Page 18 of Tarnished Crown (Gravestone Elite 2)

It’s the deep slash across her throat.

"What the fuck are we meant to do with this?" Alex manages to get out through his dry heaves.

"What's in the bag?" I ask, assuming that Cade knew exactly what was inside this room and ensured we were fully equipped.

Alex rips the bag open and shows me the contents.

"Okay," I say calmly, dragging up all the things I've watched in movies for how people deal with disposing of dead bodies. "Let's wrap her up, strip the sheets, and then start cleaning everything."

"You're not fucking serious? You want me to touch her?"

"Would you rather deal with Kingsley's wrath when we fail to do this?"

If it's possible, Alex pales even more at my words.

"Exactly."

We work in silence as we do what we need to do. We've got the poor woman bundled up and we're almost done stripping the bed so we can take the sheets and burn them when Alex suddenly stops dead.

"What's wrong?" I ask

"Listen."

I do, and, for a few seconds, I don't hear anything. But then flashing lights illuminate the darkness outside the window. My heart jumps into my throat, pounding so fucking hard I can feel it in every inch of my body.

"T-there not here because of this, are they?"

I walk over to the window and peek out. What I see makes my blood run cold.

"They’re pointing up here."

"We need to get the fuck out of this room, Bex." The panic in his tone doesn't make this situation any better.

"We can't. They're right out there."

"Bathroom window?"

"Fucking hell."

We storm through to the bathroom, taking in the fucking tiny window. We're on the second floor. If I'm lucky enough to even fit through it, then I've still got to deal with the fall.

"You go first, you're smaller than me."

"But—"

"You really want to choose now as a time to argue with me?"

"But that…" He points to the murder scene behind us.

"Fuck that. Not our problem."

"Fuck my life," Alex mutters, wrenching the window wider than it's meant to go and climbing through. "This is a really fucking bad idea."

"So is getting locked up. Now fucking jump."

He does, and everything goes silent.

I follow his lead, and, just as I jump into the thick bushes below, I hear the motel door get kicked in.

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