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“I would have let you all be if you’d only returned the favor”

“And we’d have let you be if you weren’t a twisted asshole who sells people”

Tate slowly peered around the corner And there was Havana, facing Gideon and anotherhead Tate’s cat rushed for the surface in panic, trying to force the shift Tate breathed through it, holding hiht to keep his cat contained

Dread seemed to sink into every bone in Tate’s body, but this wasn’t the time for him to rush in If Gideon realized that she had backup so close, he could shoot her out of spite Tate couldn’t risk that But, fuck, it was hard to just stand there and do nothing

“How did you find me?” Gideon asked her

“We had a long talk with Enrique and Gavin,” she replied “Two very brainwashed people, I must say”

She looked as cool and composed as she sounded Tate kneasn’t forced He felt no panic from her Only impatience and a sense of battle-readiness He wondered if, sensing Tate’s rage and dread through their bond, she’d guessed that he was nearby

“Are all your ‘kin’ that way?” she asked Gideon

“I didn’t brainwash them Didn’t need to Their hate for shifters was already there I just … nurtured it a little Now co on a little walk You’reaway from here safely”

“I’—”

Gideon shot her in the shoulder, and red-hot pain blasted down the rabbed onto hied at that ed and snarled and just about lost his mind

“You won’t help your mate if you rush over there,” Luke quietly hissed into his ear “Right now, Gideon needs her as a hostage He won’t kill her But he ht if he realizes he’s cornered”

Tate gritted his teeth, reht; that he hio But it was hard to be rational when Havana was injured and in pain This was his mate His other half His better half And hadn’t she taken enough fucking bullets lately?

Tate held up a hand “I’o”

Once his brother released hih hi-sleeved tee