Page 133 of Legacy of Temptation

“We have to get ahead of this,” Mace said.

“Get ahead of it?” Kynan snapped. “We’re so far behind we’re looking at our own asses. But we can mitigate the damage. Maybe. Fuck.”

“As you can see,” Jennifer said, “this video, sent to us by a whistleblower, shows our people under attack. One of DART’s vengeance demon employees is still attacking our people. We are appealing to DART to give up the location of this monster—”

“Excuse me.” Eva slammed her hand down, and the video cut away. Anger flushed her cheeks, and her dark eyes practically smoked. “DART doesn’t know his location. But theydoknow him, and if anyone can find him, it’s DART.”

“Day-um,” Mace said. “Your girl’s mad. It’s kinda hot.”

“You’re a dumbass.” Scotty kicked him in the shin.

“Shut up, both of you,” Logan snapped, gesturing to Jennifer, who shook her head.

“If they know him so well, why haven’t they found him yet?” Her demeanor became lesswe’re friendsand more confrontational. “Three people are dead, and three more are in danger. You are one of them.”

Eva looked at Jennifer like she was a dumbass, and Logan nearly laughed. “I’m aware of that.” She turned to the camera. “The video circulating about the incident at DART is fake—”

The sound of screams, either distant or muted, echoed through the room where Eva had frozen as if unsure what she’d heard. The screams came again, more of them. Closer.

A man covered in blood stumbled into the room. Air and froth pumped in and out of his mouth in ragged, uneven, gasping breaths as he fell back against the door and held it closed.

“Attack,” he croaked.

“Kynan!” Cyan burst out of the elevator, clenching her tablet so hard it turned her knuckles as white as her hair.

“I got it,” she shouted, waving the tablet as she ran over. “I know what Draven was after.” She took a couple of panting breaths…she must have run from her lab. “He got into Aegis files. Specifically, the DC headquarters.”

“Aegis headquarters?” Blade eyed Cy’s tablet. “He accessed security files.”

“Oh, my God.” Logan turned back to the live feed, his voice thick with horror. “He got everything we know about Aegis defenses. He’s there.”

Another male staggered into the room from another doorway. Clutching his throat, eyes bugging, he fell into the podium.

Mason.

“Eva, run!” Logan shouted, even though she couldn’t hear him.

Mason screamed.

And blew apart.

Blood and flesh dripped on the holoscreen, and then it went dark.

Eva.

Ares had literally beaten a never-act-without-a-plan mentality into Logan.Don’t go off half-cocked. Don’t panic. Always have a plan.

Logan had a plan, and his name was Cujo.

He called to the hound in his mind, then darted toward the exit, ignoring Kynan’s shouts to stop. Cujo was waiting in his usual spot in the private break area, his head buried in the trash can.

Logan grabbed a fistful of the thick black mane across his neck and shoulders.

“Take me to a gate. Hurry!”

They materialized at a gate Logan didn’t know, but they were somewhere rocky and remote.

He gave the canine a fond pat on the shoulder. “Thanks, buddy. I’ll call if I need you.”

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