The issue the Redgrave pack had was that the room had three keys. They held onto two, but the last was missing. Had been for a while now, and no one knew where it was.
Dominic had paused, though, tilting his head, fixated on Sin far too intently all of a sudden.
He looked equal parts impressed and deadly, and I wondered, for a moment, if he might just crack.
I tensed, hackles rising. That key was important enough I wouldn’t put it past him to drag Sin into his cell and torture the truth from him.
After a long pause, he seemed to think better of it.
“If I get you the key, Dominic, she won’t be a show for anyone andyoumake sure we get to our appeal in one place,” Sin said.
“Where is it?”
“I’ll prove I have it by tomorrow night, but I won’t give it to you until you walk us into our appeal safe and sound.”
Dominic’s eyes narrowed. “I want it now.”
Sin shrugged. “Tough.”
Dominic ground his teeth together and I tried to keep an impassive expression. The fuckingcontraband room key? Was Sin insane? I knew he was trying to get us all the way to safetywith this one massive piece of leverage, but what was to stop Dominic from just killing us all and tearing our cell (and us) apart until he found it?
“Kill me, and you’ll never get it back,” Sin added. “Do we have a deal?”
Sin held out a hand. Dominic hesitated only a moment before taking it.
Getting Crescent in a cage with Sin was a lucrative endeavour, I knew that, but the key to the contraband room? That would solidify their leverage over the whole of Anarchy.
“I swear, Sin, fuck this up and I’ll lock you both in that cage and show to any alpha who wants to watch.” Dominic’s hand shook Sin’s, and he waved us off with that parting threat.
I felt the blood drain from my face as I stepped away, Sin at my side, looking back to the table to where Crescent was still tucked between Karma and Vandle.
“Do youhaveit?” I hissed as we got out of Dominic’s earshot.
He tilted his head in what I could only presume was an affirmation.
I almost face-palmed. “Did itoccurto you it might have been better to trade that in at the start instead of offering her up on a silver platter?” I asked as he headed back to the pack.
“I didn’t know she was going to be so… Crescent,” he said with a shrug. “And I was hoping I didn’t have to use it. I was going to leave it to the Emerald pack. They’ll be exposed once we’re gone, and it’s a few months before their appeal.”
I considered that.
He wasn’twrong.
“How did you get it?” I demanded.
Sin grinned, tapping his nose.
I rolled my eyes. “Why didn’t you tell us?” That was some insane leverage.
“The less you know, the safer you are.”
I scowled. “It’s not your job to protect us.” The opposite. Itshouldbe. But Sin had always been different. I sighed. “How many other bargaining chips do you have up your sleeve that we don’t know about?”
He turned, spreading his arms, a mischievous smile playing on his lips, but of course gave me no answer whatsoever as we reached the table where Crescent, Phantom, and Karma were waiting.
CRESCENT
Right right right, so… I had apack.