Page 106 of Marks of Rebellion
"What on earth happened to your faces?" Andre's voice booms, and we all jump in our seats and look toward the door.
"Nothing," Ryker and I say in unison.
"Doesn't look like nothing."
An uncomfortable silence fills the air.
"Have a drink." Tinker cracks open a beer and hands it to Naomi.
"Thanks." She hugs Julieta and Vanessa.
He pulls two more out of the fridge and hands one to Andre and opens his.
"Want to tell me what happened to your faces?" Andre demands.
"Drop it," Tinker says.
Crap. We're going to hear about this later.
He sighs. "When did you get here?"
"Yesterday," Ryker says.
"Did you come together?"
"Didn't have much of a choice. The rest of the team found out the others left. Hunter shot the tires of the other Jeeps as we took off."
"Why did you do that?" he angrily barks.
Great. Here we go.
"We didn't have a choice. Kalim found out and was going to stop us from leaving."
"Shit."
"Yeah. He wasn't too happy when he found out you didn't fill them in. I told you we needed to tell him. If we had, I don't think he would have reacted how he did." I scowl.
"We can't be sure."
"Well, he was pissed when we left."
"Did he know the coordinates, at least?"
"No. I'm sure he called Interpol," Ryker says.
Naomi paces the room and starts worrying about her sister, Emilia. Tinker tries to reassure her Malin will take care of Emilia.
"When did they leave?" Naomi asks.
"Within an hour of your departure," Vanessa says.
Naomi locks gazes with her. "My sister. She was okay?"
Vanessa nods her head. "Yes. Why? Did something happen before you left that you're asking that?"
Naomi bites her lip. "No."
Andre pulls her onto his lap. "She'll be fine. Stop pacing." He turns to us. "Axel and Dirk got out before you left?"
