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I need you to move into the back of the room, remove that vent, and crawl inside,I told her.Then I’m coming for you.
Coming for me?
Yes. Now go to that vent and see if you can remove it,I said. “Can you lock…” I trailed off as the door bolted again. “Thanks.”
“It won’t help for long.” Damien gestured to the two lycans who had decided to split up in pursuit of Lily’sscent since it went two ways. “He’ll find her in a few seconds.”
I nodded, my gaze on Lily as she navigated toward the vent.Once you’re inside, replace the vent and start crawling.
“Want me to set off the sprinklers?” Damien asked.
“Once she’s inside the vent, yes,” I said, turning on my earpiece. “Then I’m heading in.”
Damien hit a button to initiate radio contact. “I’ll be here for as long as I can.”
I nodded, understanding what he meant—if the lycans found the van, he would abort the mission. Then I’d be on my own with Lily.
“Thanks for your help,” I told him. “The funds are waiting for you in the usual place, so if I don’t make it out of this…”
“I still get paid,” he translated, glancing at me with his golden-brown eyes. “But we both know how hard you are to kill.”
My lips twitched. “That we do.”
“Then I won’t wish you luck.”
I dipped my chin again. “Good. I wouldn’t want to risk you jinxing anything.”
“Sometimes you remind me of Ryder.”
“Sometimes I wish I was Ryder,” I admitted.
It would be nice to live in seclusion and avoid all the politics of this reformed world.
Alas, Silvano was my maker, and that sort of future would never be mine.
At least I’ll have my flower,I thought, my gaze on the corner of the morgue where Lily had just finished squeezing into the vent shaft. I didn’t need to remind her to resecure the grate; she was already doing it.
“Time to make it pour,” I told Damien, referring to the sprinklers and my intent to kill.
“Blood rain.” The vampire sounded amused. “My kind of party.”
“That’s why I invited you,” I returned, opening the door of the van. “Until next time.”
“Until next time,” he echoed.
Cedric?Lily whispered.
Start crawling, little flower. I’ll be there soon.
Chapter 44
Lily
What am I doing?I wondered, the metal warm beneath my palms.
Crawling, Cedric replied, his voice loud inside my mind.
That hadn’t been what I’d meant, but I didn’t bother elaborating. Because I wasn’t sure I believed he was here.
