Page 102 of Resolve
Dane lifts his arm expectantly, and I lean into him. Jackson removes my boots and holds my feet on his lap so I’m completely horizontal. Considering how much work I have ahead of me, I won't refuse a few more hours of sleep.
Chapter thirty-three
Raegan
Someonegentlyshakesmyshoulder. “We’re here.” Dane’s voice draws me from my slumber. He and Jackson help me upright as I stretch.
Aiden directs Kellan on where to park while Dane pulls his laptop out and opens it up. “I need to be within a block to find nearby cameras,” he says.
“Doesn’t that put us in the boom zone?” Alice inquires.
“Raegan’s gift doesn’t go boom,” Aiden answers smoothly. “She’ll control its destruction to land in its own footprint while Jackson contains any dirt and dust within a tight radius. It’ll be safe for anyone standing outside so long as they don’t breach that radius.”
I hope I live up to his expectation of controlling my gift so well. We’ve done a lot of practice on my control, even testing this on a smaller scale. But replicating it on something so large and with people around is still going to be a novel experience.
Kellan parks along a curb. There’s a building between us and the one we want, but we can see it stretching above this one. “Thiswork?”
“Yeah, I think this’ll work.” His fingers fly over the keyboard at a crazy speed.
Aiden cranes his neck to find Sam in the far back. “Sam. The coffee shop is just up ahead at the corner on the right. Time to be invisible and wait for your siblings.”
Sam nods, turning invisible before he’s even finished as if he couldn't wait to be hidden away again.
“We’ll go get coffee,” Portia adds excitedly. That’ll be hers and Noah’s cover until they hear the word that it’s time to bring the building down. It also keeps their eyes on Sam—or at least on where he is since they can’t see him—to make sure he’s okay.
My heart starts to pound in anticipation as the plan goes into action. What if I accidentally kill innocent people? What if the board members don’t show up? What if Charles has another trap somewhere that we didn’t think of?
Jackson kisses my cheek, startling me from my thoughts. “Breathe. I always have your back. No one else will get hurt.” He shifts in front of me and keeps going toward the door.
“Where are you going?”
His smile is a bit manic. “To find a roost.” He leaves, taking to the rooftop in front of us and then moving to a higher one and out of sight.
After a few minutes of silence, my foot starts tapping with restless energy.
“Got ants in your boot, beautiful?” Kellan drawls, reclining his seat to get comfortable. I almost snipe at him for being too relaxed until I notice the shimmer of gold scales at his temple through his dark hair. He’s too covered up for me to see more, but he must haveactivated at least some of it to prepare for whatever might happen.
“I’ll feel better once the board members show up.” Without them, this whole plan is a bust.
“It’s a shame I don’t get a part to play in this.”
“You’re Dane’s protection and back-up,” I remind him.
He lifts a hand, and I watch it elongate and sharpen to deadly claws.
Tinsley gasps when she sees it.
“Maybe you’ll let me get the first round with Charles, then. Let me test out my new strength against his.”
“Don’t get cocky.”
Our phones ding within seconds of one another. Aiden reads the message first. “Sam says they’re all there, except for one.”
Fuck.
Dane frowns at the laptop screen. “The medical director just replied to last night’s message.”
I lean over to read it as Aiden asks, “What does it say?”
