"They did it? They're safe?" I gasped, my hands covering my mouth as I gaped at Kade, my happiness was overrun with confusion. "Why were you feeling grief?"

"We lost a few of our men out there." He grimaced, "Typically Alec and I would visit the family ourselves to break the news, but Alec's not here, and home is far away."

"I've done nothing but worry this entire time, and I can't take it anymore." I admitted with a sigh, "Now that we've held up our end, Zayne has no choice but to hold up his. I wouldn't be able to live with killing him, not when he's Tori's mate. You can rough him up a bit and hand him over to her though, I'm sure she'd enjoy that."

"I wouldn't do that to her, not unless she approved." Kade promised with a small smile. I knew it went against his nature to leave a threat alive, but he couldn't go around picking off the High Table. I had already offed one member unintentionally, and I refused to let that number creep higher. "We will--"

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