Page 218 of Blood and Ruin: The Complete Series

“They deserved it, and they better fucking pray I don’t find any of them alive.” He narrows his eyes on the bodies scattered across the room, not one of them moving.

“I don’t give a shit if it was her. I just want her to be okay.” I hold her close to my body and lift her. Jax’s eyes don’t leave her as we make our way out of there. The demon follows close behind but keeps his distance. He doesn’t need to get any closer than he already was to our mate.

Coming out onto the next corridor, we run into the guys.

“Thank fuck…” Axel breathes. “Is she…?” “She’s unconscious, but alive,” I tell him.

Axel releases a harsh breath, nodding his head.

“Who the fuck is this?” He nods his head toward the demon.

“We found him with Kiarra,” Jax tells Axel, narrowing his eyes on the demon.

Kai reaches us, his eyes not leaving Kiarra. “Go search the rest of the place. Kane must be here somewhere.”

Taking one last look at Kiarra, Rion heads off in the opposite direction.

“Kane?” the demon asks just as his body starts trembling.

“What the—” My eyes widen, wondering if it’s some kind of aftereffect from the smoke.

He drops to the floor, his eyes widening as he looks up at us. “Knock me out.”

“What?” Axel looks at him as if he’s gone crazy, which might not be too far from the truth after being stuck in this place for who knows how long.

“Ple…ase.” His voice breaks as he squeezes his eyes shut.

Jax looks to Kai while Kai’s eyes narrow, glowing and doing some crazy shit of their own.

The guy starts convulsing as he starts to shift, his demon side taking over.

“Knock. Me. Out.” His voice grows deeper with each word.

Just before he loses it, Axel steps forward and punches him straight in the face, knocking him out.

Kai raises a brow at him. Axel shrugs. “You heard him.”

Within seconds, the demon’s transformation comes to a halt, and he reverts back to a man. Which makes no fucking sense but is just another thing to add to this mess.

“What the hell is he?” Axel asks, still staring at the demon.

“I don’t know, but we should take him with us,” Kai tells us.

Axel huffs but grabs his arm. Hauling him over his shoulders, he carries him out.

Once we’re outside, Jax pulls out his phone and sends off a text to let our people know we’re ready for the portal.

Rion comes through the emergency exit a couple of minutes later with a beaten and unconscious Kane. There are multiple incision marks all over his body. His nose is busted, and he has two black eyes, making me think Kiarra wasn’t the only prisoner here.

I push the thought aside for now, focusing back on her.

The warmth in my chest spreads to my hands as I heat them to keep her warm against the cool breeze.

Everyone’s quiet. All of them stare at our mate, unable to look away, as if she’s about to disappear any second. I grip her tighter just as the portal opens.

“Time to go home,” Kai says, taking one last look around.

“What about that?” Jax asks, tilting his head toward the building.

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