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Jake

T here have been a few changes around here since I received that phone call from Rex letting me know he’d found Dre. I’ll never forget the way Wreck broke down when I shared the news with him. The tears of pure relief that streamed down his face, or the way he clung to Shadow as he finally released all the emotions he’d been bottling up since he first found out Dre was missing. I can’t even imagine the range of emotions he must have been feeling at that moment.

Rex and Dre’s arrival in Devil’s Point definitely brought its own fair share of shocks and surprises, both good and bad. Dre’s story is out of this world, and learning everything I have from both Dre and Rex, I’m still struggling to try and make sense of it all in my own mind. I can’t imagine what it must be like for Dre to have actually gone through it all.

Before my thoughts start going down that rabbit hole, I’m interrupted by something that makes my heart stop.

“Jake! Flash!” Micah screams, his terrified voice piercing through the entire house.

The sound of his fear-filled voice sends me into action quicker than I ever thought possible, and I’m sprinting towards the sound of his voice before what I’m doing really registers in my mind. I can see Flash running just ahead of me as I turn the corner towards the direction that the sound of Micah’s voice came from.

I enter the game room that my brothers put together for Micah just behind Flash. Micah is standing in the middle of the room, tears streaming down his face, his entire body shaking except for one hand, which is squeezing the life out of his phone.

* * *

Micah

I couldn’t be happier with the way my life has changed; having Flash and Guardian in my life has been life-changing, but it’s not only that; my friendship with Cam has grown leaps and bounds. He just gets it. He knows what I’m actually talking about when I mention some of the things that happened growing up. I guess we’ve both been through similar experiences, and there’s just a level of understanding between us that isn’t there with the other kids our age.

I can’t help but laugh as I listen to him talk down the phone. He’s apparently on a secret mission with his Dad, uncle, and aunt. He won’t tell me what’s going on, only that they’re heading out to do something important. I have no idea what could be so important, but I’m sure it’s something good, and we’ll all find out what it is at some point.

My laughter cuts off when I hear Wrath’s terrified voice shout out, “Brace,” and the next sound that registers across the line is the grinding sound of metal and metal followed by the shattering of glass. What the hell just happened? Have they crashed?

“Cam. Cam. Cam, can you hear me?” I continuously repeat, my heart feeling like it’s crawling up my throat as I wait to see if he replies.

I wait in anticipation for what seems like a lifetime, but I know it’s been no more than a few minutes since I heard the sound of the crash. I can hear sounds of movement over the line now, but I have no idea what the hell is going on, and I’m worried. No, I’m petrified.

I listen as it sounds like one of the doors to the vehicle is pulled open, and then I barely make out Cam speaking, but I’m listening carefully, and I hear him say one word, “Jasmine,” before the line cuts off, and I’m met with silence.

Knowing this is bad. Really bad. I do the only thing I can think of and scream for the two people I know I can rely on, who will know what to do.

* * *

Flash

“Micah, what’s wrong?” I say as I slowly and carefully approach my clearly distraught younger brother.

I kneel in front of him, with Jake coming over and joining me. We listen as he explains what has him so worked up, and I know without a doubt when he explains what’s happened that shit is about to hit the fan big time.

I know exactly who is behind what has happened by the one word Micah managed to make out Cam saying before he lost contact. Jasmine isn’t some random person; no, she’s Cam’s maternal aunt who made it her mission to cause issues a while back. Wrath was given no choice but to cut her from Cam’s life for not only Cam’s sake but everyone else’s. She was a risk to far too many people.

I have no idea what the hell she has planned; what could ever possess her to do something like this? But it can’t be anything good. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out she’s behind the crash that Micah heard over the phone; there’s no other explanation for her being there or Cam saying her name. I have a horrible feeling that when we find out where the crash happened, we aren’t going to find anyone in the vehicle. Jasmine clearly planned all this out and bided her time waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

I share a charged look with Jake; we both know time is of the essence. The lives of Wrath, Shadow, Sera, Cam, and the unborn twins are now hanging in the balance. We need to act, and we need to act fast, but first we need to inform everyone else about what’s happened. Including the three people that this is going to hit the hardest, the three people whose entire world was inside that vehicle. Flame, Wreck, and Blade. Fuck no, it’s four people, not three, that it’s going to hit the hardest. We need to tell Blaze too; his entire family was inside that car.

They aren’t going to take this news well; they’re more than likely going to rain hell down on Devil’s Point to find those they love most, and they’ll have every member of Devil’s Inferno by their side while they do it. None of us will rest until we find them.

Jasmine has made a huge mistake by doing this. She knows just how lethal Devil’s Inferno can be; she watched what happened when her own sister chose to target our members. This isn’t going to end well for her. There’s no scenario in my mind that I can see her surviving this. She hasn’t just made a bad decision but a deadly one. She has no idea what’s coming for her.