Chapter 80: Caught in the Act

Riley

"I knew you'd try to hop on one of these." Melody's hips swayed as she walked over to us.

The Roulex guards came to attention at her words and hustled in behind her, their weapons drawn.

"Why are you doing this?" I asked, tears clogging in my throat. "Is it money? Is that worth more than our friendship?"

She laughed and the scent of rotten eggs drifted on the wind straight toward me.

Xaden pushed me behind him. "That's not your friend."

"Not any more she isn't." And even though I knew what she'd done and why it still stung. Who walked away from their best friend like that?

"Come with me, Riley, and I promise you safety."

The guards pointed their guns at Xaden's chest.

"If you don't, they'll kill your lover." She placed a hand on her hip. "Your choice. Oh, and in case you get any ideas..." She snapped her fingers.

Xaden swooped at the group, his wings, wrapped with the edges of my pants, flutter in the wind.