Saving a Wolf: Moonbound Series, Book Six by Krystal Shannan, Camryn Rhys

of the older girls exchanged looks. One of them stared up at the ceiling. “Is this a test?”
    Luther came to her side. “I work for Adrian Rossi. I’ve got a boat and we turned off the security system. If you want to get off this island, you need to come with us now.”
    “But the guards…” said the dark-haired woman.
    “We neutralized them.” He gripped Maggie’s hand. “The security system is off. You have to come with us, right now.”
    “How many did you neutralize ?” said a redhead from the back. She was taller and had a fuller face. She must’ve been older, and she was wearing a fitted blue dress with a white apron, standing in the swath of a flashlight.
    Luther raised his voice, “The two on patrol. I know how Rossi runs his rotations. There are two here and then there will be two on patrol. And two on backup. We need to get you out of here before the two on patrol get to the house.”
    The redhead called out, over the crows, “Faye. Someone get Faye.” She made her way through the crowd, touching each girl on the shoulder and calming them.
    “Who are you?” Maggie asked as the woman came forward.
    “Clara.” She clipped the end of the word like she didn’t have a last name.
    “Why are you dressed differently from the other girls?” Maggie asked.
    Clara waved at the question like it was unimportant. “My father chose me to care for these girls. All the staff are in blue.”
    Staff? Luther had so many more questions, but when he looked up at the scuffle in the hallway, he almost lost the half-empty contents of his stomach.
    A young woman had been ushered out of one of the rooms. When she turned a side profile, Luther knew why they had chosen her.
    Her belly was round, and she held a hand over it, clutching like only an expectant mother did. Jesus, God. Maggie was right. Adrian was a monster .
    Luther waded through the girls and took Faye by the hand. “You’re coming with us,” he said. “We have a boat. We can get you off the island.”
    “All of you,” Maggie said with a wide sweep of her arm. “All of you need to come with us.”
    But instead of a mad rush for the door, they all stood staring at her, blinking eyes and closed mouths.
    Clara took Maggie and Luther by the arms and dragged them toward the stairs. “They’re not going to leave,” she said, her tone low. “If you want to get someone out, you need to take Faye.”
    “No.” Maggie shook her hand off. “I turned off the security system. He can’t see you. No one can. You have nothing to be afraid of.”
    She shook her head, sadness tightening the corners of her mouth. “They’re not afraid.”
    “Then why won’t they come with us?” Maggie turned back to the hallway of young women. “I can get you to safety.”
    Clara’s hand tightened on Luther’s shoulder. He could barely feel the pressure through all the pain in his arm, but something about the gesture made the pit in his stomach drop to the earth’s core.
    “If they leave,” she whispered, “he’ll kill their children.”

Chapter Ten
    H eavy footsteps pounded on the ceiling over Maggie’s head. The stairwell wasn’t a viable option now. She turned to Clara and squinted against the beaming light of a half dozen flashlight bulbs.
    “We need another way out.”
    Clara nodded. “Follow this hallway straight. When it dead-ends, go to the left. There’s another stairwell that leads to an outdoor patio.” She pushed past both Maggie and Luther, disappearing into the shadows of the staircase behind them. “Go. Now,” Clara shouted. “I can only divert them for a few moments.”
    Luther hustled Faye along with his good arm and shoved Maggie into a run. “We need to go now.”
    “But we can’t leave them.” She hesitated and then stared at Faye huddled against Luther’s chest. Even the shadowed light, she could tell the girl was probably only fourteen or fifteen. Fucking hell.
    “We’re coming back.”
    He nodded. “With help. But we have to