Darkness Falls (The Darkness Duet #2)

Chapter 42

Barrett

S ebastian and Callie disappeared from my sight, and Kyler went his own way, leaving me alone to manage the bags of bombs. I grabbed the last few things I needed from the car, shoveled them into a backpack, and grabbed the bags before making my way through the woods. As much as I wanted to go in the direction Callie and Seb went, I had to play my part first.

My role was to place the bombs around the compound while they were in the trial and secure the doors of the main building. I honestly think I had the easiest task out of everyone because they needed me to be available to run interference if it came down to it.

Once I’m sure everyone is inside the building, I secure all the doors except the front. Then, I made quick work of placing bombs on each one of the main buildings. I drop a few extras in miscellaneous places around the compound as well. They’re all already programmed to blow with the button on my phone.

I finally came back to the main building to set the bombs around each side of it and set them to explode with the others. I hate the idea of setting these up with my girl and my brother still inside, but everything needs to be ready. My eyes drift to the front door, and I wonder how Callie is holding up. She's probably telling them off and putting each one of those smug bastards in their place.

I pull out my phone and shoot Sebastian the coded message, so he knows everything is in place. They are free to cause complete chaos. I bet it will be a sight to see. All those dumb fuckers thought they were untouchable. So many of them worked their way into our justice system and high-ranking positions all over the country. That doesn’t matter, though; thanks to Callie, we have a cover story prepared and ready.

She completes every one of us. As soon as this shit is done and over with, I'm going to tie her to my bed and tease her with my knife until she begs me to fuck her.

I clear my mind and focus back on my duties. I’m supposed to go back to the car to meet up with Kyler now, but I need to make sure Callie and Seb are okay, so I hang back. The place is locked and loaded, and they shouldn’t be too far behind. If Seb gives me shit for waiting, I’ll take it. I don’t care.

I go to the tree line to watch from a distance, and the front door opens less than five minutes later. I see Damien pulling Callie outside and start walking toward them to help her, but I pause when I see her put her kickboxing skills to good use. She is a work of art. The way she holds her own, keeping him off of her long enough for Sebastian to inject him with the drug, makes me so proud .

I run over to them, eager to get this over with, and Callie smiles. Seb scowls while instructing me to help him with Damien, so I grab the guy's arm and wrap it around my neck.

We walk as quickly as we possibly can, knowing we are working with limited time. If we take too long, we risk someone finding a way out of the building. We don't know if they're still fighting one another, and I regret not tapping into their cameras.

"We need to hurry," I say like they don't already know.

We pick up the pace, almost at a sprint now, and make good time to get where we need to be. We cross another tree, and I feel confident we are safely out of range of the bombs, so I stop. Seb and I drop Damien to the ground, and I try my best to catch my breath. Pulling out my phone, I click open the app that I’ve connected with the bombs before looking over at Callie.

"Do you want to do the honors, princess?"

She looks up with wide eyes before she grabs the phone from my hands. She stares down at it before briefly looking back in the direction of Rogue. We can't see the compound anymore, but I can sense her turmoil.

"They deserve it. They're going to keep hurting people. You know this is the only way to move forward," I reassure her.

"What if they can change? I don't know if I can do this. They can't all be bad."

"Callie, every single one of those men knew what they were doing. Did any of them stand up for you or try to change things at the trial? They were going to let you either be killed or leave you at the hands of Damien again."

“He’s right, trouble. They didn’t give a shit about your fate. You shouldn’t care about theirs,” Seb says.

She looks from him to me and to the phone again, still hesitating.

"We don't have time for this. Do it, or I will," Seb says, and she glares at him. He nods at her for encouragement before finally saying, "Show them how strong you are."

Her finger comes up, and she slides the button across the phone. A bright light flashes in the sky over the trees, and a moment later, we hear a loud 'boom.’ The ground shakes below us, and Callie looks up. We stand here like this for a minute, watching as smoke fills the sky.

Callie takes a deep breath before dropping the phone with a shaky hand. I close the distance between us, knowing she needs something to help calm her thoughts, and push her into a nearby tree. I smile when her back hits the bark, making her wince.

My lips crash onto hers, and I tangle my fingers into her hair, pulling her head back. She groans in my mouth, biting down on my bottom lip. This girl is perfect. I press my body tightly against hers and wrap my fingers around her delicate throat, with my thumb rubbing up and down her pulse point as our tongues fight for dominance in each other's mouths.

Seb clears his throat behind us, and I reluctantly break away from her to look over my shoulder and see him standing there with his arms crossed. "Our girl needs to be punished for hesitating. Are you going to help me or not?" I try.

"She can be punished when we get back to the house. We need to get out of here before the cops show up. We also need to confirm with Kyler that nothing looked suspicious when he flew the drone over."

I hate that he's right. I turn back to her and plant one last kiss on her lips, freeing my hand from her neck and reaching down to tweak her nipple, before I pull back.

"I promise I'll take care of you when we're safe, princess."

"I'm holding you to that." She glares at me, straightening herself out and walking over to Seb.

I lean down to grab the phone, pocketing it before Seb and I grab hold of Damien again and continue our walk with Callie leading the way. When we get close to the edge of the woods. She breaks out into a sprint, likely running to Kyler or Avery.