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The upstairs light suddenly turns on, and Cyrus stops, looking up the stairs. He jerks me away from the door before grabbing the key from my hand. He walks me into the kitchen, and I feel like I am about to puke when I hear Eli’s voice.

“Addie?” he calls out, and Cyrus quickly fills up a glass, thrusting it in my hand.

I take it shakily as Eli walks in.

“There you are. Scared the crap out of me. What are you doing?”

“She was thirsty,” Cyrus says, and I nod, taking a sip of the water.

“Well, come to bed,” Eli says before stopping at the door and turning back around. “Are you okay, Addie?”

“She is fine,” Cyrus says, dropping his arm over my shoulder. “Aren’t you, love?”

I nod, taking another sip of the water. Eli goes to say something when Cyrus suddenly grips my chin and kisses me. I feel my body relax instantly as sparks rush over my skin, and I kiss him back, unable to help myself.

“No, none of that. We need sleep,” Eli says, and Cyrus pulls back, some unsaid warning flashing in his eyes.

“Coming back up now,” I tell Eli, who nods, reaching his hand out to me.

I place mine in his, letting him pull me up the steps when he stops. He looks down at the basement door, and I realize a faint light is coming from under the gap.

I turned the main light off but not the workbench light.

“I was down there,” Cyrus says, holding up the key. “I couldn’t sleep. I was going to do something, but I see you had already done most of it. I came out and found Addie walking around. I should go turn it off.”

“No, leave it. Do it in the morning,” Eli says while yawning.

He pulls me to the bedroom before climbing back into bed. Cyrus nudges me toward the bed, and I climb in the middle. Cyrus climbs in beside me before pulling me toward him and holding me in his vise-like grip against his chest.

I don’t understand why Cyrus’s lied and covered for me. Why doesn’t he want Eli to know I was down there? I can tell he isn’t happy about me seeing what is down there, but why lie to Eli?

“Sleep,” Cyrus says, and a strange sensation rolls over me before I am plunged into darkness.

Chapter Thirty-Four

I am woken by Eli, getting ready for work. Rolling, I see him tap Cyrus’s shoulder, waking him.

“Up. Something happened at the office,” Eli tells him.

Cyrus groans. “No, can’t do. Go yourself. I have things to deal with here,” Cyrus tells him before jerking me toward him.

“Cyrus, I wasn’t asking. We had a breach. Get up,” Eli tells him, chucking clothes at him.

“Wait, what’s happened?” Cyrus says, jerking upright.

I remain silent, trying to figure out what is going on. Cyrus gets up, chucking his clothes on.

“Addie, get up,” Cyrus tells me, tugging the blanket off with his free hand.

“No, we haven’t got time to wait for her. We need to leave,” Eli says before walking over to me and pecking my head.

“Come here, quickly,” Cyrus tells me, but I shake my head, moving to the other side of the bed.

“Addie, now,” Cyrus says before jerking me to him by my foot.

“What are you going to do?”

“Make you forget,” he says when Eli rushes into the room.