Chapter 196

Trey's POV Things weren’t going the way I planned. We’d tried to breach Red Crescent’s territory several times over the past few days and failed every time. Even when I sent two men in from opposite ends of the perimeter, their patrols were on them within minutes, too fast to be a coincidence. They didn’t know our objective yet, but they clearly knew we were rogues. I couldn’t wait to see the looks on their smug faces when they realized why we were really there, to kill them. That thought was the only thing keeping me sane these days. The rest of my crew was growing more nervous by the day. It didn’t help when Tom suddenly snapped, “When were you going to tell us about the vampires, Trey?” The tension in the air shifted immediately. He already knew. I narrowed my eyes as he turned his phone toward us. A picture lit up the screen, it was me, sprawled on the ground, bloodied, with Oliver towering over me like death itself. It was from the day he attacked me for hurting Maya. I didn’t nee