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When thewith angry breaths as he walked out of the rooave each other an aed leader out of the room Once Keir was in a mood like this, he was little more than a beast until he worked it out of his systeht, a fuck, or so combination of the two

When alked past Terrance’s desk and he was nowhere in sight, lance that way before stalking through the roolanced down at our ex-guard’s dead body Without a word, he stepped over the corpse and hit the elevator call button, growling low and ly when he pointed to the side door that ide open, clearly having been used for her escape

“I’et the keys You two head out to the car,” Keir said, but Ky only laughed

“Do you really want to ood?”

“Why would thature it out, but Ky was cryptic as always

“Think about it She was here, halfway across the country and using an alias We’ve known since school she wasdeal If she’s here, there are really only a few options If we go too soon and put on the pressure, she’ll run, then we’d have to chase her It’d be a big fiasco Give her the night,” he said calh from the way he snapped the rubber band on his wrist, he was on the verge of losing it too It was so our mother had insisted on as kids; the snap supposed to curb our anger, and he was the only one who’d kept it on, though it was more of a tribute to her memory than helpful

“Fine,” Keir bit out, “but I’ her”

“No, not until toed, but Keir was his own man and if he didn’t, then I would I just need to hear her voice When Keir turned to our brother with death in his eyes, Ky just chuckled and held his hands up in defense “Alright”

“I’ll shower first,” he coround out between clenched teeth After a chance to cal a dick, but he was too ht now

Tenfor our spacious kitchen I started gathering the ingredients to ured out, chopping peppers, onions, and s in

My brothers joined ot up and poured three glasses of white wine, setting them at the breakfast bar Once I had all three done, I quickly cleaned up before joining them Keir was the first one to break the silence

“I’ive her a chance to say who she was?”

“She’s too good to kill him just in case,” I countered, but as I said it, I realized I didn't quite believe it Not anymore

“Yeah, hhis head “I have a feeling we’d eradicate her entire family off the map if we knew the finer details”

“You're not wrong She’s got that look about her And that episode today?” Keir said, his fork clattering against the plate as he dropped it and pushed it away, nowhile stressed, the opposite of Ky, who took Keir’s plate and started in on his helping