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"The Tuatha told our Council all this?" Connor sounded surprised

Liam didn’t blame his brother The Tuatha were the royal branch of the fae, and their headquarters were located in Ireland Unlike his kind, which had a semidemocratic set of rules, the fae were completely draconian And they weren’t exactly known for their diplos stuck to their own kind, but the fae were positively brutal in their rulings and in their separation from all others Everyone knew that their laere black-and-white, and if so, they struck hard and fast and asked questions later Death seemed to be the usual punish in the United States They tended to stay in Ireland and Scotland

Jayce nodded "We’re not the only ones who have been targeted by radical groups Apparently the APL is trying to branch out overseas and the fae aren’t taking any chances They want to stop this group before they have a chance to spread And they’re the ones who reached out to us Maybe to see e had planned I’h I’d rather keep this in-house, if they have knowledge we don’t, I want to capitalize on it"

"Agreed," Connor said, then glanced at Ana His mate had been unusually quiet, but Lia telepathically Another perk between bondmates When Connor turned back to Jayce and spoke, Lia, but we have an extra guesthouse You’d have plenty of privacy if you want to use it"

Yeah, that definitely cas are in my truck" He looked at Lia to town to talk to December McIntyre after this I didn’t realize the extent of her involve to question her to see if she re important I’d like to take Liam--unless you object?"

The question surprised Lia respectful of Connor’s territory And Liaone anyway Deceht and he wouldn’t let the other shifter meet with her alone

Connor nodded without pause "Of course"

Once thedispersed, Jayce spoke to Connor for a few minutes in private, then excused hi to Connor longer, but he’d make up for it later So far he actually liked this pack They didn’t reek of fear around him and they were honest At least what he could scent

As he strode across the yard, he spotted the redhead and the otherthe barn He trailed after their voices and scent Thethe saain He found them by one of the stables It appeared as if the redhead planned to take one of the horses out, but the ainst one of the open doors with his body

For a ht flared to life He cal hi his shirt Her other one wrapped around the back of his neck in a tight grip Jayce knew she could defend herself, because he understood what she was

He wanted to talk to her about that but decided to wait The lust e and if he was honest, he was fucking jealous Jealous of two virtual strangers Christ, he needed to get laid No, he needed to get so anytime soon Now that she knew the truth about him--or a version of it anyway--she likely wouldn’t stay in the same room as hi Even thinking about her at the mercy of two ht in his human form--all enforcers did--but his inner anted blood at the thought of Kat in danger

If it wasn’t for his job, he’d steer clear of her for the rest of this trip, but he couldn’t Unfortunately the longer he was around her, theaway If she pushed hiht be driven to claim her, to mark her And if that happened, she’d eventually hate hie that she was le day

Chapter 8

"You want to grab breakfast? December’s store won’t be open for another hour and I don’t think aood idea," Lia her reaction to Jayce yesterday, he wanted to tread lightly Keeping his intendedto hiainst the seat, Jayce unzipped his coat, revealing two blades strapped across his chest in a crisscross fashion

"The hurief about your weapons?" Liaed "They’re usually concealed, but yeah, soh, so fuck ’esthe blade were unique and had obviously taken time

"It’s a mix of what humans today would consider titaniuonna expand on that?"

"They were blessed by the fae about a thousand years ago"

"Holy shit" Liaer blessed by the fae passed on froic made them damn near indestructible How a blade was blessed made a difference in what the exact purpose of it would be Ana’s dagger could put feral shifters into co them easily disposable, but Jayce’s could have completely different powers It just depended on who had blessed it and why

Liam started to ask another question when Jayce slaainst the center console "I can’t believe Kat was kidnapped and didn’t call me" The small outburst surprised Lia else Lia female" Liam knew he’d feel differently if it were his feeneral--that he knew She had a fuck-all attitude when she needed to and seemed to bounce back easily

"I know I…" He looked sharply at Lia to him about her Jayce shook his head, the action aled the subject "You ever worry aboutwith your human?" The question was asked cautiously