Chapter 535
Chapter 535
Brax
“Keep going.” Damien yells at me while we try to catch up with the car that had just left the station.
“My fucking foot is on the floor.” I yell back at him. “This piece of shit can’t go much faster!*
The car in front jumps the lights and I have to slam on the brakes to stop anyone colliding into the side of us. *Fucking go!” Damien yells as the green light comes on.
I speed forward, barely missing the pedestrian running across the road as I cut another driver off. We couldn’t lose this guy.
Damien had filled me in on the plan before he received a link from Dane.
He had been telling me that we would prepare for Serkan to come here. And in the blink of an eye, everything had changed. The threat was already here and we barely had a clue of what we were dealing with.
I round the corner, lifting off on two wheels. From the corner of my eye I see Damien grab the dash. He wanted me to hurry and this was the only way.
“We can’t let him get away!”
“Don’t you think I know that!” I shout back over the screaming engine.
“I knew I should have gotten behind the wheel.”
“I’ve seen your driving, we wouldn’t even be this close.” I snap, watching the car in front drift around another bend. We round the bend and slam on the brakes. In front of us is the car, only it’s abandoned.
*Shit!”
The car is forced into a skid. It stops inches away from the abandoned car.
“He couldn’t have gotten far!” Damien yells as he jumps out the car. He’s quick to scan the area as I check out the
car.
“Do you smell that?” He asks as he comes to a stop next to me.
“Of course I do. It’s what I was raised to deal with!” I snap. It was even worse than we thought. Serkan was borderline Rogue.
*Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!”
I glance at Damien. This was something we agreed on.
“We can both smell him. Split up, let’s see what else there is.” I mutter. “Link Dane and call the clone because the clock is ticking.” If he wanted his mate out, he had to get her to leave now.
Damien dips his chin and we move in opposite directions. The mixture of tall trees and tall buildings cast large eerie shadows across the ground. Serkan could be hiding anywhere. He could be watching and we were running out of time to find him.
I slowed my movements, listening to signs of breathing, but wherever this guy was, he was good. The scent of a Rogue was quickly fading, but not as though he was moving away. More like the scent was being sucked out of the air that surrounds us. Definitely the work of a Witch, definitely the work of Cooper. The fucker was dead and he still had a hand at play.
*Come out, come out, wherever you are!” I call out. I wanted to know exactly what we were dealing with before put a bullet in him. Was it just him? Were there more cunts like him?
I looked over my shoulder and couldn’t see Damien. A good sign, I hope.
A small movement drags my eyes over to the left, only for a bird to fly out of the darkness. Stepping forward, I focus on the spot, letting my eyes draw out anything that didn’t fit as my hand sits on my gun, but there was nothing. Wherever he went, he was gone.
“There are other tracks.” Damien calls out as I tum back to the cars. “He got out and got in another vehicle.” He growls. It explained why the scent was fading fast.
“Come on, this is pointless. We’ve lost him.” I mutter in frustration. “I don’t say this often, but we need to regroup and pass the information to Neah and Dane.”
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“He’s a Rogue?” Neah mutters from the car. She is in the passenger seat with Dane partially blocking her. Though she looks a little off.
*Borderline or a Rogue in Human form.” I tell her and she just gazes at me as though the information went right over her head.
I go to repeat my words.
“I heard you.” She frowns. “This is why he wants me dead. Rogues have issues with authority. I’m his descendant. I’m a problem that he needs to deal with.”
*Silas didn’t know he was here either. He hung up pretty quickly so he could contact his mate.” Dane pulls the phone out of his pocket and frowns, “But still nothing.”
I glance in the car at Neah, but she just looks through me as her eyes darken. I could see the tips of her claws coming out of her fingers as rage flooded her soul.
*Take her home.” I mutter to Dane. “Take her to her kids.”
“What do you see?” Dane asks
*Trust me, take her home. There are more than enough people that will guard her.”
“I will follow.” Eric nods
“What are you up to?” Danes’ crimson eyes hover on mine.
*Damien is going to help me with a small task.” I cast a glance at Damien. He gives me a small nod of approval, but doesn’t ask any questions.
“Any problems, you contact me.” Dane instructs Damien.
Eric heads back to his car as I watch Dane settle in the driver’s seat. Neah was still staring into space and doesn’t even seem to acknowledge that Dane is in the car.
We watch them leave and Damien asks what I was planning.
*Serkan can link Silas.”
*We have already established that.” He frowns
“Where do you think Serkan is going to go?” I shrug my shoulders
“It would be a mistake. And he could have other guards.”
“Well then, where are they? This is our best option right now.”
“And Neah?” He asks “Did you see the darkness in her again? Because that was Nyx and she has worked through that.”
“No, it’s not the darkness, but the rage that is firing through her system. It isn’t doing those unborn pups any good. Dane will protect her, but she needs to be somewhere she feels safe enough to relax or no one is going to see those pups.