“Goddamn it,Verana. What if she fucking kills her?”
She didn’t wait for her response. Just pushed past her roughly and ran out the doors and out into the hallway. She was vaguely aware of David’s yelling behind her but didn’t stop. Maya was already insane, but since her sister had died, she’d been deadly.
And Ray couldn’t have anything happening to a young girl.
A logical part of Ray contended with the thought that the girl could give up important information about how Ray had asked the kids to leave.
Still. Still.Ray breathed out harshly, stopping promptly as she recognized the tesla and hauled the doors open. She didn’t even look at the driver as she scrambled to remove her phone,
“Drive.” She snapped and the car took off immediately.
Ray dialled Kyle’s number, and he picked up immediately.
“Ray–” he started but she didn’t let him speak.
“Where is she?” Ray’s voice was thunderous, “Where’s the girl?”
Kyle’s pause only fueled her rage, and she screamed in the phone,“WHERE’S THE GIRL LARSEN?
She heard Kyle swear, “At the main house. Mom’s interrogating her.”
“Tell her to back off.” Ray snarled lowly, “That’s my fucking job.”
“You know I can’t–”
“Do something!” she yelled, and she could swear she heard him wince at her terrible tone, “Try to distract her. Don’t let her harm the girl. Don’t let her kill her Kyle.”
She’s just a little girl.
“She’s our only lead.” Ray said instead, biting back the bitterness of her words.
Kyle received the message though and a part of Ray sagged in relief. Kyle wasn’t a man who was swayed easily by other’s feelings. He was only interested in things that were of use to him.
“I’ll do what I can.”
“No.” Ray snapped, “You keep heralive.”
And with that, she hung up. Ray heaved a deep breath and turned to face the driver. Sorin, she realized with a start.
“Drive faster.” She ordered and the car zoomed past the roads. Ray breathed harshly as she ran a hand down her face. This was either going to go well. Or this was going to end badly for her.
Either way, there was no way Maya could kill the girl.
The car stopped abruptly, snapping her out of her thoughts. Ray’s eyes were narrowed in concentration as she threw open the door of her car and ran out.
She ran up the stairs, taking two at a time as she paced her breaths.God, her body was going to die, she thought miserably as she threw open the already open doors. The scene was the same, hustling with a bunch of staff.
But the atmosphere was grim.
Reeked desperately of pain.
Ray didn’t stop to think. She just ran to the doors that led to the basement and pushed them open. The old steel doors creaked loudly as she stepped through them and made sure to shut them behind her. For a minute, Ray was covered in yellow light that showed stairs leading downstairs and silence.
And that silence broke with an annihilating scream.
Ray’s entire body shook violently, her reality shattering around her as she ran down the stairs, hoping, praying, that Maya Larsen hadn’t broken her. Ray didn’t care about anything, not her plan, not her people, nothing, as she panted when she finally reached the lonely barricade of a door.
Ray didn’t stop.
