Page 179 of Rogue & Her Hunters
I nip at Joker’s neck in demand.
Joker lifts me in his arms to lie me down in the nest, before Bird tucks a blanket over me. “As much as your biting is turning me on, baby, it won’t make Phantom return any quicker. He’s transporting the Rogues into our territory.”
“Did he mean it about training them? Will I have more sparring partners?” Bird asks.
“You’ll see Phantom in his element as my skipper. He’s an amazing commander, and he’ll soon have an army of Rogues.” Joker winks. “Especially, when I teach them to weaponize their powers. The Government had better watch out. A revolution is coming.”
Yet I notice the concerned glance that Bird and Joker exchange.
The fog in my mind clears.
Fear freezes my blood, despite the fever beading my skin in sweat.
Phantom is risking execution by harboring the Rogues.
I grew up being forced to read and memorize the propaganda, hate-filledThe Rogue Scare.I fell asleep to its words looping through my mind, internalizing that hatred:
It is illegal to fail to report Rogues to the authorities. Any pack who harbors them will be executed.
Yet part of me had known that Fiorella…Mom…had always been more scared of that part of the book more than I had.
Why else would she hide that she was my biological mom? Hide my Rogue Power?
The Adonis pack thought that they were tough. They intimidated other mafia packs, while terrifying locals. They prided themselves on not bowing down to the government.
Isn’t it interesting, however, that when it came to me, they not only bowed down to the Man but also bent over?
It’s the Hunters who are truly badass.
They won’t bare their necks to anyone. Instead, they’ll harbor the largest number of Rogues in history.
When my pack break the law, they either go big or go home.
Maybe we’ll be killed for it but at least we’ll make the history books, right?
Mars should write a romance about us.
At the thought of my brother, I can’t hold back the whimper.
Mars is still trapped with the Adonis pack.
What’s happening to him?
Is he being hurt? In danger?
Is he even alive?
I will find a way to protect my brother, Nico, and the trafficked Omegas.
I’ll take my revenge on Fiorella and the Billionaires.
Bird hushes me, wrapping his arm around my waist.
Alarmed, Joker licks my neck. “Do you need a drink, baby? Are you too hot?”
“She’s thinking about her brother,” Bird replies. “The distress that I can feel through the bond, is how I feel when I think about my sister.”
“After this heat,” Joker promises, his gaze becoming fierce, “we’ll save Mars. Your brother is mine now. You helped me save my sister, and I’ll owe you for that for the rest of my life. Rescuing Mars will be our next mission, even if we need to burn down the whole mafia empire to do it.”
