Chapter 190

Selene rode through the dark carrying an unconscious Lydia.

She found Kael and Lena waiting at the edge of a scrubline. No one said anything when Selene handed Lydia over. She let Kael wrap Lydia in a blanket.

Caius wasn't with them.

Romano flicked his cigarette away without looking at it. “He held them back,” he said. “Bought us time.”

Selene's jaw tightened. “Where is he?”

Romano shook his head slowly. “Last I saw, he was in the lab. Cutting his way through a lot of men. I didn't—” He stopped.

Selene's fist tightened, her jaw clenched. “We're going back in.”

“We just left a compound filled with...