Page 117 of Falcon's Prey

“Fuck,” Gideon cursed. “I thought I saw someone.”

I grabbed him by the collar and pushed him against the wall. “If anything happens to her—”

“They’re here… Fuck, I know what I saw…I know who I saw.”

Nothing should shock me, but if there ever was a worse time for them to collect the debt I couldn’t pay now, this was it.

“I hate to break this little lovefest.” Enzo’s dry tone was on my right. I turned to look at him, and he just blankly stared at Gideon and me. “I saw your little girlfriend leave.”

“Where?”

“I was about to head out when I saw her get in a blacked-out SUV. Didn’t think much of it when I saw Pam get picked up and neither of you two around.”

My ears were ringing.

One thing I was sure of was that one of those two had betrayed me.

“We need to get out now,” I said through gritted teeth.

I walked out with both Enzo and Gideon at my heels. I ran out to the bikes, and just as I knew they would be, they were fucking trashed.

My priority was getting Ember back. Pam would get what was coming to her. She did not get to live a new life after fucking me over twice. I felt some sense of loyalty, having grown up together. She was the closest thing I had to family, but family didn’t betray you. Jealousy was one hell of an emotion, and she let it get the best of her.

Pulling my phone out, I called one of my contacts. I told Ember I had people keeping an eye out on her family. I had one contact, and I called him.

The phone rang three times before he answered. “Where is he?

“He’s at the Hill… Listen, man, I don’t know what’s going on, but he was pissed. He tried to get the Ember out of storage, but he couldn’t do it. After the gala, it was stored in the vault inside a fail-safe, and the only person who knows the code is Michael.”

A desperate man will do just about anything. This was not at all the news I wanted to hear, but at least it gave me a starting point. I just hoped I wasn’t too late.

“I’m heading over.”

“I’d hurry if I were you. He requested the company heli about ten minutes ago.”

Fuck.

“Marcus…” The line was silent. “Thanks.”

He didn’t say anything back, and I didn’t expect him to. Before I grabbed Ember, I’d gone to Marcus. I explained a few things, and he was already wary about Ember’s whereabouts. He cared about her, and I exploited that to my benefit.

“I’m going to need to cash my favor sooner than I thought.”

Enzo, who was still with us, smiled. “I’ll make a call.”

“Shut up.”Silas seethed as he held on to my neck. The choker dug into my skin, making it even harder to breathe.

“No…bo…dy.”

Silas laughed and then let me go. He yelled for one of his guards.

“Bring them to the living room. I want Michael there too. I want him to watch me take his precious little girl.” Silas looked at my father with disgust.

The further they took me from my room, the more the hope I had moments ago deflated. How was I supposed to escape now? I looked at my father as they carried his chair down the stairs. Our eyes met, and I could have sworn he tried to tell me something, but I didn’t know him enough to communicate without words. He was my father in name, but in reality, he was nothing but a stranger that DNA told me to love.

“Why do you hate us so much?” I whispered as they threw me on the couch.

Silas’s dark eyes bore into mine. “Hate you? If you remembered well, Ember, I loved you. I was never supposed to want you, and you made me fall for you.”