Page 121 of Loyal
I jog back to the tape and cross it, finding Happy in cuffs in the back of a car. He looks at me briefly, and I shake my head. He looks down, and when he looks up, the demon is gone. Left in its wake is devastation.
I had no idea he cared so deeply for the woman. I didn’t even know Happy knew how to care. Yet here he is looking like his whole world just ended.
I look back at the blaze. If it were Sami, my life would be ending right now too.
“What do you know?” Savage asks, finally having caught up.
“They didn’t pull anyone out, but they also haven’t been in. If she’s in there, she’s ash. Happy is under arrest.” I nod to where he is.
“Why? What did he do?”
I look back at the flames. “What any of us would do if our old lady was in that building. He lost his humanity.”
