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“Dude. I thought you didn’t believe Eva’s story.”

“I didn’t. Until I talked to my parents.”

“So, it’s true?” Blade waved to one of the medics. His father was in charge of Underworld General’s paramedic department, so Blade had grown up with most of them. “Well, welcome to the club.”

“What club?”

“The Parents Meeting In Fucked-Up Ways club. What, you never heard how my parents hooked up? Or Mace’s? And talk to Talon sometime about his parents. Holy shit.”

“You guys are demons. Your parents are supposed to be into fucked-up shit.”

“Your dad is half-demon and fated to turn into a homicidal maniac when his Seal breaks,” Mace pointed out. “And your mom got caught up in The Aegis’s brainwashing. There’s a lot to unpack there. At least listen to their side of the story.”

He didn’t want to. He’d told his father as much. But his idiot friends, the ones who usually went off half-cocked and who Logan often had to talk down, made sense.

And iftheythought he needed a brake check…

Logan might have screwed up big time.

Chapter Thirty-Three

Eva was still reeling from the new version of events surrounding Logan’s conception and near death, as well as her agency’s involvement in it, when she strapped on a new comms unit and got a message from Logan.

Her heart skipped a beat when she saw the alert, and then it skipped a few more when she saw it was urgent.

She hadn’t expected to hear from him so soon after parting. Maybe it was an update on Draven.

Slinging her tote over her shoulder, she opened the file as she walked down the main Aegis corridor toward the room where she’d be meeting with several Elders and her parents.

The message appeared to be an update on her tattoo. Weird. Maybe—

She gasped. How could…how was it possible…?

“Oh, my God,” she whispered, coming to a shocked stop in front of the meeting room door. “What the hell?”

The door swung open. “Oh, Eva,” Maja said. “I was just going to get some coffee. Want anything?”

I want you to spill hot coffee all over yourself.

“No, thank you,” she said absently. “I’m good.”

Maja gestured to the table where Elders Dmitri, Hammond, and Sig’s father, Lukas, sat, their eyes focused like lasers on Eva. “Have a seat. Your parents will be here soon.”

Good. Because they needed to have a serious conversation.

Eva settled in at the table in silence, her mind spinning with the events of the last few days. By the time Maja returned and took a seat, Eva was ready to get this over with.

Maja smiled from across the table. “Thank you for meeting with us.”

As if she’d had a choice. “Of course. But I’d rather be doing something to find Draven. What is The Aegis doing about him?”

One eyebrow arched. “You know we’re supposed to be asking the questions, right?”

As far as admonitions went, it was mild. But still, it pissed Eva off. On top of everything else, her confidence in her employer had been shaken, and now she wondered what else they were hiding.

“Sorry,” she said, even though she wasn’t. But she had to play the game if she wanted that promotion, right? Bitterness coated her tongue and her words. “It’s been a rough couple of days.”

“I know,” Maja said. “We’re all upset and furious over the slaughter of our people.”

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