Raven" Du
concrete wall as Bennet bolted dow
reading across the floor. His face drained of color as his eyes lock
rew herself into his chest, burying her
ling. "She came at me with a wrench because I was looking at the bikes!
y in the blood and oil. She slid her arms under my shoulder
he whipped her head around at Bennet, her eyes wild. "Call 911! Or get Doc
His jaw slacked, his eyes darting frantically fro
's shirt with dying strength. I looked up at Bennet, forcing
forward, his hand twit
. "She's lying, Bennet! She faked the whole thing! It's fake blood, it's a trap
t sto
yard above. The national delegates were up there. If an ambulance showed up with sirens blaring, if
nnet said, his voice dropping i
ed, tears cutting clean lines through t
"Lock the bay doors. Nobody leaves this basement until the delegates clear o
y the waist and drag
el fire door
home echoed through the empty ga
my body draining out onto the cold stone. The teari
dn't
shred of humanity I had ever felt for B
ishop" Co
and slammed the steel door shut
eep into the pockets of my leather cut
d me. It was all a calculated stunt-a desperate, pathetic at
front of the Nine States representatives, I'd never hear th
ide. Tomorrow morning, after the delegates hit the highway,
ile onto my face, and pushed open the back door, ste
Raven" Du
tor oil was gone, replaced by the sharp, s
cot inside the windowless back
auze into an aluminum medical kit. Maxine sat on an overturned milk cratet need
ness inside my lower b
gh window, watching the gray light o
nce's order." My voice sounded l
er jaw hardening in
aring into the gray sky. "
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