Alien Devil's Bluff (Black Star Mates Book 2) by Ava York

Author:Ava York [York, Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-27T00:00:00+00:00

LAUX

We handed Munk off to the guards and tried to help any remaining patrons escape. It was incredible how fear could affect a person. People who normally would have known exactly how to get out banged on random doors as if it were the exit.

Others were huddled in corners screaming and shaking, too afraid to even move. And then there were the ones who had tried to run but had lost their footing. There were at least a dozen people who were trampled and had serious injuries. There were half a dozen more that hadn’t been as lucky.

One of those had been one of Munk’s men, the Nazok with the scar on his cheek that we’d watched out for.

When Lila learned he was dead, her face went ashen.

“I hadn’t meant to kill him,” she murmured. “I know he wasn’t a good man, but still, I hadn’t meant to kill him.”

I pulled her close to me. She wasn’t like us. She wasn’t used to the blood and the violence and the killing. And the first kill was always the hardest.

Finally, we evacuated everyone. Someone took down the smoke generators that had been placed on the dance floor. Munk was escorted away by none other than Alkard himself. And the fire from the bar had been put out.

The bartender was dead.

I clenched my jaw, thinking how it could have easily been Lila.

Koll.

My blood boiled just thinking about the scum bag.

Ever since things had started to go wrong, Koll had immediately come to mind. Lila was right. I shouldn’t have trusted him. I shouldn’t have banked on the fact that he would be intimidated enough to not cross us.

And yet it didn’t make sense. Why would he risk my wrath just for this? If he was really going to betray me, why not do some damage? Why not bomb the place like Munk wanted?

What exactly did all this accomplish?

Sure, we were going to take a big hit tonight and lose out on the profits from a big night like Luminance Day. But we could recover. The damage wasn’t irreparable.

The bar would be replaced and any damage done by the fire could be fixed in no time. So why risk so much for so little?

I’d already told the men to do a sweep for Koll, though I wasn’t confident they’d actually find him. Koll had known the real plan longer than any of us had. Odds were, he already had an escape ready. He had a reputation for being able to disappear without a trace. It’s what made him so valuable.

And dangerous.

“This must have been a set up from the beginning,” Draven snarled. “That handsy Talamarian, the rescue of Queegan… all an act to get Koll in with us.”

A growl crawled from my throat. I vowed that when I got my hands on that traitor, I was going to make his suffering utterly excruciating.

With the fire out, we went back inside to inspect the damage. The casino looked like it was in a fog from the smoke still lingering in the air.

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