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Kai steps closer. “You didn’t think we’d let him get away with what he did to you, did you?”

I shake my head at them. “He’s basically human. And he’s going to Hell to be absorbed.”

Axel crosses his arms like a stubborn child. “Not fucking good enough.”

Rion raises a brow. “Not even close.”

Jax nods agreeing with them. “Hell was a walk in the park. He deserves to fuckingsuffer.”

Rielle sighs, rubbing her temple. “As touching as this all is, King really does need to be absorbed by the Underworld in order to fix the balance, or we could be in the same position all over again.”

Kai narrows his eyes on her. “With the core’s power returned, the balance is holding, is it not?”

“Yes, but–”

“Then the bastard can die a hundred different more ways before we let you have him.” Jax shrugs, giving her a crazy look.

I look at them,reallylook at them and notice the hurt and pain in each of their eyes. King hurt them too. He broke up our family and because of that,theysuffered.

I release a sigh as the fight drains from me. They deserve to take their revenge but not if it’s for me.

Even though I can understand where they’re coming from, I want to move on from this… fromhim. I don’t want anything holding us back from the future we deserve.

I’m tired of always fighting for peace. I thought he was gone but as soon as Rielle showed up, my body and mind have been in a constant state of fight or flight, waiting for the worst to happen. I don’t want to live my life like this. Not anymore.

Not now that I have a future with my men.

“I don’t want to do this…”

The guys freeze at the raw vulnerability in my tone. They all look to me.

“I want himgone… for good. As much as I love you all for getting revenge for what happened, I don’t need it. I just need you all by my side and the peace that comes along with knowing King is gone from our lives for good.”

The guys quickly deflate, releasing the tense energy in the room. They all come closer, surrounding me wearing guilty, resigned looks.

Kai takes my hand. “As much as I want to spend the next few years ripping him apart piece by piece. I don’t want it, if it’s going to hurt you in any way.” He glances around at the others. “None of us do.”

The energy shifts in the room as a new portal opens. We glance over as Rielle narrows her eyes on the guys.

“Make sure you bring him down to the core as soon as possible.” She gives me a soft smile before glaring at the guys once more. Jax rolls his eyes at her just as she leaves with Soren following close behind.

Axel walks over to me, wrapping his arms around me from behind.

Jax narrows his eyes on him before looking at me with a somber expression. “We were going to bring King to the Underworld…eventually.”

I give him a smile letting him know I’m no longer angry. “I know, but let’s just move on. I want a fresh start. One without all this hanging over our heads.”

Kai steps forward, placing a kiss on my head. “We’ll get rid of him tonight.”

CHAPTER 30

KAI

The portal drops us off in the middle of the Prison realm. Or at least, I think it’s the middle. Every time we come here something changes.

Axel eyes the portal as it closes behind us. “That would’ve been handy when we came here the first time.”

Jax smirks at him. “But you can’t deny we had fun destroying those demons on the way.”

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