And his Luna slept on, healing from a poison meant to turn her into his executioner, trusting him to keep her safe from monsters she didn't know existed.
He would.
Even if he had to burn the world to ash to do it.
"Double the guard on her door," Kade ordered quietly. "No one enters without my presence or my explicit command. Not Marcus. Not Alaric. Not the elders. No one."
Marcus nodded. "Done."
"And find me something, Marcus. A name. A trail. A whisper. I don't care how small."
His eyes lifted to meet his Second's gaze, and what Marcus saw there made even his seasoned blood run cold.
"Before I start pulling answers out of people myself."
Marcus inclined his head once and slipped from the room, Doctor Alaric following close behind, leaving Kade alone with the silence and the woman sleeping through the storm gathering around her.
