Powerless by Tera Lynn Childs & Tracy Deebs

Author:Tera Lynn Childs & Tracy Deebs [Childs, Tera Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2015-06-01T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Rebel cries the entire way back to the Lair. It hurts me to see her in this kind of emotional pain, especially when I know it’s my fault that we didn’t get Deacon tonight. It’s my fault they changed the security protocols on the secret sub-level. It has to be.

I shouldn’t beat myself up. Logically, I know that if I hadn’t been down there—hadn’t seen Deacon with my own eyes—there would be no proof that the secret sub-level exists, let alone what’s going on down there.

But that knowledge is cold comfort. I hug Rebel and try to figure out what to do next. How’re we going to save Deacon and my mother when we can’t get back to sub-level three? If that’s even where my mother is. She’s not a villain. She doesn’t belong there, and she has friends at the lab. Really, she could be anywhere.

And how are we going to face Draven and Dante when we’ve failed to get Deacon back? Just the thought of Draven’s reaction makes my stomach hurt—not because I’m afraid of him, but because I’ve seen how much this weighs on him. On both of them. I know how every second feels like a year and every hour feels like an eternity.

I’ve felt that way since the moment I saw Deacon. And it only got worse when I walked into my house and my mother was missing.

The ride to the nightclub from the lab feels excruciatingly long, but when Jeremy pulls up in front of the Lair all I can think is, it’s too soon. I don’t have an explanation. I don’t know how to tell Draven and Dante what happened without causing them more pain. I don’t—

Nitro meets us in the parking lot, throwing open the van door before we even come to a complete stop.

“Deacon!” He climbs inside, but his face falls when he sees Rebel’s tear-streaked cheeks.

“Oh, God. Is he—” Nitro turns white and looks like he’s going to pass out.

“We couldn’t get to him.” My words come out in a rush. “They’ve sealed off access to that sub-level and we couldn’t find another way in. Not without tipping off the guards and blowing our cover.”

“Shit.” Nitro rubs both hands over his head and climbs out of the van. “How could you screw this up? You promised this plan was airtight. Draven and Dante are going to kill us. You know that, right?”

Rebel whimpers, and I pat her back a couple times, shooting Nitro a warning glare.

“We couldn’t have known,” I argue.

He ignores me. “I knew it. I knew better than to trust a couple of heroes to handle something this important.”

“Is that really how you want to play this?” Jeremy comes to my side and stands over Nitro.

Jeremy may be lean, but he has almost a foot over the angry villain.

Nitro doesn’t look impressed. “I’m not playing anything. Just stating the truth, yeah?” His British accent is out in full force. “You wankers failed, didn’t you? You talked me into locking up my two best mates, and then you bloody well screwed up.

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