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“Elijah, stop stalling.” I patted his lapels after pulling him up and sitting him back in his chair. “Just tell me where Kaden is.”
“Can’t you feed off me and see? Oh, wait, you can’t.” He laughed, and I sent my fist into his gut, causing him to cough.
I snarled, my head still throbbing with the memory of the migraine from trying to read Santiago. I’d found the wolves quickly enough but Elijah was like a small bug that scurried too damn quickly. Apparently, Camilla’s little water supply spell ended quicker than I could find Elijah, so we were back to the basics.
“I liked you better when you were scared.”
He spat to the side. “Yeah, well, then I remembered you won’t kill me until you get information, so I feel a little safer now.”
Sunlight shone through the cracks in the sheet metal at the abandoned old factory. I ran my hands through my hair, the blood on them coating the strands and ruining Nora’s work. Frustrated, I looked at Reggie.
“See.” I pointed at Elijah. “What’s the point of this? I am terrible at torture. I’d much rather beat him to a pulp and move on.”
“He will not speak if he is dead. Patience.”
“Patience? I don’t have patience.” I turned back to Elijah, who just stared at me. “Just tell me where he is.”
He shrugged, the split in his lip spreading. “No.”
“Fine.” I stomped forward, grabbed him by the neck, and twisted. His body slumped, his eyes open and unseeing.
“Your temper has increased even with your feedings and extracurricular activities.”
I grumbled as I ran my hands through my hair and closed my eyes, taking deep, measured breaths. Reggie was right. I was more snappy than usual, but I was wasting time. I wasn’t any closer to finding Kaden than I’d been when I started. He still hadn’t shown up, and I was running out of people to kill. I needed Tobias. If I could find Tobias, I would find him.
“It seems that killing Elijah and the others did not bring you joy.”
“Nothing brings me joy, Reggie.” I lowered my blood-stained hands, sighing.
“Samkiel has returned from the council and the remains of his home world, with Lady Imogen at his side.”
I kicked at the chair Elijah’s lifeless body slouched on and folded my arms. “That’s nice. It seems they are inseparable again.”
Did you love her?
I did not love her, nor is she my anything you previously stated.
Liar.
“Jealousy is a powerful emotion, too. An indicator of another.”
A small snarl left my lips, and I glared at Reggie.
“I am merely doing what you requested. You asked me to keep an eye. I have kept several. I know the current whereabouts of The Hand if you wish to know.”
My gaze dropped. “No. I don’t need them.”
It had been days since I had returned with Reggie. We had watched him leave that night, his silver light burning across the sky perfectly in sync with a singular blue one. She had come back, and then they had left together.
“I hope you have a plan. You are making a god desperate, and it will not end as you wish.”
I rolled my eyes a fraction harder than normal. “I’m sure Imogen is helping all she can with his desperation.”
I felt Reggie’s eyes on me. “If you think Lady Imogen’s return will make Samkiel give up on you, you are sadly mistaken. He summoned Oblivion for you.”
I fought the instinctive shudder as the forest returned, along with the pain in my shredded legs and the stench of the gaping pit. The Irvikuva dragged me toward it, determined to return me to Kaden. Samkiel slammed to the ground, draped in the famed silver armor, the renowned king appearing to save me. An ache formed in my chest, and I struggled to suppress it.
“How did you know about that?”
