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“This wasn’t here the last time we came through,” the driver and oldest one said as he examined the red truck.His huge beer belly strained against his stained sweater.A long, scraggly gray beard did nothing to make him more attractive.He peered around, then zeroed in on the store.“Someone’s in there,” he said, voice slurring slightly.
“Shiz,” Vic whispered.He hadn’t spotted her, but his instincts were dead on.
“Go around the back,” the guy said to four of his buddies.“Let’s see what we can flush out.”
Giggling in excitement, four of the younger, slimmer men broke off to head to the back of the store.
“Do exactly what I say and we might make it out of here alive,” Victoria whispered to her friends.Zoe and Grace nodded grimly, knowing the pro wrestler was far better at combat than they were.
Chapter Thirty-Nine
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“DO YOU THINK THE FEMALESwill get into any trouble while they’re looting the bookstore?”Camriel asked his boss.He was worried about the trio going off alone.
“Probably,” Amaros figured.They’d managed to dismantle a shower at the resort and were in the process of taking another one apart.“Victoria is a skilled warrior,” he added.“Zoe and Grace can also hold their own.”
“I know,” Cam said, yet that didn’t make him feel any better.“Do you constantly worry about Zoe?”he asked.
“Always,” Amaros admitted.“I’ve never known true fear before I fell for her.Sensing when she’s in danger is the worst thing I’ve ever suffered through.”
“Is it worse than when you were tortured by Rahab and his lackeys a few wars ago?”Camriel asked skeptically.
“Far worse, because the Void was waiting to claim me when they finally killed me,” Amaros replied.“Zoe won’t be sent to the Void if she dies.She’ll simply cease to exist and I’ll die with her.”
“You don’t mean that literally,” his second said.Amaros arched an eyebrow.“You’d end yourself if your cambion dies?”Camriel asked in shock.
“Why would I want to continue on without her?”Amaros asked, then used his power drill to remove some screws.
Cam almost shook his head in bafflement, then thought about what his life would be like without Victoria.They weren’t even bonded yet and she was already indispensable to him.“I think I know how you feel,” he said as the itch between his shoulder blades increased.“Life would be pointless if I lost my mate,” he added.
“They’ll be fine,” Amaros insisted.“I know you can sense they’ll be in danger, just like I can, but they’ve got it covered.”
“How can you be so calm?”his second asked in exasperation as they worked together to dismantle the second shower.
“Because I know Zoe will be coming home to me,” his commander said confidently.“Our bond notifies me when she’s in mortal danger.I can tell she’s not worried yet, so they aren’t currently in peril.We have to trust that the cambions can watch out for each other when they leave our base.It would be stifling if we watched their every move.”
