Page 98 of Tempt Me

“Taliah.”

I took a deep breath, grabbed a sharp scalpel, and climbed out the window.

Thirty Six

Madness: The state of being mentally ill, especially severely.

Can I survive frenzy inside me?

My brother was driving like a madman. I wasn’t told shit. I was lucky they allowed me to be in the car. Randall was holding Judas’s head up even when he gazed up from the glass with a lolled, dazed look on his face. The gentleness that burly log had with Judie was…interesting.

“Road trip, Larry,” Judas said in a quiet, monotone voice.

“Boys, there is shit going down. Everyone is cracked nuts right now, but you need to get it fucking together. Our sister is in trouble and…Fallon.”

I jerked forward, gripping Goliath on his bicep.

“Man, back the fuck up. She is alive. That asshole found her at the cabin,” Goliath turned the wheel of the SUV a bit too hard, but I didn’t care. I waited for him to tell the rest of the story.

“Tal was shot.”

We could see the sirens and lights speeding on the hill toward the direction of the cabin. We were only a few miles away.

Fallon…

If I had killed that fucker when I had a chance, this wouldn’t be happening. She was supposed to be safe. Lith told me he had moved her to keep her safe. I stayed away to give her space to heal and time for myself to hunt that fucker…but he hunted her.

“Step on it,” I demanded.

The SUV jerked forward, and we drew closer and closer to the cabin’s location. As soon as I had Fallon in my fucking arms, I was never letting that damn girl go.

“Roe, there’s something you need to know.”

I growled at my brother. “What.”

Why the fuck was he keeping shit from me?

“Your girl…she…she lost the baby. I am so sorry, man.”

I looked at my brother, trying to decipher if I heard him right.

Fallon was pregnant?

“It’s not mine. That monster made her lose his own kid.”

Lith processed that and turned back to the wheel.

“Rock-a-bye-baby…on the…” Judas sang because he was off again in his own world.

Both Goliath and I were shocked when Randall started humming with him. I turned around while Lith stared at him in the mirror.

“What?” he said, turning away and ignoring us.

Had Judas found a man who wouldn’t try to quiet the voices…but become them?

How did you reach a man that lived in his mind?

“It’s okay, Little Chip. Just lay down your head like the baby in the song. We will be there soon.”

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