Page 92 of The Pretty Psycho

The moment the doctor left, we all huddled close, starting to deal with the issue at hand.

"What are we going to do about Gerard and Heinrich?" Vin asked. "One of us needs to go back to the Academy and deal with that shit. Gerard's soldiers are no longer there, but?—"

"I'll go," Ethan said. "I'll deal with the mess there and you stay here. Arseniy and Dimitri are still there, and they have no idea what has happened."

"I'm coming with you," Gabriela said.

"You're not going anywhere without me," Dante suddenly announced, making us all look at him. The way he looked at Gabriela told me not to argue with him, and for the first time since I met her she kept her mouth shut, simply nodding. "You'll keep us posted?" Dante looked at me.

"Of course. Let me know what's happening there."

"I will." He nodded, taking a step back. "Vin, is the chopper still here?"

"Yeah," the man in question confirmed. "It can be ready in a couple of minutes. Give me just a second to call the pilot."

We said our goodbyes five minutes later, letting Ethan, Dante, and Gabriela leave, along with Hailey, while Vin, Vega, and I followed the nurse who came to take us to Jax's room shortly after. Vin stayed back, letting us go first, but I didn’t miss the haunted look in his eyes and what was no doubt the memories of his family getting destroyed.

I grabbed Vega's hand as we walked, feeling grateful that this night didn't turn out differently, because for one second there, back at the Academy, I thought I would never be able to hold her hand again.

I thought it was the end, but in reality it was just the beginning.

Now we were going to bring hell tothem.

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VEGA

I fucking hated hospitals.

I hated the smell.

I hated the beeping machines.

I hated the fake smiles from the nurses and doctors.

And most of all, I hated the fact that it’d been three days and Jax still hasn't opened his eyes. It killed me to see him like this, in a bed that seemed larger than him, surrounded by nothing but white, while all of us waited for him to open his eyes.

The doctor said Jax was in a coma, due to the massive trauma to his body and the blood loss he had sustained. The only silver lining was the fact that there was no brain damage, but other than that, we had no idea if and when he would be waking up. If anything, with every new day that passed, I only worried more, unable to leave the hospital for the fear that we would miss something if we went somewhere.

Ethan, Dante, and Gabriela had dealt with the issue at the Academy, along with Arseniy and Dimitri who were on the other side of the institution dealing with the soldiers at the main gate. Judging by the number of soldiers that were actually there, it would seem that Dain operated alone on this particular operation, rushing into it because he didn't want to wait for hisfather or Heinrich. The problem was that even after killing him, even after ridding this world of his filth, I still felt unsettled, as if I didn't do enough.

Adrian sat next to me, staring at an unmoving Jax, much how I did, but there were no changes. And the fact that there were no changes only aggravated all of us, plus no one wanted to actually talk about the big elephant in the room.

What the fuck happened with Yolanda?

I still had a hard time understanding what happened, or how she could have betrayed us like that, but the more I thought about it, the more it all made sense.

She was always there, so accepting, so kind, she managed to fool me into thinking she was my friend. I had hoped it was a mistake, but the CCTV we had recovered from the admin building showed her talking with Dain, and that wasn't the only time. Her room proved to be a chest of secrets she had kept hidden from the rest of us, revealing who she truly was.

She played the part of an innocent daughter of a Swedish mogul so well and we all fell for it. Most of all, I fell for it, and I was usually better at reading people. But she played me, she pushed all the right buttons that she must have known I would have, finding her way into our inner circle. None of us were innocent, but what she did, the way she'd fought Jax on that tape—there was no way she was someone that didn't have the necessary training.

Heinrich and Gerard went into hiding, along with Yolanda, but I had no doubt that we would find them sooner rather than later. We just had more important things to take care of right now.

The Academy had become the official base for The Brotherhood, and in the days since we'd been here with Jax, the rest of the troops had arrived, training and researching to findthe two men responsible for so much heartache. Even a lifetime spent in hell wouldn't absolve them of their sins.

The door suddenly opened, revealing Gabriela with her perfect updo and makeup that I envied on her. There was not a single time when she didn't look perfect, but over the course of the last couple of days, something had changed.

The snarkiness she usually graced us with was no longer there. Or, well, the usual bitchiness she graced us with was no longer there. Back at the Academy she worked closely with Ethan, coordinating with the teams to find the men we were looking for.

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