Chapter 13
“What are you doing?” Ryder released my wrist in order to shove Lupe away from me. She bared her teeth in reply, the tips of formerly flat incisors stretching into points.
“I’m doing what you should have done,” she growled. “I’m restraining the danger. Now keep your hands to yourself.”
As Lupe spoke, the air around her turned so frigidly electric I could barely breathe. But Ryder didn’t seem to notice. Instead, he turned his back on his boss, bending down to peer at the metal collar I’d already tried to yank off with no effect.
His finger tapped once on the bumpy area I only realized was a keypad when Ryder demanded, “Combination?”
“Why don’t you guess?” Lupe smiled, but it didn’t look like she was enjoying this. Instead, something about her expression felt like a warning o
