Page 76 of Knight’s Salvation

Chapter 18

Mia’s phonebeeped and she raced over to check it.

Call you when I can.

Zenon’s reply did not ease her worry. Not one damn bit. She hadn’t seen him for three days, and if it hadn’t been for the delicious way her body ached the day he left without so much as a goodbye, she’d think that night had been nothing but a dream.

The way he’d taken her, the needy, desperate way he’d clung to her.

Something was wrong.

Closing her eyes, she tried to calm the unease churning in her stomach. It had almost been like he was trying to tell her something…

Like he was saying goodbye.

No. She couldn’t think that. They’d been in regular contact, texting several times day. He’d replied like he always did, if a bit distant, telling her he missed her but he was busy and wasn’t sure when he’d be back. She knew there were demons causing trouble all over the city, but something didn’t feel right.

Chaos had even tried to reassure her, but she hadn’t missed the covert glances they gave each other when she asked about him. They were hiding something from her, and it was driving her crazy.

She didn’t want to believe Zenon would keep secrets from her, but she didn’t buy it. She wasn’t going to let him run away and hide this time. Keeping something from her that was seriously bothering him wasn’t going to fly. Not now.

It’d been weeks since she’d left the compound. And she didn’t see that changing anytime soon, especially after one of the demons they had locked up below the compound escaped two days ago. The knights had gone into full-on overprotection mode, and she and the others staying there had been further restricted.

No, her only option was to sneak out. She hated to do it, but she had to see Zenon, make sure he was all right with her own two eyes. Thanks to some snooping on the control room computers—in the guise of online shopping—and the GPS installed in Zenon’s phone, she knew the area he was patrolling. She’d just text him when she got to that part of town, tell him where she was, and wait for him to come to her. No leaving the car, no taking any unnecessary risks. Simple.

Of course, Chaos wouldn’t see it that way, hence the sneaking.

The lift doors slid open and she pulled the keys for the black SUV closest to the basement door from her pocket. She knew from watching the live feeds in the control room that there was a blind spot and as long as she could get in without anyone seeing who was driving, she might have a chance.

She climbed in, started it up, and drove out of the parking garage. That was the easy part. Now her escape would be broadcast to whoever was on watch tonight. The knights were the only ones who could enter without waiting to be let in manually, if they were travelling by car. Everyone else needed to be cleared by camera. Hopefully, if someone was watching they’d assume it was one of the knights driving the SUV. She’d found Zenon’s bike keys in the bedside drawer, and she pulled them out of her bag, used the small remote attached to activate the gates, and held her breath.

The metal giants shuddered then kicked into action, sliding open to reveal the dark deserted road beyond the compound. Surrounded by abandoned warehouses and empty lots, the place the knights called home was private, out of the way, and about as far from homely as you could get.

Glancing in the rearview mirror, she watched the gates slide shut behind her and released an anxious breath.

It took forty minutes to drive into Roxburgh and head to the other side of the city. The well-lit streets appeared to be lined with high-end shops and upscale apartments.

It was raining hard, and she had the wipers on full to navigate the unfamiliar streets. The car’s GPS told her she was on Jacobson. This was where the compound’s computer tracking software said Zenon was located. Pulling over, she looked out the window but couldn’t see much through the sheets of rain pouring down.

Taking a deep breath, she keyed in a quick text telling him where she was and asking if he could come to her. He’d be pissed with her for leaving the compound, but what did he expect when he was doing his best to shut her out again?

“Not this time, buddy,” she muttered under her breath.

It seemed to take ages, but finally he answered. Don’t move. Sending someone to bring you up to me.

Okay. So he wasn’t working alone. That thought helped her relax. He had someone at his back. Thank God.

Mia jumped and let out a shriek when, minutes later, a dark figure banged on the driver’s door. She opened the window a crack.

“Mia?”

“Yes.”

“I’ve come to take you to Zenon.”

If this this guy was some random nutjob he’d have no way of knowing her name or Zenon’s.

She opened the door, and the guy took her arm immediately and rushed her across the street and through the doors to one of the apartment buildings. When they got in the elevator, he glanced down at her and grinned. “So you’re Zenon’s female.”