Total pages in book: 75
Estimated words: 69734 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 349(@200wpm)___ 279(@250wpm)___ 232(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 69734 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 349(@200wpm)___ 279(@250wpm)___ 232(@300wpm)
“Okay.” I said that lone word slowly. “You’re not showing me anything I don’t know.”
Kane grunted and reached over to press another button, switching the security feed so it showcased a different area.
I leaned in close and looked at the terrain. I knew instantly what I was looking at.
The same facility Odhran and Sebastian had been trapped in.
I leaned back and looked at my cousin, seeing the strain around his eyes. It had been weeks since all that shit with the Assembly had gone down, since Sebastian had disappeared.
We’d found out through Odhran that they’d taken down that facility too. After that we’d sent groups of vampires and Lycans out all over the world to take out the Assembly one facility at a time.
And the body count was racking up in our favor.
In the passing days of Sebastian going radio silent, neither one of us was concerned. Sebastian was a coldhearted motherfucker and could survive just about anything.
The same blood ran in our veins, so we weren’t worried. But as time moved on and we heard nothing from him, I watched as it started to take its toll on Kane.
The brothers were only a year apart and had always been inseparable. I, too, felt discomfort over not having present one of the only people I cared about in my life. But I had a mate that could help fill that void.
Kane didn’t.
Although we both knew Sebastian wasn’t dead, because we didn’t feel that gaping hole of losing a blood relative, I also felt just this… nothingness. And that told me he was very, very far away.
“Banner sent everything they found over.” He produced a flash drive and set it on the desk, pushing it over.
“Get to it. What’s the climax of this story?”
I watched Kane’s grin spread as he leaned back. “The Lycans noticed weird shit in the facility… Otherworld shit, man.”
I hummed and stared at him. I leaned back farther, the leather of my chair creaking. “What the fuck does that even mean?” I may be over a hundred years old and part of a supernatural world, but hell if I knew half the weird shit that went on.
The grin that was still on Kane’s face had me cocking an eyebrow. “It means Sebastian has gone radio silent because a fucking portal was opened and his big ass was thrust into an alternate dimension.”
I wasn’t shocked silent many times in my long life, but now was one of them. “A portal?”
Kane nodded a little too enthusiastically. “Yeah, boss. That’s why we can still feel him but it feels—”
“Empty,” I finished and swiveled my chair silently to stare at the floor-to-ceiling window that was behind the desk and showcased the main club floor.
I stared at the gyrating humans—and even a few Otherworld creatures—below.
“So what’s the plan? What’s the next step, because I’m not letting him stay wherever the fuck he’s at,” Kane grated out.
I didn’t answer for a long moment as I mulled it all over, figuring out a plan. When I faced Kane again, he was leaning forward, his expression telling me he was ready to get this shit done and over with.
“I’ll let Banner know we’re going after Sebastian and see what the fuck is up with this portal. If it’s still open, we’ll gather a team and go in.”
Kane nodded once, his face hardening. “And what if we can’t get through?”
It was my turn to lean in, and clasp my hands together. “Then we find a fucking way to get in and get out with him. There is no other option.”
A low growl left Kane, and he slowly leaned back. “No other option.”
I shook my head. “He’s family. Now let’s go save his ass.”
Chapter
Fifteen
Ada
My entire body ached, and I shifted, wincing as a rock dug into my ass. I reached down and grabbed it, tossing it in the direction of the Diablos. He’d told me his name was Torvic even though I hadn’t asked or cared to know.
Torvic had stalked back and forth, glancing periodically toward the entrance of the cave, and continuing his psychotic, insane mumbling that I couldn’t understand.
I kept my distance and didn’t speak. I wasn’t suicidal, after all. Instead I’d just been thinking, mulling everything over in my mind on how I was going to get out of here.
I had no doubt that Sebastian was indeed trying to find me, or he would as soon as the sun set, but I also wasn’t stupid in thinking that the probability of me being found was good.
We were high up on the mountain, and I was pretty sure that as soon as the sun set, Torvic would leave and take me farther away.
I mean, if I were in his position and had a homicidal vampire stalking me to get his female back, I would’ve done the same.