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wailed, but Aislinn stood stock still and stared at him.
    He wouldn’t think about what she’d done. “Report!” They had to get out of here quickly before anyone realized what had happened.
    Three of the wolves reported injuries but said they could walk. Four of the guards were still conscious.
    Darius went to Aislinn and grabbed her arm. “Is there a door out of the kitchen?”
    “What?”
    He shook her arm. “Is there any other way out of the kitchen?”
    “Yes.” Her voice sounded soft, as though she were in shock.
    He kept hold of her as he turned to his warriors. “We’re going out through the kitchen. Get something to bar that hall door. Move.” He pulled her along with him.
    It wasn’t until they reached the kitchen door that she started to struggle. “Let me go.”
    He snarled. “Never.”
    He hadn’t thought it through but now he knew the perfect way for them to get out of here alive. If the General were smart, he had all of the outside exits covered. But if they had the General’s daughter, he wouldn’t fire on them. All the better, because no matter what she’d done, he wasn’t leaving here without his mate.
    She continued to struggle, so he slung his arm around her waist and picked her up, holding her against his side. While it was an awkward position, her small size made it possible for him to carry her like that through the doorway and into the kitchen. Behind them, one of his wolves barred the kitchen door.
    Shouts sounded from outside. The humans knew. For a split second, he wondered if they’d had hidden cameras in the room or if he should have taken the time to strip all the guards and women of their cell phones and walkie talkies and whatever else they might have.
    Too late to worry about that now. And he still had an ace in the hole—Aislinn. Darius would never hurt her, but the General didn’t know that.
    The first of his wolves hovered by the outside door, waiting for orders. The last of them jogged up and then he spoke. They all had their guns out and ready. “I go out first. All of you stay close behind me. With Aislinn, they won’t dare fire on us. Get to the vehicles and leave immediately. Go through the Humans Firsters if they get in the way. Aislinn and I will get in the vehicles last.”
    There were so many things he wasn’t saying, but his wolves were all trained warriors. They understood. If they strayed too far from Aislinn, the humans could pick them off. If they stayed behind after Darius had taken her out of the church, they’d be killed. They had to act quickly and get out before the humans had a chance to think.
    “Let’s move,” Darius said.
    Killion opened the door and Darius went through, carrying Aislinn in front of him. The kitchen door opened into a clearing behind the church with woods a good fifty feet away. The parking lot lay to the left. Thirty or forty Humans Firsters with machine guns stood in a large semi-circle, hemming them in from every side.
    Darius walked toward the parking lot. He hated using Aislinn like this, like a human shield. It went against every instinct in him, which screamed that he should protect her, not haul her directly into harm’s way. He trusted that the man who had acted so protectively toward his daughter earlier that day wouldn’t open fire on her, but with the General, who knew? All the more reason for them to act fast.
    “Hold fire!” The General’s voice boomed across the clearing.
    Aislinn stopped struggling. “What did you do, Father?” Her words weren’t loud enough for the General to hear, but Darius heard them. Had her father not let her in on the whole plan?
    Grouped behind Darius, his wolves moved toward the SUVs while Darius walked sideways in front of them.
    The General spoke through a megaphone. “Let my daughter go and we’ll let you leave in peace.”
    Right. “You poisoned our food,” Darius shouted.
    Aislinn gasped.
    Darius continued. “We can’t trust you. She comes with us. It’s the