Page 33 of Rebel
“Rogue, I’m in,” Xavier called out.
I clambered through the door after him and slammed it shut before engaging the lock.
“Windows. Glass.” Shit, they could smash their way in.
“Metal shutters,” Xavier said. “There’s a lever on the wall to the right somewhere.”
Shit! Dark shapes hovered outside the glass, rearing back, ready to smash. The buzzing grew louder. I grabbed the lever and pulled. Metal slid out from the top of the glass and began to slide down.
Shit, shit, hurry. “Can it go any faster?”
“What’s happening?” Xavier asked.
“They’re about to attack.”
Glass crunched just before the shutters sealed, and then the tower shook from another collective blow.
I grabbed the radio. “Hello? Tide? Hello?”
“Rogue, where are you?” Tide’s voice was a blessing to my ears.
“We’re sealed up in the tower. Tide, there are creatures out here, and they took out the generator.”
“What?”
“Do not leave the main building. You need to get to a spot without windows. They can get through the windows. They can fly. They’re intelligent. They took out our lamp too.” I was babbling, but I had to make sure they knew what we were up against.
“Rogue …”
“What?”
“Vex already left to go look for you.”
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Vex was out there. Vex was in danger.
The thundering against the metal had stopped.
Because Vex was out there.
New prey.
“They’re not stupid, they took out the generator,” Xavier said from his position on the floor by the door.
“I know, and I know Vex is on the menu. I have to get out there.”
“Rogue, you go out there, you’ll die.”
“And if I don’t, then Vex will die. I have to try.” I grabbed the door handle. “Stay here. You stay here, and you’ll be safe.”
“Fuck, Rogue, this is not who I am. I do not cower while the woman I love goes out to fight.”
Love? Oh, God. No time to dwell. “Yeah, well, you can’t see. You’ll get me killed. I have to do this alone.”
He was silent for a long beat. “I fucking know, but it kills me that you have to.”
I pressed a kiss to his forehead, and his fingers fumbled for my face. “I’ll be back for you. Lock the door behind me.”
