Page 50 of Blood and Ruin: The Complete Series

It’s not him. The plan will go ahead. Everything will be fine.

I repeat the words over and over until I can calm my racing heart and turbulent thoughts.

The banging gets louder shaking the door. I grip my fists tight to stop the tremor in my hands.

“Come on, open up. We have something we need to talk about,” Kai demands.

Wait. How did I get in my bed? Last thing I remember was King’s session…. Running into Axel and then… Luka.

Luka must have moved me after I fell asleep. I smile thinking about his thoughtfulness, releasing the last edges of panic from my mind.

Throwing some clothes on, I walk out to the main room, pausing to narrow my eyes at the rattling door.

“Open up or we’ll take the damn door down.” Axel’s fiery outburst is followed by muffled voices.

“Kiarra.”

I shake my head at Rion’s cutting tone, releasing a frustrated sigh.

What could be so important they had to bang my door down at… I glance over to the time… 7 am in the morning.

Taking one final deep breath, I walk to the door.

Leaving the chain on, I pull it open spotting Jax’s cheeky smirk.

“There she is.”

Beside him I see Kai, and from what I can make out, the rest of the guys standing around him.

“What are you all doing here?”

Jax shares a look with Kai before turning back to me, but it’s Kai who answers.

“Let us in and we’ll tell you. We really don’t want to have this conversation out in the open.” He looks around checking for anyone who could be listening in. If he only knew.

His tone piques my interest but not enough to let them in. Having them anywhere near me only brought trouble. For us both.

“If it’s about the other night—

He clears his throat, his eyes softening. “It’s not. At least, not now.”

Meaning there would be a conversation coming soon? Not if I could help it. I would be out of here well before we started that train wreck waiting to happen. “Then what—

“Just open the damn door,” Axel grits out, his frustration bleeding into his every pore.

Begrudgingly, I slam the door in their faces feeling a slight bit of satisfaction from their shocked looks.

Taking a second to gather my thoughts, I release a deep breath before pulling the chain back and swinging it open. I turn and head straight for the coffee machine. I needed some strong caffeine to get me through whatever they were about to say.

“What could be so damn important, you needed to barge in at this hour?”

“Missing out on some beauty sleep, princess?”

I think about throwing my coffee over the dick but why waste good coffee.

“You’ll be missing a very important appendage if you don’t shut the hell up, even if it is too small to find.”

“There’s nothing small about me, princess. You’ll find that out for yourself.”

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