Chapter 187

#54

Eli watches Carver pause with his finger staying completely still against the trigger. A slow smile spreads across his thin lips as he looks at Lucia for a long, quiet moment.

“You really have your father’s flair for dramatic negotiation, Miss Reid,” Carver says in a slightly annoyed tone. “Very well. Let’s make a deal... I spare the boy’s life right here, and in exchange, you walk away with us without causing any more trouble.”

Like hell.

“No,” Eli says immediately.

“We have a deal,” Lucia says as she steps forward, ignoring Eli entirely.

Eli feels a sudden wave of pure panic crash through his chest. He knows Carver’s patterns better than anyone, and he instantly recognizes the proposal for what it really is: complete and utter bullshit.

The second Lucia steps past that door and is locked in the back of a van, Carver will turn around and put a bullet directly between his eyes.

“What?!” Eli tries to lunge forward but is pushed back to