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Rokai hugged his brother, then playfully threw a light punch at Kol. ‘Kron!, over there looking all official.”

Kron grinned and lifted his chin in Rokai’s direction.

Rokai looked over at Jhan and on seeing that he was still staring at Elspeth, he raised a hand and waved it in front of his face.

Jhan shoved his hand away. “What is wrong with you?!”

Rokai laughed. “So many things. But why are you staring at my new friend?”

“I’m not.”

“Yes, you are.”

“I am not! Who is she?”

“She’s my friend.”

Jhan finally pulled his attention from Elspeth and glared at Rokai.

“That doesn’t bother me. I invented that glare,” Rokai said.

“Where is your mate? Why are you with another female?”

“My mate is back on the ship. This other female just kind of fit into my plans while I was shooting people.”

“How? What did she do?”

“She shot some people, too!” Rokai said animatedly.

“Who is she?” Jhan demanded, then turned to look at Elspeth when Rokai refused to answer him. “Who are you?”

“Elspeth,” she said.

“I already know that. Who are you?!” Jhan demanded.

Elspeth looked at Rokai.

Rokai shrugged.

“I’m a Druid Warrioress Priestess!” she whispered to him as she shivered her shoulders and rubbed her hands together.

“She’s a badass, Jhan. You couldn’t handle her,” Rokai said.

“I can handle any fucking thing!” Jhan insisted.

“Can you two stop? We need to see to Mirilla and the other female.”

“They’re already going to the palace,” Rokai said, pointing at the females surrounded by Kron and his team with the medical personnel tending them as they moved, and got closer and closer to the palace. “You can go see about that. I’ve got other things to see to,” Rokai said. “Just make sure that if Mirilla wakes before Bart gets here, you tell her that Bart loves her. ThatBart is a jackass, but that he’s probably traded his entire career and quite possibly his way of life to make sure she’s safe. Tell her that Bart is a typical male, but that he’d die for her.”

“Where are you going?” Quin asked.

“I told you. I’m going to finish it.”

“Rokai?” Quin said, all sense of dominance gone, “where are you going?”

“I found Mirilla because of who I used to be. I’ll find Mir’ Ahn the same way. In the circles he’s moving in, they protect their own; we protect our own. You’ll never find him. Bart will never find him. I’m one of them. I can find him. He will never, under any circumstances, threaten my family again.”

Rokai turned and went up the ramp to his ship.

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