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“Me?” Caine yelled “I don’t think so I own the light switch, brother”

“Yeah, I guess you do,” Saot you surrounded And if you’re short on food up at Coates, uessing you’ll get hungry pretty soon”

Caine’s smile froze

“Well, there’s an unexpected development,” Diana said dryly

Caine bit his thumbnail and yelled, “Hey, brother of mine, do I have to ree in here?”

There was a long silence and Caine braced hiht launch another attack Finally, Sarim and more confident “Go ahead, Caine, do whatever you ith the hostages Then you won’t have hostages anyry”

“You think I won’t turn the hostages over to Drake?” Caine threatened “You’ll be able to listen to the in his cheeks He knew Sa

“Two seconds after I hear anyone yelling, in we come,” Sam said “It will be bloody, and I’d like to not have that But you know I have enough people with enough power to do it”

Caine chewed his thu her to have so eye contact with Drake

“So, I have a better idea,” Saet out of there? And I give you o back to Coates”

Caine squeezed out a laugh that was half snarl “Not happening, Sao back to a very dark town”

There was no answer

The silence was eloquent Sa left to say It felt as if there was a band tightening around his chest Like he had to fight for each breath

Soht The fears that lived in his night tide inside his head He was in a trap

“Stay tight,” Drake ed skeptical, worried looks