to talk about.” She shook her head. “I was out of order with Jansen, but he had a point. I never should have—”
“Fuck Jansen and what he thinks. I was talking about what happened between us. I can smell you—you want me. Shit, everyone else can smell it too. When are you going to admit it to yourself?”
She might want him, but there would come that inevitable time when he didn’t want her. She hoped she wouldn’t be around for that.
Chapter Fifteen
Symone held on tight to Garrett’s hand as the seven of them landed on the other side of Alex’s wormhole. The transport holes Alex could open were somewhat unstable, and the landings were almost always rocky. Not to mention, if they all held on to each other, it made it easier for Morgan to cloak them all.
The warmth of his hand reassured her, even though they were in the enemy’s camp. As if he alone could protect her from Peter.
Garrett indicated the guard shacks next to the house. He muttered under his breath, so soft a normal human would have thought it was the breeze. “There are two guards per each shack. In the main house, there will be ten soldiers and five training underground. Remember what you want is actually in the first guard shack—at least it was there two weeks ago. Reaper moves it around usually about once a month. If the enhancer isn’t there, then it’ll be in the main house, and that will be a little trickier.”
“Good thing my specialty is tricky,” Morgan said, letting go of Symone’s other hand.
As they made it to the tree line for cover, Cassie’s voice was full of steel. “Remember, don’t kill anyone unless you have to. Better to let me try and wipe them than to kill them.”
Seth’s jaw clenched, but he said nothing. Instead, he tapped Morgan on the shoulder. “You’re up. Try and keep it clean.”
She rolled her eyes. “Right, right, don’t kill anybody.” She grinned. You didn’t say anything about maiming.”
Morgan and her pale blonde hair and sassy grin slipped into the darkness and became invisible to their eyes. When she reached her position, their ear coms all went off. “War bird in position. Proceeding to mark.”
Jansen muttered a curse. “Are you kidding me with the code names?”
Cassie grinned. “If my idiot brother gets one, I sure as shit want one.”
There was a flurry of activity in the guard tower. All Symone could see were shadows moving. From her vantage point, it was impossible to tell what was happening. After several tense moments, the door swung open, and Morgan stumbled out holding her left side. Alex tried to run to her, but Symone placed a hand on his shoulder. She shook her head sharply once. “No.” She pointed out three Trackers running from the east.
Garrett grumbled. Those guards must have been able to trigger the silent alarm. Just as the tree Trackers with guns took aim, Morgan vanished into the ether.
What the—” Garrett mumbled beside Symone.
But there wasn’t time to explain Morgan’s vanishing act and why she’d reappeared in the first place. They all had their powers, and they all had a tipping point when their powers were ineffective. For Morgan it was pain. If she was in enough of it, she’d reappear until she got it under control.
The two side doors burst open, and armed men spilled from the house like ants on a picnic raid.
“Show time,” Jansen said as he stepped into the clearing. “You boys are slow. Who lets the enemy raid their line without so much as a motion alarm? Sloppy work.”
Gunfire filled the night air, and Jansen rolled to safety behind one of the Jeeps parked to their far left. The remaining five of them sprinted out, using the full force of Cassie’s telekinetic power to support them. Cassie tossed Trackers aside like they were children’s toys. Never leaving Symone’s side, Garrett fired at the knees of the oncoming Trackers.
He made it no more than twenty yards when a bullet clipped him in the shoulder. The soldier in front of them was the same boy she’d seen through his memories. Taller now, stronger, muscles bulging.
When he spoke, his voice was monotone. “Safe. Right. When you went off reservation, Reaper told me what you were up to. You left me here to fend for myself. You’re a traitor.”
Garrett grimaced. “I’ve come back for you. You’re the only reason I’m back here. Look I’ll explain later, but we have to go. It