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Kade gave a sweatshirt just like it to Artemis. It had the logo. It made me irrationally angry at the time, seeing her in his clothes, but we thought nothing of it.

The eye, staring at me from the trash, tells me how fucking stupid I am.

If Kade is a Cyclops, that means we’re more fucked than I realized.

I call Artemis, but it goes straight to voicemail.

Same with Antonio.

Swearing under my breath, I barely spare time to lock up the shop and sprint to my bike. I hop on and gun it, shooting down the streets toward the hospital.

That place has no cell reception—and it’s also the last place I saw Artemis. And Kade…

My heart pounds against my rib cage. I make great time, but instead of a parking space, I just leave the bike on the sidewalk right outside the doors. I drop my helmet onto it and rush inside, taking the stairs instead of the elevator. It’s faster.

And when I burst into Reese’s room, I find him…

Awake.

Sitting up.

He stares at me. I stare at him.

“When did you?—?”

“About an hour ago.” He frowns. “No one will tell me anything.”

I glance around. Artemis’s phone is still on the charger on the other side of the room.

“Was she here?”

“Just a nurse who came in after I woke up.” He seems confused. He touches his side and winces. “I don’t understand.”

“Kade,” I seethe. “He had something to do with this, and we’ve got to find him.”

It’s irrational. Reese just woke up, he’s been in the hospital, but right now my panic—a simmering thing just under my skin and barely restrained for now—is taking charge.

“Kade?” he repeats. “It wasn’t Kade who took me, it was Gabriel.”

Gabriel. Kade.

Are they both Cyclopes?

I shake my head. “Someone took Artemis, and my guess is Kade. Are you going to help me, or?—”

“No need.” Kade’s voice comes from directly behind me. “I’m here.”

I whirl around. “What the fuck is wrong with you? Where is Artemis?”

His expression blanks.

Even Reese, who is arguably seeing Kade for the first time—conscious anyway, and maskless—sits up straighter.

“Laurent,” Reese snaps. “Tell us the truth.”

Guilt.

Just a hint of it.

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