Dante

The lights flicker, and I duck, hearing the whizz of bullets zooming through the air. “Fuck, Alex!” I shout, pulling him up from the floor and under a nearby table for cover. “Are you hit?”

“No, you?”

“No.” I look back over to find Luna, but she’s gone. “Fuck, she’s gone, Alex!” I turn frantically back to him.

“Go! Fuck the plan, I’m fine! Find Luna!”

With his blessing, I don’t wait another second.

I push up from the floor, crouching behind tables, making my way through piled bloody bodies as more shots ring out, and I take cover.

A dead body lay at my feet, and their face looked familiar—a Constanza brother, the one who stood behind Johnny that day in the casino.

One less brother I have to find.

The gunfire ceases, and I take my chance to make a run for it. I run as fast as I can out of the tent and into the nearby treeline to take cover. I hear a faint scream as I crash into the bush.

Luna—but where did it come from?

Silence.

I have to move now, or I’ll lose her. She’s stuck on this Island unless she’s on a boat. The thought fills me with dread, but no, no, she’s here still. I feel her. I know my angel is still here, and I will find her.

I push up from the bush and head where my intuition tells me.

I have none of my usual gear to help me, no phone to track her, no camera to follow; it’s primal, and it’s raw.

And once I get my hands around Greg’s neck, I will make him suffer for everything he’s done to her.

I will make him feel every bit of hurt she has, and so much more.

I might rent a warehouse out and hire a shady doctor to keep this fucker alive purely so I can have my way with him, as many times as his pathetic body will allow before giving out.

His fear will be delicious.

I don’t want his fear. I want his life.

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