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“I think there’s been a mistake,” I said as calmly as possible, the gun pressing against my forehead firmly.
“You definitely fucked up. I asked you a question,” he snarled, a squeak leaving me as I tried not to cry. I was going to die in this house, there was no way around it.
“Penn. I didn’t know this was your house, I—”
“The Whitlock girl?” he asked with surprise, his eyes flickering with confusion. “Why the fuck—”
“Penn?”
I slid my eyes across the room to find Jensen, his brow creased. “What are you doing here? Holloway, put that thing down, she’s a friendly.”
“This little bitch broke in,” the guy with the gun snapped, but Jensen scowled.
“Put it down!” The guy lowered the gun but his eyes remained on me.
“You’re lucky it wasn’t Skeet or Rory who found you or your brain would be spattered across the house before you could’ve known you had company.” He stepped back, motioning towards a door. “Get down there. You’re not leaving until we talk.”
My heart was slamming against my ribcage and Jensen shoved him out of the way, giving me more space.
“She obviously didn’t know whose house she was breaking into so take it easy.”
“Take her downstairs while I call Skeet. He’s going to want to handle this,” he replied as he pulled his phone from his pocket, leaving Jensen to take me down a set of stairs.
I thought I was going to hyperventilate.
“What the hell are you doing here?” Jensen asked quietly as he turned on a light and steered me towards a large table. “You could be dead right now, you know? You tripped multiple security measures on the way in and you’re lucky Caden and I were already here or Caden’s right, you would’ve had Skeet gunning you down without question.”
Tears burned my eyes as I realized Stone had set me up, my throat going tight as I let out a sob.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t know.”
“Did someone put you up to this?”
Despite Stone’s betrayal, I couldn’t rat him out. These guys could go through the compound and tear the whole place apart, killing everyone in sight, so I shook my head, trying to put on a brave face.
“No, I just wanted to prove myself to the others so I snuck off. I figured if I robbed a fancy house and brought something back, they’d be impressed right?”
I hoped it sounded convincing.
Jensen raked a hand through his hair, glancing nervously towards the door.
“Look, you’re a good kid and you’re obviously tied up in some things outside of your control, but don’t do dumb shit to impress boys. They’re not worth it.”
“I’m twenty-two, not a kid, and I didn’t do it to impress boys, I did it because I thought their little club thingy would let me in. They don’t trust me with anything and I just want to be part of something. I’ve never had that before,” I scowled, crossing my arms. “I honestly didn’t know this was your house. You guys have been good to me and I’d never—”
“Where is she?!” someone shouted loudly as a door slammed somewhere in the house, my heart rate spiking as the footsteps stomped closer. Jensen gave me a worried look just before Skeeter stormed in, his gun already out in front of him. “Listen here you little—”
“Skeet, she didn’t know,” Jensen said in a low voice, apparently trying to soothe the situation and keep me alive.
“Bullshit. Everyone knows this is our house.” Skeeter’s violent gaze burned into me and I flinched as he stepped closer. “Did those pricks send you here? I swear to God I’m going to put all of you in the fucking ground!”
“Skeeter!” Jensen snapped, stepping closer. “How would she know where we live? She’s been locked up her entire life and she’s only been out a handful of times.”
“Why is she here then?!”
“She snuck out to try and rob a place to prove herself to the guys. She wants to join their organization.” Jensen gave me a look that said I’d better be telling the truth. “I think this has been a huge misunderstanding.”
More footsteps moved through the house and a strange sense of relief filled me when Hunter appeared in the doorway. He was pissed with me, I could tell, but his voice was calm.
