Carven. Black smoke followed, spewing into the air. As I watched the building crumble, I felt the city quake and it wasn’t just from the detonation. It was in fear. Fear of what we’d done…and what we’d do.
“I’ll k-kill them.” The words burned like acid in the back of my throat. “I’ll kill them all.”
“I know you will, baby.” Carven stared at me as I watched the ruined building collapse.
Still, my body shuddered and shook, unable to even stand upright.
“Just not right now,” Carven murmured. “I’m taking you home.”
I shook my head, lifting my gaze to the brightening sky. “No.”
“Vivienne.”
“I said no!” I roared as tears filled my eyes. “I can’t, Carven…not until we find him.”
He never flinched, never scowled. Never reacted to the shrill sound of my voice at all. But my knees gave way, even as I held onto him. He grabbed me, then bent. Those strong arms trembled as he cradled me against his chest.
He was exhausted, blood-splattered. stained by evil. Still, he gently carried me back to the open door of the car. Carven was the savage son. The cold, unflinching animal created to destroy and yet his body quaked with the effort as he lowered me gently into the car and snapped the seatbelt in place.
As he rose, I caught the smear of fresh blood on the side of his shirt. He was hurt, too. Cut deep from the shorn metal in that place when he’d fought the Son who’d tried to abduct me.
He knew they were chasing me…and he’d said nothing.
