Baxter's confident smirk wavered. "You weren't captured."
Dexter kept walking, his voice smooth but firm. "No, I wasn't."
Liam coughed as he pushed himself onto his feet, still weakened from the wolfbane. "Dexter?"
Dexter spared him a glance but didn't break stride. "You're not dead yet. That's a good start."
Ragnar, shaking off the last of his restraints, growled under his breath. "If you weren't captured, why the hell weren't you there to help us before?"
Dexter finally stopped, his crimson eyes flicking to Ragnar. "Because I knew Baxter would want me contained just as much as he wanted Liam. If I let him think I was caught in the trap like the others, he wouldn't account for me. Now I'm here, and he's made a mistake."
Baxter chuckled, though there was a sharpness to it this time. "You think you being here changes anything?"
Dexter tilted his head slightly. "I think it changes everything."