Chapter 44 · Forbidden Resonance

"Don't move." Kane's hand slammed against my chest just as the void blade came down.

The weapon missed my throat by an inch.

Black metal screamed against the brick behind me. The alley wall split open, and a cold line of nothing spread through the stones. My skin crawled. Every mark on the contract burned at once.

The hunter twisted the blade free. His face stayed hidden behind a smooth gray mask.

"Get behind me," Kane ordered.

"Try ordering someone else."

I shoved his arm away and stepped beside him.

His head snapped toward me. "Selah."

"You told me to run last time. Look how well that worked out."

The hunter lifted the blade again. "The Bureau wants you alive. Kane is optional."

Kane's fingers closed around my wrist. His grip was hot, tight, and way too familiar after everything we'd survived together.

"You heard him," he said. "Move."

"Let go."

"Not until you stop trying to get yourself killed."

"You don't get to complain. You emptied a gun at him."

"It was a tactical choice."

"It was stupid."

"You liked it when I was stupid enough to save you.