Ashes (Fire Within Series Book 3) by Ella M. Lee

Author:Ella M. Lee [Lee, Ella M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ella M. Lee
Published: 2020-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

Five minutes later, we were all assembled in the training room, seated around the large meeting table. Only Daniel and Teng were missing, the latter guarding Mark and Evie.

The mood in the room was grim and concerned. I was seated near the head of the table, across from Nicolas. Without Daniel, I was the de facto leader of his group, and if there were decisions to be made here, I would be the one to make them.

Cameron sat next to me, his long arms crossed over his broad torso. He had been reluctant to leave Teng alone with Mark and Evie, but Mark had been unconscious, and Evie had been in tears when I arrived to drag him to this meeting. I didn’t think they’d be causing trouble anytime soon.

Sylvio sat across from Cameron, his usual stern and frightening self. Ryan and Irina sat together. She was drinking coffee out of his mug, holding it tightly in her tense hands.

On Irina’s other side was Chandra, dressed in a sweatshirt and sweatpants. We had woken her up; these past few days, she’d been doing overnight work and sleeping in the daytime.

Farhad sat at the far end of the table, quiet and calm. Athena was next to him, watching Nicolas carefully.

Keisha arrived last, murmuring an apology and settling in quickly next to Ryan.

Nicolas took a drink from his water bottle and launched into a succinct summary of what had happened in the warehouse. If I had been telling the story, I would have put more amazement into my words, but Nicolas did no such thing. Events like these were practically mundane to him. He recited them professionally, and everyone received them equally professionally.

“We have several problems,” Nicolas said finally. “Some harder to handle than others. Mark is our first one. Irina, please report on his state.”

She laid her palms on the table. “He’s stable. We were able to repair all organ and tissue damage. Unfortunately, the loss of blood accelerated the virus’s effect on him. We need to treat him as quickly as possible in order to save his life.”

“Excuse me,” Chandra cut in, “but are we even sure we want to save his life? He tried to kill Daniel. Nicolas had already agreed to fix him, and he attacked them for what, leverage? Let’s throw them back out. He’ll die, or Smoke will kill him, or whatever. Sorry, Fiona, no offense, but Mark is a dick.”

I shrugged, completely unsure what to feel right now. Mark was doing a stunning job of pissing me off, but despite the things I’d said to him, I was too soft-hearted to let anyone die for no reason. I hated death, and I hated killing, and I wasn’t thrilled with the idea of being responsible for his death even if he had attacked my family twice. Now that we were safe, I was reluctant to throw him out on the street so that he could die in a gutter somewhere.

“Stephan wants Mark and Evie dead,” Nicolas said.

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