Chapters (28)
“How do you want to do this?” Decker asked.
“Everyone exits on the driver’s side,” Magnus said without hesitation. “Stephanie, you will have to climb over the seat to come out my door. I want a tight group till we are in the house.”
It was definitely a tight group. Allie and Liam were surrounded and herded into the house at a quick march. She didn’t even realize the others were on their heels until they got inside and the kitchen filled as they entered. There were several moments of chaos as coats and boots were shed and put away, and then Elvi suggested the children should go watch a movie in the living room. Everyone then helped gather pop and chips for the children and get them settled in front of a movie with their goodies. But the moment the adults were alone and the living room door was closed, Magnus turned to Tricia’s husband and asked, “Are you sure they were immortals, Teddy?”
“As sure as I’m standing here,” Teddy Brunswick said firmly. “I turned onto Main Street just as they were passing. My headlights reflected off their eyes. Caught my attention, so I took the next side street, backtracked on the next road over, got in front of them, and pulled up to the corner to get a good look at them as they passed to be sure they weren’t Enforcers Lucian might have sent down.”
“I’m guessing they were not?” Magnus said grimly.
Teddy shook his head. “Not any I’ve met. They all had long hair and were slovenly. A couple had bloodstains on their clothes.”
“Rogues,” Tybo said grimly. “And it has to be Abaddon and his people. They must have tracked Allie here.”
“Yes. But how?” Magnus asked, and everyone turned to look at her.
Allie stiffened as she found herself the focus of so many eyes.
“At the Enforcer house we decided they must have been tracking her car somehow, but that is back at the apartment in Toronto,” Magnus pointed out, holding out his hand to her.
Allie found herself moving to his side without even thinking about it, an unconscious bid to escape being the center of attention. It didn’t really do that, but she still felt better having him next to her, his hand closing warm over hers.
“Obviously, it wasn’t the car,” Tybo said with a frown, and then shook his head. “But the only things they brought here with them were the clothes they were wearing and the Go bags.”
“I’ll get the bags,” Drina said, and hurried out of the room to jog upstairs.
“There’s nothing in them that anyone could trace or follow,” Allie said with a frown. “I packed them. All they have is protein bars, a first aid kit, a blanket, some money, and bottled water.”
“It is best to check,” Magnus said gently. “They could have slipped a tracker into one of the bags when they were at the apartment, or at an earlier point when they caught up to you.”