She looks between us and nods toward the side door, wincing.
Kaz notices immediately and prowls toward her, lifting her into his arms.
“I’m fine. You don’t have to carry me.”
He grunts in response, carrying her inside anyway.
Guess that leaves me and Keir to deal with the big Russian bastard.
We head around the back of the SUV, where the fucker is still knocked out in the back.
Keir pops open the trunk, watching as Kaz carries Selene inside. I can feel his obsession brewing even though he was an asshole to her earlier.
I clap a hand on his shoulder. “Let’s get to this interrogation.”
He nods, and we each grab an arm, dragging the Russian inside.
The room is cold. Sterile.
White walls. A drain in the center of the floor. A stainless-steel table, chains dangling from the ceiling. A toolbox sits in the corner—definitely not filled with actual tools.
Kaz sets Selene down on the table and looks her over before stepping away.
“We’ll chain him up, then wake him,” Keir says.
Kaz and I close the steel cuffs around the Russian’s wrists, securing him in place before Keir pulls the chains tight, raising him just enough that his toes barely graze the floor.
“There’s a hose on the wall if you want to use that to wake him.”
We all turn to where Selene is pointing.
I grab it while Kaz turns on the water.
Ice-cold.
I spray the bastard in the face.
He sputters and jerks awake, cursing in Russian.
Keir steps forward, cracking his knuckles.
“You’re going to tell us everything we want to know.”
The Russian spits blood onto the floor. “Fuck you.”
Keir smiles, but there’s no warmth in it. “Wrong answer.”
I walk over to the toolbox, flipping it open. Knives. Pliers. A blowtorch.
I whistle low. “Well, well. Someone knows how to have fun.”
Keir moves to the side of the man, cracking his neck. “Selene, you want to watch or step out?”
She scoffs. “Oh, I’m watching, I have some questions of my own.”
The Russian sneers at her. “Little girl, you think you scare me?”
Selene tilts her head. “I don’t think—I know considering the position you’re in.”
