— Eveline —
We were seated on rickety chairs around tiny tables in a crowded mezzanine of a bar. The place was not big, and nearly half the space was for giant vats of stainless steel where they made their own brews, protected by large expanses of glass, separating the bar section from the factory side.
Darren was on my right on his own little rickety chair. On my left was a dark skinned Tyson. He had tight cropped black hair, a
— Eveline —Darren and I needed a little time to ourselves. We needed to re-energize ourselves. It hadn’t been long since the earthquake, then the attack on Ghealach. It was too much.We didn’t go anywhere fancy. No glitzy resort. It wasn’t the sun we needed but each other. Everyone let us have our space. Blakemore has a big territory, so we went to a waterfall one day, a lake the other, we would hike in the woo
— Kaden —“What is the status?” I asked Jaxx.“72% of location covered for information extraction, phase three nearly complete,” Jaxx told me.“Jayson?” I said a little louder.
— Ylva —We were flying back to Blakemore. The little twit in tow. Kaden had left his office to his sister and her mate and he was sitting calmly with his men, his head back, eyes closed. I knew he wasn’t sleeping.I received a text.“You had one of them tortured,” I
— Kaden —Once Eva has been secured. It took us around eight minutes to rush the fortress and take it. Vanargand was with us, and guided a team to where there could be survivors. He’d been good to his words.Before we went in, Rayner—who was the man who secured Eva in the woods—told me how Eva pleaded with him to return Mads’ body. I would have done it regardless, but still. It didn&rsq
— Darren —I was pacing for the thousandth time the length of the small room inside the cabin we set base in. Brandon was sitting in a corner trying to ignore me and focus on the comm system and occasional buzzing of voices.“Target acquired.” Was the only one that really got through to me.
— Eveline —“When are they—?” I started asking but Mishka raised his hand sharply, shutting me up, and swung around, putting himself at my back facing the other way.I turned and heard footsteps coming our way.Before I could see who it was, Mishka unsheathed a gun as long