Darn Stupid Brother You Are by Mairee

Chapter 116

(Hendrix's POV) Angel wouldn't move.

She clung to Thomas's body like it was the only thing holding her to the world. Blood soaked her hands, her shirt, her hair, but she didn't care. Her sobs echoed in the cramped maintenance closet in a haunting way that made my stomach twist.

"Angel," I whispered and crouched beside her. "We have to go."

She shook her head violently and her grip tightened on Thomas's lifeless form. "No. I can't leave him. I can't—"

Footsteps echoed in the distance, growing louder with every passing second.

I grabbed her shoulders, forcing her to look at me. Her tear-soaked face shattered something inside me. "Angel, listen to me. We'll come back for him. I swear. But if we don't move now, none of us are getting out of here alive." She stared at me with wide and uncomprehending eyes before finally nodding. Her hands trembled as she placed Thomas's head gently on the floor and brushed his blood-matted hair back one last time. "I'm sorry," she whispered.

I pulled her to her feet and held her close for a second, then grabbed the evidence bag. The footsteps were closer now and accompanied by voices barking orders.

"We have to go," I repeated, and this time, she followed.

.

The group was waiting for us in a storage room near the West Wing exit. The moment we stepped inside, the air shifted.

my grim expression

to break the silence. "Thomas?" he

my head. "Dr. Joe shot him. He... he saved

his breath and slammed his fist into the wall. Cylan and Hande moved to Angel's side and

"Thomas wouldn't want that. We

save for the muffled sound of alarms in

was divided among the group, I stepped back and tried

"We're finishing this," I muttered under my breath. "And Joe is going to

(Dennis's POV)

alarms were an indicator of how far things had spiraled out

held my bag. Across the desk, Dr. Aurora packed her things with an unnerving calmness. Her red wig was perfectly in place, and her face, save for her

"You're leaving?" I asked.

has been canceled. The center is compromised. There's no

finally met my gaze, and I saw the cold tint in them. "They're

been surprised. I'd seen this before-Kentucky, years ago. The center there had been exposed, and they'd buried the evidence in

destroy this place," I barely

Aurora's lips curved into a smile beneath her mask. "Of course. Better to burn the evidence than let it fall into

I'd made to survive, the betrayals I'd committed. I thought of Angel, of Hendrix, of the countless lives I'd sacrificed to protect my own. I couldn't let this

hands balled

chuckled menacingly. "And what are you going to do, Dennis? Stop