"Let's go back to the beginning," Kyle said to me, needing more details. "What happened when Harrison caught you trying to free Dean?"
"He took the syringe from me and injected it into his own leg. Then he told me the easiest way out of the property and how to avoid the guards."
"Do you think they let her go on purpose?" Cade asked, but I didn't miss the wary expression he gave Kyle.
I hadn't even contemplated that. Why would they do that? None of this was making much sense. Why would one Keeper help me escape? He didn't know me, and people didn't do things like that for no reason. Had my escape been part of the Keepers' plans?
Remembering Travis sent a shiver of fear through me. Kyle didn't miss it.
"I think we're done here."
Everyone except Curtis began to leave the room.
"I'd like a blood sample," he asked me before looking at Kyle, who nodded at him.
"Sure." I extended my arm for him. He got what he needed out of his small black bag and took blood from my right arm.
Once he finished up, he left, and Kyle pulled me to my feet.
"What scared you?" he asked. His gray eyes searched mine.
"The guy who's in charge of the Keepers," I admitted. "None of the others gave me the creeps like that guy did."
"What's his name?" he asked.
"Travis."
Our eyes met and I could see the intensity in his. He leaned his forehead against mine.
"We will get through this."
I closed my eyes, trying to believe his words, but I couldn't block out the image of Travis and the way he'd looked at me. I had a feeling if Flynn and Harrison hadn't been around, my fate would have been very different.
Flynn. I pulled away from Kyle.
"Where is Flynn?" I asked.
"He's downstairs in a cell."
"I need to see him," I insisted, making an attempt to walk out of the study, but Kyle's hand wrapped around my wrist and halted me.
"What?" I asked him.
"I don't think it's a good idea."
"Why?" I pulled my wrist free from his hold.
He pressed his lips together. "I can't give you a reason except I don't have a good feeling about this."
It wasn't enough. Even though Flynn was a Keeper, he had saved my life. Like Harrison, I couldn't label him purely as the enemy. They were different.
"Flynn saved my life," I said, trying to explain to Kyle.
"But he thought you were human." That silenced me. "What if you had been a werewolf? Do you think he would have saved you then?"
I wanted to say yes but if that scenario had played out, he probably wouldn't have.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
