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“We’re headed to the hospital,” I told them as I reached them “Where’s Eli?”

“He stayed behind,” Siah replied, spinning his beer bottle around in his fingers “To clean up”

“They let his in-house asas hell if they were allowing him to see where the bodies were buried—literally

“A few of those were ours,” Ephrai his arms above his head tiredly

“Tere mine,” Lu said in satisfaction She looked at Cec “Sorry I wasn’t faster”

“What?” Cecilia replied in confusion

“The ritted out, the words so disgusting that a neave of fury raced down my spine

“Shooting someone in the back is just poor sportsroup

“Shit,” I said, spinning toward hiet here?”

“After all the fun parts,” he said dryly “I got a flight out right after I called you earlier We need to talk”

“Can it wait until to at Cecilia “We need to head up to the hospital”

“Yes,” he replied “Or tonight after you get back”

“Not sure how late it’ll be,” I said

“I’ll wait”

“Thank you,” Cecilia said, staring at Lu “For what you did”

“Hey, like Wilson said,” Lu joked kindly, “shooting someone in the back is poor sportsmanship He deserved it”

With a nod, Cecilia looked at me expectantly

“We’ll see you guys later,” I said, leading Cecilia away froroup