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Her eyes widened, and she raced to the table to dust off the end of the tool. She laid it in the exact position she’d found it, then picked up the mug of water and stepped toward the door. As the boots drew close, she spun around and slowly walked back to the table as if she was just bringing it back with fresh water.
“What’s taking so long?” The guard stepped in, and she jumped at his words.
If she had faked the response, she was good. Sergi had noticed over the last few days how intelligent she was, how quick she worked the bolts, and how courageous to have stolen and hidden the vials. She must be one of Remus’s best warriors, maybe from one of the local packs. He would do whatever he could to return her home.
A tremor in her voice was accentuated with her bowed head. “I’m sorry. There was more blood than I was expecting.”
The guard studied Sergi, who had lowered his head to watch the male through his lashes.
The male’s gaze focused on the new cuts in Sergi’s body, and he nodded. “Finish up. I’ll be at the stairs.”
He turned away as Alex picked up an already-emptied waste bin. The guard had walked away, but she carried it to the door, peered out, then disappeared. She was probably dumping the vial she’d hidden in her fist.
When she returned, she gave the room a last look, then turned to him. “If you can get free, get to the door. There are wildshifters out there, so you have to be careful.” She paused and appeared to want to say something, but he sensed she’d changed her mind on what she’d been about to say. “Get away from this place and find us help.”
Before he could ask what she was going to do, she gave him a last glance. “And my name is Alex.”
Then she was gone.
Chapter Twenty
Devon staredat his satellite phone while the team unpacked the gear from the vans.
“You’ve been staring at that for some time, my friend.” Remus dropped into the seat next to him. “Are you expecting his locator to suddenly show up?”
Devon ran a hand through his hair and looked out the window at the tiny village, though he wasn’t really seeing it. His mind was a hundred years in the past, remembering some ill-advised mission he’d talked his friend into. “You never know. Sergi never gives up.”
Remus grunted. “A pit bull. I sensed it in him the first time we met.” He studied his hands before meeting Devon’s eyes. “We have to be ready for anything. Everything.”
He shook off the past and turned away from the village. “How long have you known Carlos?”
Remus chuckled. “Since he was a pup. He was always the one slipping out in the evenings, curious about everything. He never showed fear and was always the first to step up.”
They sat in silence, thinking about their males and their fate—alive or dead.
Devon shook off the tension that had been riding him since they left Deva. “Let’s go find them.”
They jumped out of the van and picked up their duffels.
Devon stuck his head back into the van to speak to the driver. “Stay alert. They might not have anyone watching from town but assume they do.”
“I’ll keep you posted, boss.”
Devon closed the door and tapped it twice with his fist then stood back as the van slowly moved away, heading for a garage on the other side of town. The drivers would remain with the vans to ensure they weren’t tampered with.
Three miles before they reached the village, they’d stopped at a gas station where Rafael had arranged for the motorcycles. Devon and Remus gave the three team members their final instructions and watched them head off into the woods. The team would take small trails until they were a mile in, then cross to the road leading to the lab. Team One was officially in play.
Now that the vans were out of the way, it was time to ensure the rest of the team wasn’t being watched.
Once the vans were out of sight, Devon turned to find Remus in deep conversation with a local man. He found a spot on a rock wall to wait and surveyed the area, searching for anyone who showed interest in their group who might be a vampire. There were several people eyeing them, but none he would suspect of being vampire, but that didn’t mean there weren’t eyes on them from inside one of the several buildings surrounding them.
Ten minutes later, Remus shook the man’s hand and met Devon at the wall.
“Is he going to be trouble?” Devon asked.
Remus shook his head. “I don’t think so. He’s the mayor and wanted to complain about the vehicles that use the road that goes up the mountain. And, of course, was worried about the sizeof our party. The village have enough problems with some of the men, vampires I assume, who come to town.”
“That makes sense.”
