Alec's P.o.v 

'It doesn't matter. You won't see her again.' 

Grace's reptilian voice echoed throughout my head, sending waves of pain running down my chest. From the look on Kade's face, he felt the same.  

Grace might've been cruel and slightly insane, but she wouldn't lie. She was smart enough to tell the truth.  

I could see Kade's self-control slipping, his eyes darkening murderously. Kade had always struggled with self-control, rarely thinking things through. I liked to believe that was why we worked together so well. Kade was brutal and animalistic, while I was cunning and calculated. Two sides of the same coin, the same person split into two.  

Before Grace could open her mouth and speak any further, a deafening crack sounded in the house. Grace slumped to the floor, her head bouncing against the hardwood.  

For a second, I had thought Kade killed her. Her eyes rolled in the back of her head, her eyelids