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“You fucking told him about Josh?”

“It’s not like he can go and hurt him or anything. He was going to kill me, Raven,” she slurred, chugging from the bottle. “He knows you’re here today and asked me to bring you to him to talk or he’ll kill me. I’m sorry, but I’m not going to end up in a ditch because of you.”

I turned to ask her what she was talking about, and she grabbed my arm to try and pull me towards the car. She was way too drunk, and it was easy to escape her hold on me.

“Would you stop it?” I bit out, shoving her back. “We can help you.”

“Only if you get in the car and talk to him. Please, Raven,” she begged, trying again to put me in her car. Her hands lost grip and she stumbled backward, bracing herself on the side of her car.

“Come inside and talk to Rory. I’m not helping you, Cami. We’re not fucking friends, but they can keep you safe. I know who you’re talking about, and he’s full of shit. He’ll still hurt you when you do as he says,” I warned, watching her as she opened the car door and climbed in to rummage in her bag. She got comfortable in her seat, lighting a cigarette with shaky hands as she continued to drink from the bottle.

“I’m just sorry,” she choked out, staring at the dash blankly.

I sighed, turning and walking towards the community center as I spoke over my shoulder.

“Come inside then and ask for help. I’m not going to get in that car, Cami.”

I only made it halfway towards the door when an explosion rang out, knocking me over from the force of it. My ears were ringing, and I winced as I tried to sit up and look behind me, finding Cami’s car completely alight.

Dread filled me as I stared at it, seeing the destruction around it. Cars parked close by were blown back from the force, one was on fire, and others around it were destroyed.

All I could focus on though was the arm that had landed on the ground in front of me, nausea swimming inside me. Hands touched me and I was aware of Reid talking as he dragged me back further, but I couldn’t hear him.

Confusion hit me as Ander appeared without his shirt on, pressing the material to the side of my face.

Was I bleeding?

The ringing in my ears dulled slightly, and I could hear people screaming and kids crying around us.

“Raven?” Reid said as he took my face in his hands, forcing my eyes away from Cami’s arm. “What happened? What hurts?”

“I don’t know,” I managed to get out, my body feeling too numb to notice if I was injured. “Cami’s dead.”

My phone buzzed, and Ander reached into my pocket to look, his face turning thunderous.

“Definitely Stefano.”

My body swayed but Reid held me steady as I blinked at the screen Ander was showing us.

Unknown: An eye for an eye.

“He’s here?” I asked and tried to stand, failing as my head swam and my vision flickered in and out.

Why couldn’t I get my balance?

“Get her inside,” Diesel bit out, his gun out as he moved to stand beside us. “Security’s been compromised, and Stone’s taken out a guy already. They were tampering with Logan’s car, so Cruz is heading over there now to confirm there’s no bugs or explosives attached. They want everyone in the community center where it’s safe so they can do their job.”

Ander wasted no time lifting me against his chest, and I became aware of what felt like blood trickling down the side of my face.

“Hold the shirt on it, Bluebird,” he murmured, carrying me past people and inside as fast as he could, and then I heard him curse before I passed out.

CHAPTERTWENTY

RAVEN

Iblinked against the bright lights, moving to sit up, but a hand on my chest stopped me.

“Whoa, baby. Take it easy,” Logan murmured, my eyes starting to focus. He was sitting on the floor beside me, a pillow under my head and one of his hands in mine.

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