I cleared my throat past the choke hold my heart had on it, and answered him. “I’m fine. Be out in a sec.”
I ran some water and splashed it over my face. I rather desperately needed a comb.
Two more knocks on the room door, followed by a, “Hey, it’s me,” and the rattle of chains as Rafael let Lucas in.
I emerged from the bathroom. Rafael regarded me with concern, but when I waved him off, he backed away. I managed to stagger to the bed.
Lucas watched me, too, Did he think I was about to shatter into a million pieces? Hmm, I sort of felt like I would, if I were honest.
“Nikolai says there is a team coming to get us out of here,” the Morph said.
I squinted at him. For a moment, there were two Lucases. “I’m not Jumping us out?” Only then did I realize that the asshole Dragon hadn’t given me a Jump point.
I pictured Havoc in my mind, and shouted.Hey!
Ouch! Fucking hell, woman. I almost flew into a cliff.
Where are you?
On our way to Sarti. To get you out.
What happened to me Jumping?
You in any shape to Jump?
No. No, I wasn’t. But that wasn’t his call to make.
Apparently having him cruising through my mind meant he could pick up thoughts not directed at him.The Watcherbitch made it clear I’m not to give you the location until you are ready.
Lucas and Rafael were both staring at me. “Havoc won’t give me the Jump refs.”
“Smart Dragon,” Rafael said approvingly.
“You can’t Jump in your current condition,” Lucas stated.
“So Havoc is risking himself to come here and get us out?”
I’m not alone, Dreambit,he said in my mind.
Dreambit?
You didn’t like Dreambitch. Not that what you like matters one bit to me… Anyway, I have fucking company.He sounded royally pissed off.
Lucas responded before Havoc could clarify it further. “He’s got Marcus, the Dragona, and the Satyr with him.”
I stared. Marcus and Havoctogether? “Hmm, that’s bound to end well.”
Lucas’s lips twitched. “Nikolai said much the same thing. No love lost between those two guys. But maybe working together is the best thing for them.” He cast a look at Rafael, but the other man didn’t respond.
“Or it will get one of them killed,” I stated.
“Or that,” Lucas agreed.
“This is all so stupid. If you just give me some crystal dust, I can Jump us out of here, and go into rehab when we arrive.”
“You were pushing it as it was,” Lucas said. “And there is no rehab for Morphs. Once addicted—without the help of a healer, it’s a one-way trip.”
Rafael’s entire body went rigid.
