Rain Shadow 2 by Tess Oliver

Author:Tess Oliver
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Tess Oliver
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8

LUKE

GUNNER MANAGED TO hit every pothole in the road, and my head smacked the metal wall of the truck each time. The lump on my head didn’t help. The ridge Dreygon had left on my flesh hurt plenty too. But none of it mattered. Angel had come out to see me this morning, and her plea to get her out of the compound played over and over in my head.

Strangely enough, every time I did something that I was sure would get me strung up in the dungeon or even killed, Dreygon shocked the hell out of me by showing appreciation for it. In his own creepy way, he seemed to like me. Gaining his trust was key. It was the easiest way out of the compound, other than dying. I’d gone through an escape scenario in my head a dozen times. It had all started with gaining enough of Dreygon’s confidence that he would allow Angel and me to drive out of the compound together on some brief excursion. From there I’d contact the agency tell them where we were and they could come pick us up. It would be messy from that point on but with my protection, I was sure I could keep Angel safe.

Keeping my true identity hidden hadn’t been a problem yet. Up until the night before, I’d been cautious and there’d been no real missteps. But rage had gotten the best of me. The asshole had been bleeding badly from his nose but his eyes had definitely rounded as I leaned down to threaten him. It was hard to know if it had been my warning or the face of a dead man that had stunned him. My only hope was that the two clubs had little or no communication. It was obvious from Dreygon’s reaction, to the two men invading what he’d obviously deemed his personal watering hole, that there was no love lost between the clubs.

The truck slowed and then turned sharply. The lack of windows suddenly made me sympathize with the lizards I used to carry around in shoeboxes. The motor turned off, and the driver and passenger doors opened and shut. For a second my heart beat faster thinking that Bent for Hell might already have alerted Dreygon. Maybe I was being taken to a far away location to be shot and dumped. The doors to the back swung open and Jericho motioned me out. There was nothing murderous in his expression. For now, it seemed, I was still part of the crew.

The sun had just started its long climb into the sky. A chill still lingered in the air. We were in an empty parking lot behind a building I didn’t recognize. In fact nothing about the place was familiar. Two doors rolled up on the building. A box truck that matched the one we’d driven in rolled out. This one had small windows placed strategically in each side and in the back doors. We moved quickly. The man who’d pulled the truck out said nothing to us as we climbed inside.

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