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den?”
    He shook his head then sat down in front of the cage, his body drawn and ragged. Good.
    “I drank some of Josh’s blood to get through your wards.”
    Her stomach revolted, and she barely resisted the urge to throw up what was left in her stomach.
    “What? How?”
    He sighed and took a gun from his waistband that she hadn’t known he’d had. “I guess I’ll tell you the story from the beginning, shall I? I knew Josh from the team. He was my subordinate when he first started, but then he moved up the ranks, too quickly for my taste. Soon we were equals in rank, though the bastard was so much younger.”
    She nodded, trying to keep him going. She needed to give her men time.
    “I knew there was something different about him from the get-go. He was too good at his job and used whatever the fuck was wrong with him to find our targets. It pissed me off that he could use that freakiness to surpass me.”
    She bit her tongue at the urge to defend her mate. It wouldn’t do any good here.
    “When we’d found out the werewolves and other freaks were real, Josh didn’t bat an eye, like he’d found his own people or some shit. I wanted to take y’all out right there, but no, the higher-ups frowned on stuff like that. They wanted to use you or something, but Josh and the others just let y’all live normally.” He snorted. “Or however normal y’all fucking freaks can be.”
    “You wanted to kill a whole group of people because you think we’re different?” she asked before she thought better of it. It wouldn’t do good to anger him.
    “You don’t deserve to live,” he spat.
    He wasn’t so different from Caym, the demon who wanted to take over the world and rule the humans. It didn’t matter that one was human and the other from hell. No, it mattered who they were and what they wanted. Hannah didn’t think this man would appreciate the irony.
    “So, you’ve kidnapped me for… what? What good will I do?”
    “I’m going to use you to prove to the world you’re all dangerous. Though I would have preferred using a wolf, a witch will do. Plus, I don’t think that bastard Josh, and whatever the fuck the other freak’s name is, will leave you alone with me for too long. I figure I’ll use all three of you if I have to.”
    He wanted to show the world that paranormals existed? That would destroy them and maybe even the humans. Humans couldn’t take knowing about the existence of others; it would be too much for them. Wars would break out, and people, no matter their species, would be slaughtered.
    Did this man not know what he was doing? He was going to risk the death of millions because he had a grudge against Josh, or whatever it was he hated?
    “You’re crazy.”
    “And, you’re a freak. Get the fuck over it.”
    “You can’t do this. You’ll kill millions of people.”
    “You think I care? You deserve it.”
    “Why?”
    “Because you shouldn’t exist. You’re nothing. You’re just something that needs to die.”
    “Why are you using me to do it?”
    “Because Josh is a traitor. He shouldn’t have left his men to shack up with a whore.”
    She bit her lip and stared at the man who had clearly lost his mind. There was no reasoning with him, no getting through to him. Hannah just had to wait it out and pray Reed and Josh could overtake him.
    There had to be a way. It wasn’t just about her. No, it was about their people. Their family.

Chapter 5
    Josh closed his eyes and opened his mind to the Finding, the pain slamming back at him as it hit a wall.
    “Fuck, my Finding isn’t working,” he said as he rubbed his temples, closing his eyes.
    He felt Reed’s hand on his thigh, soothing him. “You had it right when we got through the wards. We’re going in the right direction at least. Just relax and let it come to you.”
    Josh lifted a lip and growled. “Really? Let it come to me? Fuck, Hannah’s out there, and we can’t get to her because my fucking demon powers, or whatever