Page 136 of Short, Lethal & Claimed

“We did what we needed to in order to protect her,” Chris said coldly as he caught up with him.

“You left her unprotected!” Logan snapped as his eyes turned silver.

“You don’t think I know that? You don’t think that I’ve thought about that every fucking day since she was taken from us?” Chris shouted in his face.

“You should have been there for her,” Logan bit out as he shoved the Sentinel out of his way again.

“I’ve always been there for her,” Chris said evenly.

“Then, be there for her now,” Logan bit out, making Chris frown as he opened his mouth and-

“She’s alive,” Logan said as he made his way towards the basement door.

“That’s not funny,” Chris said hollowly.

“Do you see me laughing?” Logan demanded as he grabbed hold of the banister and made his way down the stairs only to stop when he spotted Elizabeth waiting at the bottom with the knife pressed against Emma’s throat.

“Angel?” Logan said, never taking his eyes off the woman who looked genuinely surprised to see him. Then again, that wasn’t exactly a surprise considering the last time that she saw him, a shifter was ramming a fucking stake into his back.

“I’m here,” Jill said as Logan noted the look of desperation in Elizabeth’s eyes as her gaze shifted from him to Chris as the large Sentinel came to a stop behind him.

“Jesus Christ,” Chris muttered when he spotted them.

“The boys?” Logan asked, watching the way that Elizabeth nervously licked her lips as her gaze lingered on Chris, taking in his tattoos and the thick scar on the side of his neck.

“Who the hell are you?” Elizabeth demanded only to go pale when Chris answered.

“Sentinel,” Chris bit out coldly.

“Last time I heard, you were at the top of the Sentinel’s most wanted list,” Elizabeth said to Logan as her terrified gaze remained locked on Chris. “Might be a good time for you to cut your losses and run while you still have a chance.”

“Let them fucking come,” Logan bit out.

“I’m not leaving here empty-handed,” Elizabeth warned him.

“The boys?” Logan said to Jill, not bothering to point out that she wasn’t leaving here alive.

“Shane and Caleb are fine. They’re in the first cell,” Jill said as Logan slowly nodded.

“She wants Shane, Daddy,” Caleb mumbled sadly.

“She’s not getting him,” Logan said firmly.

“I’m not leaving here without him,” Elizabeth said, shaking her head as she moved to step back only there was nowhere to go.

“Has Shane shifted yet?” Logan asked as he was forced to reach back and stop Chris when the Sentinel moved to shove past him

“He’s fighting it,” Gray said, letting him know that the shifter was on their side.

For the moment, at least.

“Shane, I’m going to need you to stop fighting it and turn,” Logan said, never taking his eyes off Elizabeth.

“If he turns, I’ll kill her,” Elizabeth said, frantically shaking her head as she tightened her hold around Emma and-

“Daddy?” Emma mumbled around a broken sob, fucking terrifying him, but he knew that they didn’t have a choice. The moment that she got her hands on Shane, she would slit his throat and drain his blood and if he shifted before she could do that…

She’d be forced to put him down before he ripped her fucking throat out. Either way, Shane wouldn’t leave this basement alive.

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