“WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY’LL do to us?” Angel twisted against the ropes tying his hands, listening carefully for screaming. He ignored the assistant’s question, still unsure which side the kid was on. Angel hoped the silence above his head was proof that they were leaving Juliana and the girl alone. Though he wasn’t stupid. He knew Randolph was keeping them alive to use as leverage against his real target and that, as soon as they were no longer useful he’d kill them. Angel needed to make sure that didn’t happen. The only way to do that was to get out of that basement room. A door slammed above him and his head snapped up. Male voices rumbled, unintelligible through the floor, followed by the unmistakable sound of a woman’s voice. He struggled harder to loosen the ropes, blood slicking t

