Page 125 of Knight’s Dominion

He wasn't so sure—someone or something was blocking her from him, the same thing that had been gunning for them for months. He knew firsthand how powerful a force it was.

He climbed in after Zenon and was instantly assaulted by her familiar scent. He groaned as pain hit him, like someone had torn his heart from his chest all over again. He sucked in a breath and attempted to focus. He’d been here already, but with no leads, he was willing to try anything.

Zenon started in the living room and Chaos moved to her bedroom. Images of her lying in her bed naked and wrapped around him flooded his mind, tore at his soul.

If someone’s touched her, hurt her...if they...

He forced the thought from his mind before he lost his sanity completely. He'd failed her on so many levels.

Chaos tried to shut his mind down and started moving methodically through the room, searching every damn inch, but came up empty. The sound of a door slamming shut came from the other room, followed by a cry of alarm.

Someone had just spotted Zenon.

Chaos walked out and Vince was pressed up against the wall, cowering like a fucking pussy. Zenon was on the other side of the room, head tilted to the side, scratching his crimson head with a razor-sharp claw.

"What the fuck’s wrong with you?" Chaos asked.

"But...you're...you look..."

"You know what we are, you're embarrassing yourself,” Zenon muttered.

"What’re you doing here?" Vince said, finally getting his shit together.

"Grace. She’s missing,” Chaos growled, unable to do anything else at this point.

"No…she’s not. And I'm not expecting her back for a few days, either." His eyes were wide and filled with sympathy. “She wanted to tell you herself, but…she knew you wouldn’t take it well.”

Chaos stepped closer. “Tell me what?”

Vince stood to his full height, which was five-foot-fuck-all, and straightened his jacket. "She's with Oden.”

He was lying.

In two steps Chaos was in front of the smaller male, fingers wrapped around his throat. He lifted him off the floor and his head connected with the wall a second later. "Why don't you try that again, Vince."

He pried at the fingers around his throat. “Look, let’s just calm down here,” he choked. “No disrespect, but Grace is f-family. I know you think she’s your mate, but she chose him, Chaos, not you.”

Vince blinked up at him, visibly paling.

"Grace is my mate, and she’s not your anything, not anymore. So start fucking talking. The truth this time.” The or die was left unsaid, but loud and clear all the same.

“She doesn’t want you,” the fucker said, stupidly sticking to his bullshit story.

He knew where she was. “Where is she?"

The male turned green. "I can't tell you..."

Chaos tightened his hold around the guy’s neck and shook the shit out of him, then slammed him back against the wall. "It's taking every bit of control I possess not to snap your skinny neck."

Vince clawed at Chaos’s wrist. “S-she said she wanted to go. I-I don't know how to f-find the place. I'm blindfolded and a driver picks me up. I-I couldn't take you even if I wanted to."

Was he telling the truth? Chaos was too far gone to read the male. "Zenon, call Kryos and have him take Vince to the compound." He let the sadistic darkness curling inside him show on his face. “You can’t hide the truth from us, Vince. We can get in your head and extract it, all of it.”

His eyes went wide and he broke out in a sweat. The male was a coward, if he knew how to find her, it wouldn’t take much to get him to talk even without Eve’s help. But Chaos didn’t trust himself to get it out of Vince, he’d end up killing him before he got the information he needed.

Kryos strode in a few minutes later wearing an expression that was pure evil, despite the angelic blond curls—maybe that’s what made it worse. The male looked like an Angel of Death.

Without a word, he strode to the smaller male, grabbed him by the back of the shirt, and shoved him out onto the fire escape. "I'll call when we know." His white wings snapped into place, and he glanced down at Vince. "If you piss yourself, I'm breaking your kneecaps."