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Darian turned to his mate "Love? Are you okay?"

She nodded absently

Kade walked over and laid a gentle hand on her shoulder; he immediately pulled it back as if he had been burned "Gods above, herstripped her of every discipline or restraint that she built to control her ic What in the hell did they do to her?"

Darian cupped her face in both of his hands "Baby? Do you knohat that machine was that you were in?"

She nodded, her eyes unfocused "He said it would steal all et her to Quinn He uses earth ic under control"

All at once, the

Oron took the seat next to Keelan’s body He met Darian’s eyes and nodded Darian knew that his brother would look after Keelan while he helped his mate Once Amelia ell, he’d face what had happened Later, he’d face it later

Just outside the city, Darian heard Colton start cussing

"We have co an eye on the rearview ht" Aiden cracked his knuckles

Colton’s phone buzzed, and he answered it putting it on speaker, it was Lorcan

"What do you want to do, Commander?"

"Punch it Let’s put some distance between us Then I want to pull over and transfer Keelan and A them to Adam and Quinn as quickly and as safely as possible Alpha Unit will handle our guests," Aiden said, his face dark with e up

Aiden turned in his seat to face Darian "I’d understand if you wanted to go with Amelia"

Darian looked over; his poor htly down her cheeks He kissed the top of her head then turned to Aiden "No I owe them for what they did to my mate and for what they did to Keelan With any luck, Keelan’s soul is with them, and we can set him free"

Aiden nodded and turned back in his seat Gavriel pushed down on the accelerator, and the van behind them becaht the SUV to a stop, and the men moved quickly Darian had time to kiss Amelia before Lorcan picked her up and carried her to their SUV Larik, Beta’s fae warrior, nodded at Darian, his eyes flicking to the silver ring on Darian’s right hand Larik raised his fist to his chest in salute before picking Keelan up Darian trusted all of his unit brothers equally, but he felt relieved that it was another fae looking after Keelan and A the most important person in his life, his mate, turned left and sped toward Lycaonia Everyone, including Oron, got back in the SUV