Page 146 of Blood and Ruin: The Complete Series

“But you need sleep too.”

He gives me a smile. “I don’t need as much as you do.”

“But—”

“Remember what I said?”

I roll my eyes but smile at him. “Family looks out for one another.”

“Exactly. Now get some sleep. I’ll head out in a bit and be back before you wake.”

“Okay, but you better get home and get some sleep, too.”

I hear his muffled chuckle as he moves to the window, standing in front of it like he’s guarding it.

Silence stretches out around me as sleep starts to pull me under.

“Kai?” I whisper.

“Yeah, Kiarra?” His voice is soft in the quiet room.

“Thank you.”

He pauses, and moment passes before he answers.

“Always.”

CHAPTER 3

JAX

“Where is he?” I was not letting that fucker, Garath, get away a second time. Not after he betrayed us. The slimy fuck was going to pay in blood.

The weasel shifter below my boot grunts out a reply, but I’m pressing into his throat, cutting off his air supply.Oops.

I release the pressure slightly. He starts coughing and gasping.

I roll my eyes at the pathetic weakling. “I said, where is he? If I find out you’re keeping anything from me, you’re going to find out what it’s like to live without arms and legs.” I give him a vicious smile. “And if that’s not enough of a reason to heed to my warning, then we’ll see what my shadow wolf has to say.”

My wolf pushes forward, and I know from the frightened look in his eyes that he sees him.

I drag the weasel up by his throat, holding him against the wall by his neck.

“Now. Where were we? Oh, yes. You were about to tell me where that slimy fuck, Garath, is.”

He coughs before wheezing out an answer. “He’s dead.” My grip tightens, and the fucker starts to turn purple. But I don’t care. I only see the violence as it suffocates me, demanding I take his life as payment instead.

“Well then, I guess you get to join him.”

The weasel’s eye widens, my threat finally hitting home.

Tightening my hold, I’m about to snap the fucker’s neck when Luka walks in, making me pause. “Jax.”

“Yes, brother?” I turn to look at him, my smile dropping when I see the blank look on his face.

“Never mind.” He sighs, leaning against the wall and staring off into space.

“You don’t care if I kill him? Gut him where he stands?”

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