Chapter 68

-MILA-

I woke up with my body stiff and in pain. The fire was dead.

I stretched in an attempt to dull the pain of my aching bones.

"Yeah, do the right thing, Mila. Don't listen to anyone. Now look where it's gotten you." I scoffed at myself.

Getting to my feet I retrieved the phone and switched it on. Calling Lobo.

"Mila?"

"Yes. I wanted to let you know I'm okay. Well, I've been better, but I'm alive."

"Mila, where are you? Let me come and get you."

"No. Lowell will only have you followed and then we'll be in a worse predicament."

"Then I'll kill him."

"Lobo, if he ends up dead, who's the first person they're going to look at? Don't do anything stupid," I sighed, attempting to change the subject, "Did Betty get back alright?"

"She's not with you?"

"What? No, she's not with me. The last time I saw her was at the television station when I was running off."

"Well, she hasn't been back to the Pack grounds, and she hasn't made contact with any of us. We assumed she was with you."

"Shit. D