Page 119 of The Cruelest Undead

Call it a hunch.

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Death’s Domain

Time Unknown

Fight Time

When she found herself sitting in the room Jacques called his bedroom, she could feel him not far away. Using her ability to block herself, and give herself a little time to prepare, she headed for what was his closet.

And waited.

It wasn’t easy to hide from Death, but she also spent time in his head, and Rinnon’s. Right now, he was distracted, and this was the perfect time to strike.

A girl had to do what a girl had to do.

When he came into his bedroom, he was distracted, and that wasn’t normal.

In fact, it worried her.

When Brigit lowered herself from the ceiling, it took all Jolie had to stay calm.

“I wish to be alone,” he said. “Go sit on the cage and make sure that bitch stays put. Alert me if there is an issue. When she gets free, I’ll be her first target, and I need to find a way to stay in one piece. I started a war for my mates, and now, I’ll pay.”

The spider scurried across the floor, and then, and only then, did Jacques seal the doorway.

He turned.

“You can come out. She’s gone,” he said, his voice absolutely emotionless.

Shit.

Well, so much for doing this without him seeing it coming. Because there was no point in pretending, Jolie stepped from the closet.

Jacques stood there, but he was in Death mode. His eyes were bright red, and he shook out his wings so that he could brace for the onslaught.

“Well, let’s have a fight. Do your worst. I’m a horrible mate and I crossed a line to protect you. Go for it.”

Jolie didn’t want to fight with him.

She remembered what Flynn had said, and if hell was going to explode all over them in twenty-four hours, she wanted to not go down angry. Plus, she heard what he’d said to Brigit.

He was putting it on the line for them, and sometimes, she forgot his job wasn’t so cut and dry.

So, she also shook out her wings, and moved toward him. Then, she caught him off guard.

“I love you, and I’m sorry. You were right.”

He looked surprised.

How surprised?

He actually looked around like he’d crossed into the wrong realm.

Jolie continued.

“I shouldn’t have been a bitch about it, Jacques. It just…stung. I was pissed you both killed Mathew, even when Iknow he likely deserved it. Flynn doesn’t kill indiscriminately, so that tells me he had a reason.”

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