Page 121 of Crave Me
“Are there tunnels?” I asked, looking at Kaspian.
His brow furrowed. “Yes. But very few would know about them.”
“Just like very few should have been able to find Vesperus’s personal quarters as fast as Klas did,” Nox added, making me frown.
That… was an interesting point.
From what I understood, Vesperus hadn’t known Klas well, if at all. So how had he known where my mate slept?
His palace was huge. His rooms could have been anywhere. But to find him as quickly as he had after Fallon had broken the spell suggested he’d known exactly where to look.
“Maybe he used a locator spell?” Nolan suggested.
“Maybe,” Kaspian said.
However, Fallon shook her head. “It’s doubtful. He would have needed something of Vesperus’s to properly craft the spell. And I don’t think he thought that far ahead.”
“Then how did he find Vesperus?” I pressed. “And how do we access the tunnels?” Because it seemed like my magic wanted me to go down again.
Kaspian canted his head toward the building ahead. “There’s an access point in there.”
I started toward it before he even finished, my boots moving quickly along the street.I’m coming for you, Vesperus.
“What about Paxton?” Nox asked quietly behind me.
“What about him?” That came from Kaspian.
The phantom seemed to hesitate before asking, “Would he know where Vesperus sleeps?”
“Of course he knows. He’s my assistant and has access to almost everything.” Kaspian sounded uneasy, but not necessarily annoyed or defensive. “Why?”
“Including the tunnels?” Nox pressed.
“Yes. Now tell me why you suspect him,” Kaspian demanded.
“He’s the one who said the bullet fragments weren’t spelled but chemically enhanced.” Nox paused for a beat. “It seems like a good way to derail an investigation, especially when you’re a warlock who should be able to sense magic.”
I’d almost reached the building ahead, but I paused at the door to look at Kaspian.
His midnight eyes resembled obsidian flames, his anger confirming that he understood and potentially agreed with Nox’s suspicions. “He told us that while Vesperus was indisposed.”
“Which means you have no way of knowing if he was lying or not,” Nolan added.
“Can you track Paxton’s magic?” I asked Slater, driving straight to the point. I wasn’t going to play a game of speculation when we could confirm the truth with our natural resources.
“Yes, I’m already searching,” the raven shifter confirmed.
“Then tell me if you sense it along this path,” I said, entering the building. “Where am I going, Kaspian?”
He took the lead, taking us to a door with a security panel on it.
More proof that Klas has help.
“How many people know this code?” I asked as he keyed it in.
“Maybe half a dozen,” he admitted. “And Paxton is one of them.”
“Have you ever met Paxton?” Nox asked Fallon.
