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London had left my black Explorer at the base of the dirt road on the other side of the clump of trees. He wanted more than one vehicle to get out of here…if things went bad, that was.
Which was a little more than probable.
It was a fucking certainty.
I didn’t care either way, as long as I got Colt and Vivienne out of there…
Right now, that was all I focused on.
Vivienne sat inside the open rear door of the Hummer. I barely made out her darkened silhouette as we waited for the go-ahead. The aching knot in my chest flared, making my breaths tight and shallow. I knew what that was now. What this panicked, out of control fucking feeling was that hit me harder than a damn shovel. It was fear…it was love…it was everything.
My brother.
I closed my eyes as agony swept me away.
I have to get him out.
I opened my eyes, watching Vivienne as she moved. No, we had to.
There was no stopping this for me. No turning away, even if the plan went to hell. She knew that. I’d seen that same self-destruction in her eyes last night. That same…limitless rage. It was a rage that’d help us now. It was a rage that’d bring Colt home.
“There’s the patrol,” Harper murmured, drawing my focus. “It’s a…little light.”
Twigs cracked as shadows moved. I hadn’t even seen London standing that close to me before he moved. “Is that a problem?”
“For us?” Harper answered, the green glow catching the side of his face as he looked up. “No…it’s just…unusual.”
Silence closed in as I pushed up from the cold ground to stand. No one liked unusual when they were about to storm a building full of highly trained mercenaries that doubled as patrol guards.
No.
We needed predictable.
We needed familiar.
“It doesn’t matter.” I lifted my knife, turning the blade to catch the faint glow of moonlight. “We’re going in, either way.”
Thud.
The sound of boots hitting the ground followed. “Yes,” Vivienne whispered. “We are.”
I found her stare in the dark as she moved closer and stepped into that faint green glow. Her stare was only for me. She didn’t need convincing.
“You ready?” I asked.
One slow nod as she adjusted her grip on the gun London had given her. “Yes.”
Twigs snapped once more. London neared, gripping me by the shoulders, just like he used to when we were just kids. “Be safe in there, the both of you. But if…if there’s even a chance you can’t get out without either of you being captured, or if there’s…if there’s no point in rescuing him, then I want you to haul ass out of there. Do you hear me?”
I heard him…loud and clear.
He meant if Colt was already dead. That’s what he meant.
“Just come back,” he finished, giving me a gentle squeeze before releasing his hold and stepping away.
“We’ll be back before you know it.” My voice was lifeless, but the words were more for Vivienne than anyone else.
She barely seemed to hear me anyway, shifting her focus to London as he stepped close. “I’ll be right here,” he murmured. “Right fucking here.”
