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Jade scoffed.They fucking shot a .50 cal at my mate.I’m gonna rip them apart.

Noah slid to a halt with Jade taking a few steps past him before she stopped and turned, watching Noah as he quirked his head.She knew he had better hearing in his animal form.They all did.

I hear someone saying your name.

Jade concentrated on listening to what Noah heard, and sure enough, she heard her name in a singsong manner.Taking the lead, she took corridor after corridor, looking for the owner of the taunting voice.

Ghost.One of them knows my name.

There was a long pause and Jade knew Ghost well enough to know he would answer when he could.She glanced at Noah.

Don’t worry, he’ll answer.

Okay, three down.Only one left of the twenty.We’re coming to your position.Wait.

Jade leaned against the wall and she smiled when Noah sat back on his haunches, looking regal and handsome as he cocked his ear and listened to the movement around them.

They are coming.

She nodded at Noah and heard the group coming up fast.

“Can you still hear the voice, Noah?”

Yes.Down the hall, to the right, about fifty meters.

Ghost led the way, glancing at Jade and looking unsure about what was going on.The rest of the assassins absorbed Jade and Noah in the middle of the ranks and soon, they could hear the voice clearly.

“Jade.Jaaaaade.Come out, come out, wherever you are.”

Let’s go.

With that, all of the assassins filed into the small space and faced the lone man in the room smiling at them.He scanned the group until he found Jade and then gave her a leering smile.

If she’d ever met this man, she had no recollection of who he was.He was older than most shifters, looking close to forty, while most shifters were in their early twenties.He had gray hair scattered throughout his short blond locks, making him look even older.His two front teeth were missing, but there was nothing wrong with his gaze, which kept sweeping over Jade as if she belonged to him.

“How do you know me?”

The cackle that exploded out of his throat sent a shiver of discomfort down her spine.And while he laughed, his creepy gaze came back to her.She stayed silent as her eyes narrowed.

“I knew you would be special.I knew you would be the best out of all of them.That’s why I changed you, because I knew you could take it.”

Again, it didn’t truly matter to her how or who caused her transition.She was happy where she was and the past was just that—the past.When he saw that she couldn’t care less, he stopped laughing like a loon and his face showed his true nature as he sneered at her.

“Don’t you care?”

She didn’t say anything.

No, I truly don’t give a fuck.Can we kill him and leave?

She could hear Xander, Hunter, and Gunnar chuckle in her head.Noah leaned into her and she reached her hand through his fur.

“Well, does your mate care that I kept you for six months before I turned you and passed you around to anyone who would pay to fuck you?Sometimes I would indulge as well.You were sweet.”

She could feel Noah leave her side, but she wouldn’t look away from her taunter.His sound was hidden when the group around her growled at the man, ready to snap his head off if she gave the signal.

“But then a stupid fucking fox shifter bit you and you almost died.No one wanted you after that.Used goods, but not only that, you were broken.You couldn’t even shift and no one wanted a shifter who couldn’t shift.Pathetic little thing.So I ordered you killed, but apparently the stupid shifter I assigned fucked that up.”

Jade was surprisingly not affected by his words.What did she care whether he was telling the truth or not?But she couldn’t help but think there was a reason they were lured here.Soon, her silence got to him and he spilled everything.