The radio crackled to life with Darius Crowe's voice, and my blood turned to ice as his words slammed into our hideout like a fresh explosion. "Turn that up right now." I lunged for the old device on the table, my newly bonded strength making my hands shake less but my heart race harder. The marks from Damien, Ezra, and Kai still burned warm on my skin, tying us tight, but this news threatened to rip everything apart again. Damien reached it first, cranking the volume as static fought the broadcast. "That bastard. He's actually doing it." Ezra paced the small cabin floor, boots thudding fast. "Listen. Don't miss a word." Kai stood by the window, peering through a crack in the boards. "He's using the lab blast chaos. Smart and dirty." The voice on the radio boomed clearer. "This i

