Creed’s PoV.
“Stay here,” I said to Hunter before walking off, as much as it killed me to leave her in that lounge, within Kerrington’s territory, there was something else I had to do, to make sure the events of today never repeated itself.
Hunter stood rigidly by the door, his face was cold and his eyes were heavy with guilt. I didn’t bother trying to assuage his feelings, as much as everything that happened was obviously a plot, I had given him strict instructions to not let her leave his side for that very reason.
If he weren’t my cousin I’d have cut him up as slowly as possible, just so he could feel half of the pain and frustration I felt in the hours when she was missing.
That was a small mercy at least.
I pulled out a cigarette from the pack in my pocket and lit it with on
