Page 86 of Blood and Ruin: The Complete Series

Damn shifter senses.

I clear my throat a couple of times before speaking, my voice still thick with desire. “Let’s get out of here, before they come back.”

“This isn’t over,” Kai whispers, his grip tightening as he brushes his lips against my neck, before pulling back.

Keeping eye contact, he slowly places me down, letting every brush and skim slide over my body like an intimate caress, stoking the flame once more.

Kai looks at me, a hidden question in his eyes. One he doesn’t speak. I’m about to ask him when he shakes his head, clearing his throat.

“We still need a way to get you out of the building. It’s going to take some time to organize something with our contacts outside the city.”

“You don’t need to—”

“We’re not leaving you here, so cut the stubborn act and let us help. You should have told us from the start.”

Still worked up from our heated moment, I take my frustration out on him.

“Oh yes, let me tell my life story to old friends who now assume the worst of me and hate my guts.” My tone is thick with sarcasm but holding a hint of truth.

“We never hated you,” Kai says.

I look at Axel, but he turns away.

Kai takes my hand. “None of us, including that dick.”

From the corner of my eye, I see Axel shake his head.

“We were just a bit… lost, after you left. You were always our centre, the glue that kept us together. When you left, everything fell apart. Including us.”

I’m glad they don’t hate me, but they have Luna now, don’t they?

I take a step back removing my hand from Kai’s and ignore the hurt look he gives me.

His pretty words change nothing. We will all be leaving soon, heading off in different directions.

Not that they know about that part of the plan. Or any of it, for that matter. Maybe it was time I told them…. At least some of it.

Preparing myself for the worst, I spit it all out, telling them what I can.

“Look, I’ve been working on something myself… a way out… But it’s not ready yet.” Or it won’t be until I have Alana out of King’s grip.

“How?” Axel demands, but I can’t get into it right now. If they know everything…

“It’s… complicated.”

“What fucking isn’t when it comes to you!”

I narrow my eyes on the ass and let his little comment slide. For now.

“Look, I can’t leave… Yet.”

“When then?” Kai pushes.

I debate whether to tell them. Would they let it slip to the guards or one of King’s associates, even accidentally?

Looking into Kai’s eyes, I can see he cares. More than cares. It makes my decision for me.

“Friday.”

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