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“Come on, Selene. I know you’re smarter than that.” He pauses, his face inching closer to mine. “I don’t want to be like him. Honestly, I’ve tried to do everything in my life tonotbe like him. But I know I have to do this. You and Sirius are both like a fucking invasive disease. This is the only way to cure the world of the sickness that you plague everyone with.”
My eyes narrow, the realization hitting me deep in the fucking chest. “Abel?” I mouth the words, unable to make a sound.
My goddamn brother. The one who ruined it all. The one who put my father on death row. The one that I tried and fucking failed to kill when we were younger.
The corners of his mouth lift. “Hey sis.”
CHAPTER TWENTY
ONYX
Ican hear their voices as I head deeper into the thick smoke. The blaring alarm makes it difficult to make out the man’s words, but I catch pieces of what he’s saying. He rambles on about Selene, calling her an invasive disease, and I hear him drop her father’s name. But I don’t hear her say anything back.
Whoever the fuck it is, he knows Selene. That’s the whole reason why we’ve been followed—he was looking for her the entire time. We thought there was a connection between Ian and our stalker, but we were both wrong.
As I round the corner, I hear the words that shock me straight to my fucking core.
“Hey sis.”
Selene had told me about her brother, and she never spoke of him with any fondness. She hated him for everything he had taken away from her. I’m silently thankful for him because if Selene would have succeeded in killing him, she would have never fallen into my lap.
Or should I be more grateful for her mother for being the one who found them and the one who ultimately sent her away?
Either way, Selene’s brother lived states away. He was a piece of her past, but he never seemed relevant. I didn’t think hewould ever become a threat. Now as I inch closer to them, I see how he has her pinned against the wall, her feet dangling as she loses the energy and fight to push him away.
He got rid of Sirius and now he’s here to do the same to Selene.
I don’t know what this kid is capable of, but I do know if I don’t intervene soon, he’s liable to kill her. It’s hard to make out her face through the thick smoke, but I can see the fight leaving her body. Her movements are slow and she’s struggling to stay conscious right now. Reaching into my pocket, I pull out my knife and grip it tightly in my fist.
He doesn’t hear me as I approach, creeping up behind him. Selene’s eyes are on me, but it’s hard to tell if she actually sees me. Given her current state, I wouldn’t be surprised if she thinks she’s hallucinating. I pause, watching as Selene’s pale face changes color and her eyes begin to bug out.
He’s so fucking close right now.
My dick throbs in my pants as I lift my arm and bring my hand down in a rush, driving the butt end of my knife into the back of Selene’s brother’s head. The blow throws him off balance, causing him to stumble to the side. His hand leaves Selene’s neck, and she collapses to the floor in a rush, crying out as she struggles to catch her breath through the polluted air.
Her brother looks up at me, confusion mixing with his sinister expression. “I should have known you wouldn’t be far behind her.”
“You should have taken me out first,” I snarl, my lips curling upward as I drive the end of the knife into his temple, successfully rendering him unconscious with the blow. I watch as he drops to the ground, his head bouncing off the concrete, before I drop down to my knees in front of Selene.
Her hands are loosely around her neck as she violently coughs, struggling to catch her breath with the thick smoke inthe air. I glance back and forth between her and her brother lying on the floor. I need to get her somewhere safe, where she isn’t inhaling the poison into her lungs. But I also can’t run the risk of losing him.
We need to end this once and for all. Here. Tonight.
“Is he still alive?” Selene croaks, her voice hoarse and rough as her hazel eyes meet mine.
I nod. “Just taking a little nap.” I pause, sliding my hands under her arms in an attempt to help her to her feet. “We got to get you outside or something.”
Selene shakes her head, batting my hands away. “Don’t worry about me,” she mutters breathlessly as she shifts onto her hands and knees. ‘‘I got myself. Just get him somewhere away from the fire, because I’m not done with him yet.”
I understand what she’s trying to say and as badly as I want to fight against her, I know how Selene operates. It’s a nice thought to think I have control over her, but there’s only so much I really do have. It would be smarter to focus on her and get her to safety, but this time I need to go with what Selene has already decided.
It’s easier than fighting with her and her brother will finally be taken care of.
Selene is smart and stays below the smoke as she crawls down the hallway. I watch her until she disappears, her form swallowed whole by the thick air. Hopefully she makes it outside and catches her breath enough to come back in here and take care of this shit.
My mind is already made up. If she’s not back in ten minutes, I’m ending this motherfucker, with or without her.
I slowly rise back to my feet and stalk over to Abel’s unconscious body, lying on his side on the floor. I tilt my head to the side as I peer down at him, attempting to figure out how the hell I’m going to move him. He isn’t very big, but there’sa noticeable contrast in size compared to Selene. Even though they have the same genes, he’s not nearly as small and dainty as she is.
