Page 154 of Blood and Ruin: The Complete Series

“Ifwe let him leave.” Axel clenches his jaw, turning to break some more furniture.

Luka sighs. “Look, Kiarra needs to be our priority.”

“She is,” Axel grits out, whipping his head around to glare at him.

“Then this conversation is pointless,” Luka tells him. “Cillian will give us the information his has, and then we can tick this off our list and focus on her.”

Kai opens his mouth to speak up when he pauses. “One sec.” He disappears, leaving Luka and Axel in a stare off. Rion is doing his usual, seeing more than he does shit, so I ignore them all and think of ways I can release my anger before the twisted psycho shows up. If I don’t, Axel won’t have to worry about hurting him. I’ll do it myself.

Kai returns a couple minutes later, a frown on his face. He looks from me to Luka. “This conversation isn’t over, and we’ll be discussing why you made decisions like this without us later.”

“Yes, sir.” I salute Kai, giving him a smirk.

Kai shakes his head at me before continuing. “That was Draven.”

“The demon leader of Staten Island? What does he want?” It couldn’t be anything good if he was calling.

“To meet.”

I choke out a laugh.

“What the hell?” Axel asks, but I cut him off. This has to

be a trap. “Why now? They’ve never wanted to meet before.”

“He said he has information on Kiarra,” Kai says.

That shuts us up.

“How does he even know about Kiarra, let alone that she’s missing?” Axel asks.

“It’s not like we’ve been quiet on the whole,‘Tell me what you know about my missing mate, or I’ll string you up and torture you slowly,’spiel we’ve got going on.”

Axel narrows his eyes on me, looking for a fight. I give him a smirk, ready to challenge the hot-headed fool, still needing some outlet for the storm growing inside me.

“Not now.” Kai gives me a warning look not to push it.

I nod, knowing I’ll now have to head out later to hunt to release this built-up energy. My wolf perks up immediately, liking the idea.

“It could be a trap,” Luka tells him.

“It could be, but I’m not willing to take the chance in case it’s not,” Kai answers before looking at Luka and me.

“You two will stay here and keep an eye on the city. Axel, Rion, and I will head to Staten Island and see if he has anything.”

“Did he say what type of information he had?” I ask him, wondering if there are any clues to this being legitimate.

Kai shakes his head. “He said he might be able to help us find her, but only if we help them.”

I share a frown with Luka. “What could they possibly need our help with?”

Kai sighs. “Guess we’ll find out.”

CHAPTER 4

KIARRA

My eyes open, followed by a sharp gasp, my mind and body coming awake all at once. I try to reach for my chest to rub the weird pulling sensation from deep inside, but stop short, forgetting about the tight clamps around my wrists.

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