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“You’re lying, and I want to know why.”
    Onyx eyed Craze warily as the man came further into the room and sat down in the seat Fiero had recently vacated. He wasn’t the only one either. They had no way to know if they could trust their ex-lover, and it made him twitchy. He didn’t want Echo anywhere near the man.
    Very slowly, everyone resumed their seats, Fiero snagging the chair beside Onyx and leaving Hex to pace. “If something happens to my friends because you’re a lying fuckwad, I will gut you like a fish,” Echo said calmly. “I promise you won’t be able to heal from what I do to you. So, you have about two minutes to make this right and prove to me why I shouldn’t do exactly that.”
    “I don’t have a reason why you shouldn’t, and to be honest, I wouldn’t fight back.”
    “Explain,” Eyce growled.
    Onyx had never heard so much hostility in one word before. If Craze didn’t start giving them some answers soon, things were going to turn ugly fast.
    “Your story doesn’t add up.” Echo paced right alongside Hex. “If it’s so dangerous for us to get to Jinx and Syn, then how did you talk to them?”
    “I just talked to a member of Lorcan’s pack,” Eyce added. “Lorcan is missing as well, so it definitely wasn’t him who called earlier. None of the pack have seen Jet and Pax either.”
    Craze propped his elbows on the table and dropped his forehead to his hands. He spoke without looking up. “I don’t know about Lorcan, or any of the others. I swear, I don’t.”
    “Then where are Jinx and Syn?” Myst asked icily.
    “Exactly where I said they were.” Craze finally lifted his head to look at them. His eyes were red-rimmed, and he swallowed several times before he spoke again. “I told Jinx and Syn about the vampire clan that moved into the area. I wanted them to be on their guard and understand why they couldn’t go off on their own.”
    “So why did they?” Onyx asked.
    “They were feeling guilty about attacking Echo. I should have just kept my stupid mouth shut!” Craze shook his head and pulled at his spiky blond hair. “I wasn’t even thinking. I made some stupid comment about how it would be nice if we had someone inside the coven that could feed information to us. I was just thinking out loud, ya know? I fell asleep and when I woke up they were gone.”
    “When was this?” Hex paused in his pacing to face Craze.
    “The same night as the new moon.” Craze sighed. “I knew exactly where they’d gone, but by the time I got there it was too late. They’d already been initiated into the coven.”
    “Why didn’t you just tell us that?” Mac fidgeted in his seat as he spoke.
    “Because I fucking ran like a coward!” Craze yelled. “First I plant the idea into their heads, then I get there just in time to watch them being beaten and fed the blood of the coven leader, and I did nothing to stop it!”
    “You didn’t try to save them?” Echo asked incredulously.
    “They were surrounded by thirty goddamn vampires! If I’da made a move, Jinx and Syn woulda been dead before I could reach ’em.” The man’s southern accent slipped in the more agitated he became. “I’m strong, but I ain’t strong enough to face down thirty vampires. I hung ’round the next day, tryin’ to figure out a way to get to ’em, but this clan is a lot bigger and a lot stronger than we thought.”
    “We would have helped you,” Echo said, but he’d abandoned the scathing tone. “Why didn’t you ask for help?”
    “This is my mess,” Craze snarled. “I didn’ wanna drag y’all into it. I know y’all think I’m some big asshole, and Jinx and Syn deserve bettah. Yer prob’ly right. I have to get ’em back, though.”
    “You really don’t know where Gage and Sony are?” Mac whispered.
    Craze glanced over at the smaller man and shook his head sadly. He took a deep breath and looked to be trying to compose himself. “I’m sorry, Mac. I’d tell you if I