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I could feel the stares of the Shadows who were listening, but I didn’t break my stare with Rya. She was nervous, and I couldn’t blame her. I also didn’t have a reason to prove that I could trust Gia. Only a feeling. She’d known my mother. She took the fall for Zan when he and his brothers snuck me off this property as a baby. She kept those secrets for years, and I somehow knew she’d keep mine.

“First, him.” Rya shot a glare toward Viggo. “And now her. Vampires aren’t loyal to you, Kali.”

“She is,” I replied tightly.

“Time to go,” Viggo shouted. “Half of you in the vehicles. The other half go with Rya.”

No one moved at his order. Instead, they all looked at me. The knots tightened in my stomach. I hoped I wasn’t walking all these Shadows to their death. I jerked a nod, and everyone began rushing.

“Gia, you ride with us.” Viggo opened the back of a large van. “There’re no windows back here. You’ll be fine until the sun goes down.”

“You have the map?” I asked Rya.

“Yeah. We’ll meet you there.”

“Be careful.” I gave her a quick hug, surprised at how quickly I’d come to care for her. “Don’t go near any main roads.”

She pulled away, grabbing a gun that a Shadow handed her. With half of them following her, she headed toward the basement where the other exit was. Viggo had drawn a map for it, and I hoped she didn’t have any issue getting off the property.

“Ready, Kali?” Viggo asked, opening the passenger door for me. “Let’s get the fuck out of here before the other vampires get here.”

Even with the noise, I heard more than a few grumbles. The Shadows didn’t trust Viggo. I was sure they’d try to kill him in a heartbeat if I allowed it. But I wasn’t sure we would have even gotten this far without him. He wouldn’t turn on me, not when he knew that Zan wanted me safe.

I climbed into the van, and Viggo started the engine. Hums of other vehicles filled the air, and I stared out the window as Viggo began speeding toward the exit. He was in the lead, and all the other cars followed until we were outside. My foot bounced as we drove down the driveway.

“Is there anyone watching the gate?” I asked.

“Yes.” He didn’t seem nervous about it, so I stayed quiet.

Soon, the large wall came into sight, and I frowned when I saw the gate was slowly opening for us. My head snapped to the side as I stared at Viggo.

“We have a couple humans who live here under entrancement that Amaros doesn’t know about,” Viggo explained gruffly. “One of them was already standing guard today. The other is already heading out to wait. We have a spot a few miles from here we always check in case we want to send messages to each other. Pax and Zan will know where we’re going before they reach the property.”

I bit my tongue, but Viggo must have seen my expression because he let out a curt laugh.

“Now isn’t the time to judge me about using humans for my bidding. It’s the only way to give Zan the message. Unless you want him to be stuck with Amaros after we’re gone.”

“No,” I snapped. “It’s still not right.”

“Are you going to change it, Kali?” He glanced away from the road to look at me. “Do you want the world how it was? Whenvampires lived in secret and humans ruled everything? Because you’re on our side now.”

“Whatever I’m going to do, it’ll be better than whatever the hell your father has planned.”

We lapsed into silence, and I sagged in the seat once we were officially off the property. I had no idea what exactly I wanted to do. But Amaros wouldn’t get what he wanted. PARA wouldn’t either. I just had to figure out how to change it all.

Chapter 20

Zan

“Ican’t even imagine what Dad is doing right now,” Pax muttered from beside me.

I gritted my teeth. “We don’t want to find out.”

Keeva mumbled something, and I glanced in the rearview mirror into the backseat where both she and Warner were sitting. Neither had said a word the entire time we’d been in this truck. It had been hours since Pax and I spoke with the human that Viggo entranced. Luckily, we’d been heading back to the property before our father had come home. I physically wouldn’t have been able to pass the gates because of Amaros’s entrancement, but it didn’t matter.

Because if I ever went back to the property now, I’d end up dead.

Sons or not, we officially went against our father, and he would treat us like any other enemy. Actually, we’d be far worse off than any enemy.