Page 110 of Raging Inferno

Using his phone, Kayne sent it airborne, and then it was inside.

“Damn, that’s impressive.”

“It is.”

Kayne held the screen so they could both watch. Presley was there, and thank God, she was alive. She was strapped to a chair, as were Jessie and Tamera. Val Anders held a gun which was pointed at Presley. Dom had flashbacks to Eddie Smith and shuddered.

“It looks like something out of a hospital horror movie,” Kayne remarked. “I wonder what’s inside those saline bags.”

“It can’t be good.”

Val was talking, facing Presley and a camera on a tripod. Dom caught a flash of movement. “Someone is working the camera. Can you get a look at them?”

Kayne manipulated Queen Atta, and Dom jerked back. “Oh, hell no.”

“What is it?”

“That’s Rena Robbins. One of my firefighters.”

“It’s all making sense,” Kayne said. “She must be the one who set the blazes.”

“I had that woman in my house, around my daughter.”

“That won’t happen again. She’s going down tonight.”

Kayne checked the other rooms in the cabin and then brought Queen Atta back to roost.

“What’s the plan?” Dom wanted to know. If it were up to him, he’d bust in right now and throw his body over Presley to protect her.

“I’m going to go in through the bathroom window. Call the police and give them directions here.”

“I can enter the front and distract them. Then you can come up from behind and disarm Anders.”

Kayne thought about it and shook his head. “I don’t trust that she won’t shoot you on sight.”

Dom shrugged. “I’ll take the chance.”

“I won’t. Call the police.”

Dom gritted his teeth as Kayne slinked away. He did as told and then moved to the door. It wasn’t closed all the way. He eased it open so he could hear what was being said.

“We’re kindred spirits, you and I, Presley. Those girls took one of your family members, just as they did mine. Then they lied. They lied!”

“We are, Val. We’ve both been betrayed. There’s no reason to keep me here now that I know what really happened. Thank you for giving me that closure. Please let me go so I can grieve.”

“Oh, sweetie, I want to. Believe me, I do. But I can’t. You must know how much that pains me. I never planned on including you. I feel no remorse for killing the others, but your death will haunt me.”

It took every ounce of restraint Dom had not to go busting inside that second.

“I’ve got the bathroom window open,”Kayne said through the comms.“I’m going in now.”

Dom couldn’t believe Rena was in on the killings. She was a good firefighter. More importantly, he’d trusted her. Knowing she was a killer was a harsh blow.

“Hold the love fest,”Rena called out.“I need to take a leak.”

Shit, Kayne wasn’t inside yet. “Rena’s headed to the bathroom,” he told Kayne. “I’m going in the front.”

“Damn it, be careful.”

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