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“You are. Let’s do this so we can protect our girl.”

This time he is right—we have to do this to protect Jolie. These sick and twisted fucks need to learn to leave her alone or they will all endure the same fate. Mr Z is a prime example: he tried to take what belonged to us. I might not have torn him apart like they did, but I would have happily put a bullet in his skull. How Ziyon is going to make it out of here alive is beyond me. I just don’t see it happening, and Jolie is going to be pissed.

“I got it,” I whisper and climb down the ladder. Boston immediately takes my place and gently pushes the hatch open.

Boston, Chester, Laughn, and Creed lead the pack for this part of the plan as the rest of us pile out and scan the yard.

It’s empty, completely devoid of life.

There are usually security guards everywhere. Something about this doesn’t seem right.

“Maybe Brennan should have contacted Corey,” Trace says. “Something feels off.”

“Let’s sweep the house. They are probably locked down in the bunker if they knew we were coming,” Boston says, signalling that we move.

We each go through and check the areas given to us. The main house is completely clear, just as the yard was. Kai and I go to the bunker, and I pull out my tools to attack another damn lock.

“Wait,” Kai says, “let’s check to make sure it’s locked first.”

He twists the handle, and it opens easily. This has to be a trap; a man like him wouldn’t just leave his door open.

“Creed,” Kai says through his earpiece. “This one is a job for you and Laughn.”

If the door is unlocked and we can open it, there is a good chance he has rigged a bomb to the door. Creed not being able to feel heat, and Laughn not feeling pain like us, really helps. An explosion probably wouldn’t kill them; they would be seriously injured, but not dead. That’s something, at least.

The brothers push to the front of the pack, and the rest of us step back. Laughn pushes Creed back. “Step back, brother. Jolie needs you more than me. You take away her pain, and I won’t let her lose that over the rest of us.”

Creed doesn’t argue, as Laughn has a point. We all watch as Laughn twists the handle and pushes the door open. The seconds feel like hours as we wait for the bang, one that never comes.

We all enter the area in a tight formation and look around, staking out everything we can. I take the hallway off to the right and check in the main bedroom. Everything looks right exceptthe closet door is slightly ajar. I open it, and it’s empty—no clothes, no nothing. He bloody knew we were coming and has packed up and left. It makes no sense to me. He isn’t going to let go of Olympia without a fight, which means he is going to wait it out.

“Anything in here?” Boston asks, popping his head into the room.

“They have cleared out,” I say.

“Fuck, guys, run,” Colt yells in our ear. “The fucking elevator just blew up. I’m coming to the front of the house.”

We all sprint back to the bunker door and get out of there as quickly as possible. Not only did he know we were coming, but he’s also going to try to kill us. We make it to the main house just as everything explodes around us.

Debris falls, smoke and dust fills the air. I dodge and weave through the building, following the others, but something explodes beside me, sending me flying into a wall. The force of the blast causes me to hit hard, and my eyes get heavy.

“Is everyone out?” Jimmie asks.

“All clear,” Boston says.

“Where the fuck is Case?” Kai asks, a growl in his voice I have never heard before.

“He was just behind me,” Marlow says.

“Where the fuck is my brother?” Kai shouts.

“You can’t go back in there—the bombs are still going off!” Davis says.

“Try to stop me! I fucking dare you,” Kai warns. I want to call out to him, but when I open my mouth, nothing comes out.

Another blast goes off beside me, and it’s so close, my ears ring. It sounds like it’s inside my brain. I blink a few times, and all I can see is a bright light.

Chapter Nineteen

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