Snared (Kaliya Sahni #2) - K.N. Banet Page 0,118
trip either, which is why we’re back early.”
“What happened?”
“Someone tried to kill us!” Sorcha said, smiling as she walked up and put an arm around Cassius’ waist. He didn’t look nearly as amused. “It was exciting. Some old enemies of mine lost their challenge against me to take my title, obviously angry that I married up. When they lost, they came after us unsanctioned, and we had to kill them. Poor Mary Anne had a fright when she arrived, and we were engaged in a deadly duel at Cassius’ fae home during high tea. It was nothing.” Sorcha waved a hand around, rolling her eyes. “Just a little team of fae warriors. Nothing we couldn’t handle, and we weren’t injured.”
“Well, that’s all well and good, I guess. I’m glad you both made it home safe. You also lied about why you were leaving,” I accused. They were both surprised. I was genuinely glad to see them, but I was also riding anger that had been building since the moment the breakout started in the prison.
“How do you know?” Cassius asked, swallowing.
“I have my sources, or someone on the Tribunal thought it was something I needed to know. A source is a source, right?”
“Sure,” Cassius grumbled. “Hey, Raphael. Glad to see you made it out of everything okay.”
“Oh, I had it easy,” Raph said with no small manner of masculine anger. His hand wrapped around my waist, a casual move between two new lovers. “You should be grateful Kaliya is still alive. I was pretty fucking worried about it myself a few times.”
That had me letting go of my fae friend to turn and glare at my new partner.
“You didn’t need to tell him that.”
“Someone was going to eventually, like Leith. I’m amazed he hasn’t.”
“He has, but I wasn’t stupid enough to bring it up,” Cassius said stiffly. His eyes were on the hand holding my hip. When he looked up and met my eyes, understanding passed between us.
Really? His eyes asked me.
Sorcha was the only one who laughed. “Okay, everyone. Let’s take this conversation out of the doorway and yell at each other in the drawing room. Let’s go!”
I followed her, deciding I was momentarily done with both men.
“Is there any reason for this visit?” Cassius asked as he followed me into the drawing room, and Sorcha wandered back out to get drinks. Raphael was the last in, looking between me and Cassius.
“Do you want to tell him or should I?” he asked, smiling a little. He even winked over Cassius’ shoulder.
I quickly launched into an explanation of the prison breakout and what it all boiled down to.
“It was Mygi or someone who works with them. Raphael recognized the man from Nakul’s memory as someone from the lab where he was being kept,” I finished, falling into an uncomfortable couch, only there for looks.
“Ah.” Cassius found a seat as well. Raphael was the only person still standing, and he helped Sorcha hand out drinks when she brought them. When that was done, Sorcha sat next to her husband, and Raphael sat next to me, casually throwing an arm over the back of the couch, about six inches too close to be only friends.
That made both fae narrow their eyes. This was the second sign Raphael and I were a lot friendlier with each other than before they had left. I knew my ex-lover’s wheels were spinning. He was probably asking himself if we had mated yet, if I had injected Raphael with my venom and claimed him as my own for the rest of my immortal life. He was definitely unsure of the protocol about asking.
Later, I mouthed when Cassius pinpointed my eyes with his own.
Now really wasn’t the time to talk about how Raphael and I were casually sleeping together, nothing more. Now wasn’t the time to talk to Cassius about all my fears and insecurities about the new change in my relationship with Raphael. I saw it in his face. He knew what I was feeling.
“So, what’s next?” Sorcha asked, oblivious to the hidden conversation between her husband and me. “Because I can help, you know.”
“Well…” I pulled out my wallet and removed two pieces of paper. I wasn’t going to be foolish enough to deny the offer. “We have a picture of him and a business card Raphael found in Eliphas’ office. I guess now, we find him and take down Mygi.”
Mygi couldn’t cover this up. They couldn’t turn this lead into a dead end. I wasn’t going to let them.
“We’re going to have to act fast,” Cassius said professionally. He picked up the business card, nodding slowly. “Let’s get to work.”
Dear Reader,
If you’re sitting wondering when you’ll get answers to some of these mysteries in this series, they come in the next book and on. These are deep conspiracies and trying to answer them in one or two books doesn’t do the story, the characters, or the villains any justice. So bear with me. Thank you for reading this far and I hope you want to continue going down the rabbit hole with Kaliya and Raphael as they try to hunt for the secrets of both their lives.
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