Page 269 of The Invite
Kaid drops him to the floor. “You’re a dead man.”
“Not before he tells us how he knows our secrets.” Scarlett steps forward. “Or if he told anyone else.”
“This isn’t about protecting your ass from a scandal,” taunts Capri. “It’s about getting justice for Amber and Daisy.”
“I’m not taking any chances.”
“It’s not your ca—”
A ruckus ensues, followed by a grunt, and I watch Kenny slither past us with lightning speed.
“Catch him,” I shout.
Wolf and Maverick dash after him, Scarlett and Capri going through the rooms we came in.
I still when I hear a distorted curse in my ear. I shove into the room that I left Nessa in. Only to find it empty.
“Ace?” I growl. “Where’s Nessa?”
Ace’s cold voice comes through. “She went after Kenny.”
CHAPTER – 68
Augustus
“Do you see her?” I ask Ace, forcing myself to stay calm while I check the different rooms on the third floor. If she ends up in the wrong room, it could be disastrous. She’ll be like a lost little lamb in a room full of vultures ready to take a bite.
“Man,” he curses.
Something in his tone sends a shiver down my spine. “Ace?”
“She slipped onto the second floor.”
His answer makes my blood run cold.
“They requested to open it this year,” explains Ace apologetically.
That floor has remained sealed and off-limits for over a decade.
Ace’s mother caught us trying to break the bolt and explore it when we were teens and told us strange andparanormal activities began occurring after two consecutive suicides in one of the rooms. One of the people was Ace’s dad, Mav’s uncle.
“Then look for her through the cameras,” I bark.
“I’m sorry, man. They didn’t want cameras in there. The cameras were removed per the contract. I don’t have eyes on there.”
Damn it. For all I know, it can be a minefield of triggers for my girl. I should’ve warned her. Maybe then she would’ve stayed put like I told her.
Never am I letting her out of my sight again.
I’ll cuff her to my side if I have to.
Pushing past the few lingering masked bodies, I fly down the stairs. “She better be unharmed and safe, Ace. Otherwise, best friend or not, I will kill you.”
“I know.”
“What about Kenny? Anybody got him?”
“No.”
