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Von wagged a finger at her. “Now, now, don’t get upset. There will be other opportunities to gain expulsion gems and send someone home to safety. Unfortunately, none of those will be useful for Wyatt. Once refused, no other gem can be used on him, and the current gem is now useless.”

Fuck. I glanced back at the injured alphas. Mika was coughing up blood as the fae healer ran her hands across his body. J.D. and Tate were nearly catatonic from having been possessed. Why hadn’t Kira sent one of them home? That would have been the smartest thing to do.

Kira looked as upset as I felt. She took a step toward Von. “Wait a minute. That wasn’t part of the deal. You never told me there were stipulations to using the gem.”

Ignoring her, Von swept a hand in front of the hovering camera in front of him. It, along with the others, flew back toward the mansion. My bracelet went from green to white. He’d shut off the recording.

“All right, everyone,” Von said. “Best to get you all healed and cleaned