The Hunter and the Prey

**Ro POV**

“Lyra’s escaped!”

The words hung in the harsh fluorescent light of the torture room, bouncing off the concrete walls. I needed a second to process them. That tiny, broken girl slipping through our fingers? Impossible. Not after the brutal punishment we dealt her yesterday.

Dante froze. The rough towel he was using to scrub fresh blood off his knuckles stopped moving. "What did you