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I shrug, not having an answer for him. “I guess.”

“He’ll want to take you back with him.” Kane huffs in agreement.

The guys tense up, their gazes veering straight to Kane. Each looks absolutely furious at the idea.

“No one is taking her anywhere,” Kai growls out, his eyes pulsing red.

Kane raises his hands. “He may want to, but I didn’t think for one minute you’d allow that.”

Kai steps up behind me, wrapping his arms around me. I lean back into him, letting his warmth seep into me.

“There’s more, isn’t there?” Rion asks, narrowing his eyes on Kane.

Kane sighs loudly. “Draven thinks Kiarra might be the answer to our new Underworld problem. He knows something but won’t tell me anything until he shares whatever he knows with you first.”

Jax shrugs, looking unbothered by this new information. “Then we’ll meet with him to see what he knows. But if he thinks he’s going anywhere with our mate, he’s got another fucking thing coming.”

CHAPTER 24

KIARRA

After I get changed, I follow Luka and Jax down a floor and into one of the large meeting rooms. There’s a long table surrounded by leather chairs in the middle of the room and a large tv screen on the back wall. I walk over to the wide window and lean against it.

Jazmyn, Kane, and Malik are already there talking to Kai, Axel, and Rion at the end of the table. Jazmyn sees me and walks over to me while Jax and Luka join the others.

Leaning beside me, she bumps my shoulder. The lightness around her and smile on her face is not something I’m used to seeing on her.

“Don’t worry, everything will work out.” “Yeah?” I stare back at the guys.

Their worried gazes slide over to me every couple of minutes. I smile to myself when I catch Kane and Malik do the same to Jazmyn.

“Yeah. Those men of yours are batshit crazy, but they’d move the world for you if you asked them. Shit, they’d

probably do it anyway, just to see if you like it.”

I watch their determined faces as they drill Kane for more information.

Moments later, a tall man arrives with four guards trailing behind him. His dark hair is a similar shade to Malik’s, and his build and skin tone match Kane’s.

“Is that—?”

“Draven… Yep.” Jazmyn clenches her jaw, staring right at him.

Draven orders his men to wait outside the room, leaving me to believe that whatever he’s about to say is important enough that he doesn’t even trust his own men with. His gaze finds Jazmyn as soon as the door shuts behind him. It lingers a moment before Jazmyn shifts, making him snap out of it. He moves down to the end of the table where the guys are.

Standing in front of Malik, he looks right at him. Malik is as stiff as a board; his hands are clenched at his side as he stares right back. A moment passes before Draven pulls him into a hug, shocking him.

He murmurs something in his ear, too quiet for me to hear before pulling back. Clearing his throat, he takes a seat while Malik stares at him like he doesn’t know what the hell just happened.

Draven leans forward, clasping his hands in front of him. He looks at the guys and Kane before landing on me, then he stares, unblinkingly.

“Keep staring at my mate like that and you won’t have to worry about the Underworld and old demons ending you,” Jax tells him, being the over possessive ass he is. But Axel grunts in agreement, backing him up.

“Calm down, I’m not interested in your mate. At least not like that,” Draven tells them. Which only makes it worse.

“You better not be interested inanyway.” Axel steps forward, but Rion puts a hand out, stopping him from moving any closer.

Draven gives Axel an exasperated look just as Kai cuts in. “Tell us what you know.”

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