Forbidden (Blood Ties #7)

My cell rang. I answered instantly, barking down the line as I headed through the first lot of doors and out into the hallway. “The trucks are supposed to cometomorrow!”

I slammed my access card on the scanner and pushed through before I ran.

“It’s not the truck.”

I slowed at the next doors, slammed my card once more and waited for the lock to release for me to punch through.

Red.

I hit the door on instinct.Boom!The lock didn’t release, causing me to bounce off the door.“Fuck!”I stepped back, slamming the card against the reader once more.

Red.

Again.

Red.

“What do you mean,it’s not the trucks?”

“There’s been no trucks through the gate.” Walker grunted as he panted.“Jesus fucking Christ.Stevens is dead. They put a fucking bullet in his brain. There’s—hold on—“

The low creak of a door echoed, followed by the thud of his steps. “There’s a sign of a struggle in her room.”

“A struggle?” I repeated, my voice low.

The words resounded in my brain…a struggle.

I turned back to the scanner and drove my card against it once more.

Red.

Red.

Red.

“I can’t get in.” I lifted my gaze to the doors. “I CAN’T FUCKING GET IN!”

“What do you mean?”

I stared at those doors as the thud of steps came behind me. “They revoked my fucking access.” I answered and lunged at the doors, throwing my shoulder against them.“They FUCKING REVOKED MY ACCESS!”

“Riven!”Kane roared. “What the fuck is going on?”

I couldn’t answer, just stabbed my finger at the scanner. “Open the goddamn door!”

He looked at me, then thrust his card against the same device. Still, the scanner glowed red.

“Walker.” I gasped desperately. “We can’t get in.”

“Hold on.” He grunted, sucking in hard breaths. “I’m on my way to you.”

“Riven!”Kane barked. “What thehellis going on?”

I didn’t want to say it. Because if I did, then it’d make it real. Instead, I shook my head and gripped the gun. “When we get there, stay out of my fucking way.”

Movement came through the glass in the doors up ahead. Walker was a blur, barreling through the doors to shove them open.

“Hale’s office.Now!”I roared.