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He dragsa door open with his shoulder Then we’re outside the roo down a hallway It’s clearer of ss in the air, and the hallway is dark and shadowed, hostly and surreal A second later, another figure bursts fro back into the room
“Go!” Marcus yells over his shoulder at Theo, practically running backward as he keeps the gun in his hand trained on the open doorway “Fucking go!”
I turn my focus forward just in time to see steps rise up out of the darkness ahead of us, and then we’re charging up the limbs to work
I was right It is so-abandoned from the looks of it I catch flashes of shadowy bare walls and dusty light fixtures as we race through the eht, the flare of headlights nearly blinds me, and a neave of dizziness e of h the door behind us
An engine revs, and tires squeal I’racelessly into the back seat of a car, and then we’re peeling out, doors sla shut even as the vehicle is already in motion
Loud shouts rise up behind us, andas one hits the side of the car, and Theo curses, sticking his hand out theto fire back
I slide across the soft leather seat as hip around a corner, s ray tape still cling to ht pressure of the binds
“Motherfucker Ayla, are you all right?”
Theo hauls aze darts overfast and erratically, tearing down an ehts off now I don’t knohere we are, but what little I can see of the dark scenery flying by outside isn’t familiar—it’s a part of Halston I don’t know
“Carson’s car is fucked, so he won’t be able to follow us right away But we need to get the fuck off the road Take the left up there,” Marcus says He’s in the front passenger seat, and Ryland is in the driver’s seat
The stoic htly and cranks the wheel, whipping us around another corner I slide across the seat again, and Theo tightens his grip to steady reen eyes “Are you okay? What the hell did he do to you?”
“Why the fuck did you leavein his eyes
“Maybe because you didn’t tell her why she should stay!” Theo snaps at him “If you’d told her why it mattered, maybe she would’ve stayed where it was safe”
“You don’t think I was trying to keep her safe?” Marcus’s gaze whips up to Theo, so in his tone
It’s the first tier in the way these men speak to each other, and it jerks me out of my shock a little Half my brain still feels like it’s back in that baseure out a way to free myself from my restraints Too much has happened in too short of a time, and it feels like I’m about to spin out