So why free my sisters? Why try to let me go?
This scene wasn’t adding up to Drew.
Rough hands grabbed his arms and hauled him back.
Tina still wasn’t speaking. She was just watching him with those wide, resolute eyes of hers.
That knife was so close to her throat. If he fought the two men right then, in front of Carl, the SOB could slit her throat while he watched.
No, he couldn’t risk it. He had to pick a better moment to attack. Hold on, Tina. I’ll get you out of here.
That was what he tried to tell her with his stare, but what he said was, “Goodbye, Doc.”
She blinked back tears.
They pulled him away. Shoved him toward the door.
When he tried to turn back, the taller man put a gun to Drew’s head. “Now walk away, hero. Don’t look back. Just go.”
Was Carl already using his blade on Tina? He didn’t hear a sound coming from her.
“There’s going to be no escape for you two,” Drew said, deliberately using the code word because he wanted the EOD agents to swarm. “You won’t be able to just walk out of here. You have to know that’s not going to happen.”
But the men just smirked at him. “Who said anything about walking?”
Drew was directly in front of the main entrance. A few more steps and he’d be out of the building.
Only, he didn’t plan to leave.
“Why just follow orders?” he demanded even as he palmed the small blade he’d tucked beneath his belt. You missed that one on your weapons search. “Why let Devast use you? He’s going to make sure you all die, too. Don’t you realize that?”
But the men started laughing. Drew’s hold on his weapon tightened.
“You don’t really think we’re letting you all go, do you?” the taller guy demanded.
“Ten, nine, eight...” his sidekick began.
Drew tensed. “What the—?”
“Your sisters were wired, Agent Lancaster. Hell, I don’t think they even knew those collars we snapped around their necks were set to blow—”
Drew spun for the door. He rushed outside.
“The EOD agents got them, right? Those guys who are surrounding us? Guess they’ll all go boom soon enough.”
“Three...two...”
An explosion erupted, shaking the ground and sending Drew flying.
* * *
TINA SCREAMED WHEN she heard the explosion.
The knife sliced the side of her neck.
“That will keep those agents busy.” Carl smiled at her. “I’m supposed to take my time with you, so let’s go, honey. Let’s go enjoy ourselves.”
More men rushed inside. They all headed to the back of the building. Carl was trying to haul her that way, too.