Page 56 of Stone Crest: Rise of a Raven
“Locke.” Raven’s tone is even and calm.
I glance at her again, letting her nearness calm my storm. “Let him go.”
I watch my mate say something hushed to Presley, then she walks towards me while Presley leaves the room.
“I’m calling Declan," she says as she spins on her heels. “Don’t kill each other until I get back!”
I let loose of Kingston, stepping away as he sucks in a sharp breath. “Fuck, you’re strong,” he mutters.
“You have five minutes," I grit out. “The only reason I’m not killing you is because she asked me not to.” I add before storming after Raven.
She slides the phone in her back pocket as soon as I approach her. “I don’t want you near him.”
“Too bad. I’m done being on the outside. If there’s a you and me, then I’m involved.”
She rolls her shoulders back. “I can handle it.”
I search her face before I slide my hand around the nape of her neck, pulling her into me for a chaste kiss.
“I don’t trust him.”
She lets her hand clasp in mine. “Will you hear him out? For me?”
“Fine. But don’t be surprised if I end of killing him.”
She just grins, slipping past me and towards the man I can’t stand to even look at.
Kingston takes a seat on the wingback chair, while I find my space on the couch. Raven goes to sit next to me, but I catch her by the waist, dragging her over to my lap.
“Talk,” I bark out.
“You talk with mom?” He asks.
I grind my teeth, then give him a curt nod. I hadn’t discussed that particular information with Raven yet. Didn’t really know what it meant. Not until I could get Frankie out here.
He understood my silence.
“I’m guessing this is the brother?” Raven asks.
“Yeah. We share the same mother.” Kingston clears his throat.
He glances to me, not knowing how much Raven knows about us.
“She knows everything about what we are.”
“And there’s a lot that you don’t.” His eyes bore into mine.
The ones that look so much like Angeline’s.
He almost looks remorseful. I don’t buy it.
“Raven, if you would like to go with your friend, Locke and I can discuss this further.”
She tenses but lifts her chin. “I want to hear it. If it involves me, I want to know.”
Kingston lets out a heavy sigh. “I was following Raven after the gala. I saw the accident, but I also saw who was following her as well.”
Raven looks at me with a frown.
