— Elaeya —
I thought I had come to terms with the wealth of the Devon Family. I thought I knew now what to expect and was properly prepared. I was getting used to the power structure and was not as weirded out when people would incline their head to me or go out of their way to help with something. I thought that I had adjusted. That nothing
— Kaden —Of course the Brotherhood had sent a bunch of ultimatums to most of my allies, which explained why a lot of uninvited guess showed up asking for an audience.
— Elaeya —I took long inspirations, letting it out slowly.I knew this was the place I should be, it didn’t change the fact that thousan
— Darren —“Have the forensic team arrived?” I asked my brother Michael.“Yeah, they’re here already,” he replied
— Ylva —“That’s odd,” I told Elaeya.“I know,” she replied.
— Kaden —I had opened the window on the way. The wind was glacial, but it allowed me to smell the air. It was the most horrible thing that I could have done to myself as I smelt it before I arrived, still in the car, unable to do anything but drive and try not to crash myself into a tree.
— Darren —We were all in the ballroom. The place was packed. There were people everywhere including the gallery upstairs. No one could have sat.
— Tamarak —Seven hundred and fifty-nine days.I haven’t seen the sun or the moon since, but I feel it, every time the sun sets, every ti
— Kaden —We were on the clearing where I married Elaeya.There were no fairy lights, no flowers, no decorations. All the trees were bare excep
— Elaeya —I woke in a familiar hospital room. Kaden was there. I tried to smile and tell him I was okay and to wipe those worries off his face, but the words caught it my throat. The place smelt clean and fresh, but there was this echo of filth, and blood, and gore that came back to me and refused to go way.
— Kaden —“What’s the report,” I asked Darren from a small room next to Elaeya hospital room.“First, how is she?&rdquo
— Elaeya —We grabbed the fuel. I opened the door and splashed it in the direction the men went. I knew there was no other way out. Tamarak came in after me and splashed another can. His hands were nearly back to their normal size now.
— Kaden —“We got words they know we’re coming and have called up the cavalry,” told me Jaxx.“Huh,” said Mishka
— Kaden —“I found it,” said Jean-Philippe on the other side of the line.The info we had found on Elaeya’s position had been
— Kaden —‘Hey boss,’ said Mishka through the mindlink.Everything was pa
— Kaden —I was covered in blood from head to toe.‘What’s the result?’ I mindliked the head of all my teams.
— Kaden —We were on the clearing where I married Elaeya.There were no fairy lights, no flowers, no decorations. All the trees were bare excep
— Tamarak —Seven hundred and fifty-nine days.I haven’t seen the sun or the moon since, but I feel it, every time the sun sets, every ti