Page 59 of Exiled Prince

Bane growls from next to me.

“Are you sure you want Saylor to be here for this?” Kai asks Bane, his brow furrowing. “She might not like what she hears.”

Bane winces and opens his mouth to speak.

“I’m not going anywhere,” I announce, my eyes narrowing to slits.

“I thought as much,” Axe mutters, then clears his throat. “We went to Red last night.”

“What’s that?” I ask.

“The sex club we have in Chaos,” Kai explains, shifting on his seat.

“Okay, so you went there to fuck some females that know the score?” I gather, glancing between them. “What kinky shit are you both into?”

Bane growls again, pulling me against him. “Saylor—”

“We’re getting off topic.” Kai smirks, and I quickly put my mental shields up before he sees what’s going through my mind about last night. “We went to Red, and Nova, Drea, and Opal were there.”

“I know who Nova is, but who are the others?” I ask, not liking where this is going. Nova was the woman Bane used to drink from. The one he almost went to when I didn’t realize I had to fucking feed him.

“Bane’s roster of females,” Axe supplies, trying to keep a straight face. “This is why we weren’t sure if she should be here.”

“Well, she is here, and you better have a reason for talking about women Bane has fucked. I’m pregnant and unstable rightnow. I will kill them all.”

“So there is some Salem in her,” Kai mutters, sharing a wide-eyed look with Bane that clearly says sleep with one eye open.

“Get to the fucking point,” Bane barks, having had enough. “And if you’re asking if you can fuck them all, I don’t give a shit.”

My jaw drops. “You better not be here asking for permission to what? Tag team Bane’s old flings. You’d only ask that if he had feelings for them!”

Bane looks like he wants to murder his brothers.

“No, that’s not why we are here,” Axe says, rubbing the back of his neck. “We overheard Nova telling the other two that she’s coming to see you in the Demon Kingdom. That she knows someone here and is even more in The Circle than she is in Chaos anymore.”

“I dare her to try and come here,” I threaten as Bane rubs my back to calm me down.

“I read her mind, Bane,” Kai admits, his green eyes staring at me. “She wants you dead, Saylor. It was her who tried to have you killed.”

“What?” Bane seethes, his fingers tightening on me. “She knew what we were. I made her no promises.”

“Well, she’s got her sight set on you, and she’s willing to do anything to get what she wants.”

Heavy rain starts to belt down outside. “That fucking bitch.”

His voice gentles when he addresses me, “I almost lost you because of… fuck. I’m going to fix this. I’m so sorry, Saylor.”

“It’s not your fault, Bane,” I reply, staring at Kai. “You’re sure about this?”

He nods. “I saw her mind, Saylor. It was her. And this new male she’s seeing? He has invisibility magic like Salem. That’s why no one saw who shot you. That’s how he got past all of us.”

Bane curses. “Do we know who he is?”

“He’s a guard,” Kai replies, wincing.

“Give me a name,now,” Bane demands, standing up. The wind picks up outside, howling with his anger.

“Halo.”

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