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it, though. She’d make sure Cadence did, too. As an empath, the woman was terrifyingly accurate, a veritable emotional compass who kept the team glued together.  
    “If the dust has settled from what went down today, I want to call a meeting with my crew and yours. Read everyone in, access what all I did right before things went south. Between us all, maybe we can figure out what happened.”  
    “You saw something Conver wanted under wraps. It must be big to bring this sort of firepower and attention with the populace. The powers that be don’t take too kindly to media storms since it threatens to expose our existence to the public.”  
     Devyn was sick of being a dirty little secret.  
    Before she could respond, the door to the down room thudded open, slamming against the metal wall behind it. Dare tossed a weapon in her direction and paused as though in thought for a moment before flinging one in Dagan’s direction. Mia walked in behind Dare, her expression grim. Something was wrong.  
    Devyn processed surveillance footage again. “The perimeter’s been breached. I’m counting seven, no ten, targets in the northwestern tunnels. Why is Rider off-grid?”  
    Dare flexed his fists. “He had shit to sort, not sure where he is.”  
    “But we never remove electronic tracking. We agreed.” She pinged them daily, some days hourly, to reassure herself they were okay. They were free, away from Lang. Rider generally wouldn’t deny her that comfort, but the carefully guarded stare Dare directed at her stated otherwise. She’d always been able to read Dare. He made it so. What had she done?  
    “I cut him that deep.”  
    Devyn forced a tight leash on the emotions warring for control. Guilt would win eventually. It always did. For now she had to get everyone secure, handle the imminent threat. “You secure Cadence. Mia can help set the charges if we have to detonate The Hive. I wish Rider was here to handle Cade.”  
    “Me too.” Dare unsheathed a KABAR. “You two get the hell out of here. We’ll meet up when the dust settles.”  
    “We’ll hold them back to give you time to clear out.” No way in hell was she leaving Dare and the others to handle evacuations without her.  
    Rider, I get that you’re pissed, but we could use you back at headquarters. Conver’s here.  
    Devyn cursed into the responding silence. Not good. Something stunk. Pissed or not, Rider never walked away from his duties. He breathed and bled Indigo.  
    “Devyn.” Dare grasped her shoulder until she focused on him. Thoughts ceased when she saw the determination in his face. “You’re leaving. They get you, this all goes away. You are Indigo. You’re protected, no matter what. It’s the vow we took when we started this shit.”  
    “No. We didn’t.”  
    “Yeah, we did.” Mia pulled her weapon and sneered at Dagan. “Keep her safe, like we always do. She’s all that matters, after all.”  
    Sarcasm dripped from her statement. What the hell?  
    Dagan nodded.  
    Devyn shook off Dare’s touch. “We don’t have time to argue. We’ll cover you.” She couldn’t get caught. They couldn’t go back. Lang would….  
    Her pulse quickened; her skin crawled. They’d been found. Indigo had been breached. Her team couldn’t be harmed because of what she’d done, what she’d discovered. Coming back here had been a terrible mistake. She couldn’t let them pay the penalty.  
    “I’m covering you,” she stated firmly.  
    “You got this?” Dare asked as he looked over her head. Dagan. Men. They always thought they could handle her.  
    Warmth flowed through her blood, spreading with a swift, methodic stroke that settled in her mind. She wanted to leave this place, wrap up in the fiery heat and sleep for an eternity. No. Not now. She had to…. What was she arguing with Dare about? She recognized his “I’m not discussing this further” stance, yet she couldn’t remember why she’d been arguing with