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Lock snorted. His heart pounded so loud it shocked him. He was surprised Jinx couldn’t hear it like a gong sounding.
“Maybe the others are having more luck.” Part of him wanted to say fuck it and run back to the steps leading downstairs. If they kept Brenna down there, he wanted to be there when they found her. But there was a chance she was up there, and he couldn’t leave Jinx alone.
He stumbled a step as a horrible thought entered his mind. “Think Oliver was fucking with us?” Christ, what if they had it completely wrong?
“Nah,” Jinx said with a shake of his head. “I think he was too stupid to try and play Spec. He really thought he’d stay alive if he spilled his guts.”
Please let that be true.
“You’re probably right. This whole thing is just fucking with my head.”
“I hear tha—”
A blood-curdling scream broke through the silence and sent a spear of ice straight to Lock’s heart.
“Holy fuck, that’s Brenna.” Fuck protocol. Lock took off down the hallway, running past Jinx at full speed.
“Shit,” his brother spat out. “Hold the fuck up.”
“No.” He was done waiting. Lock sprinted down the hall. When he came to a locked door, he booted it in with a savage kick. The door flew open, slamming against the wall with a loud smack. An overweight man stood with his cock out, about to ram it in some crying woman’s mouth.
The guy shrieked and fell on his naked ass as he tried to step back.
“You’re free,” Lock called to the woman. He didn’t have time to stop. She wasn’t Brenna.
“Shit,” Jinx said again. “Brother get the fuck up here, we’ve hit the jackpot,” he shouted into his phone.
Lock didn’t wait around to hear how Spec responded. His muscles screamed as he ran to the next door and gave it the same biker boot treatment—only this room was empty.
Another scream had him shouting, “Brenna!” at the top of his lungs. It was closer. So close. The next room, maybe.
As he made it to the next door, Jinx ran up behind him. “Kick it in,” the big guy yelled, weapon ready for whoever was on the other side.
He bashed the door in and let out a primal roar as he saw a man on top of a screaming, crying, and fighting like hell, Brenna.
Instinct took over. At that moment, he was no longer human but an animal whose bonded mate suffered.
Kill, kill, kill.
He charged forward, lowering a shoulder like a linebacker going to the tackle. It happened so fast that the bastard barely had time to process it before Lock flew into him at full speed.
They hit the floor hard, but Lock didn’t feel a thing as he landed on the man who’d touched Brenna.
Jinx was less than one second behind. As Lock was about to start beating the life out of the man, Jinx shouted. “I’ve got him. See to your woman.”
Brenna.
Lock jumped up and spun around. Brenna had scrambled off the bed and sat huddled in a tiny ball in the corner. His heart cracked as he saw her, terrified, bloodied, and shaking like a palm tree in a hurricane.
“Baby,” he said, crouching beside her but not touching yet.
“L-lock?”
The thumps of fists hitting flesh played in the background, but Lock paid them no mind. “Yeah, baby, it’s me.” She was a disaster. Hair stuck to the blood, and tears were all over her face. Whatever sick fucking dress they’d made her wear needed to be burned. It used to be white but was covered in blood and torn in a few places.
“I knew,” she whispered. “I knew you’d come.”
“Fuck yes, Brenna. I’ll always come.” He wanted to haul her into his arms but was terrified to touch her.
