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"Mom is on her way to our house," he replies.

"Okay, well, I need to head home anyway and take care of this," Thane says, waving the envelope in his hand.

Thane gets up, and I quickly follow, knowing that means all of us are going home, though I’m nervous to be meeting Raidon's mother. Grabbing my bag, I retrieve my charger from the top drawer of my desk and spot the diary I stashed there. I haven't had a chance to shred it yet. Staring at it, I go to grab it when the elevator dings loudly.

"Zara," Rhen calls out to me. I quickly grab my charger, leaving the diary to deal with tomorrow. We drive home in silence. I can see something is bothering Thane—feel it through the bond we share.

"Zara?" Thane asks, reaching over to the glove compartment from the driver's side. He shuts it and passes me a document from inside. I take it, and my brows furrow as I look at the paper. "The details on that form, are they correct?" he asks. I notice it is a birth and death registry form. I glance over the form, chewing the inside of my cheek.

"Um, yep, looks correct," I state while my heart sputters frantically in my chest.

"They couldn't find your records," he says, pulling in through the electric gates.

"Might have to resend it," I tell him. His eyes dart to mine in the mirror before flicking away. He says nothing else, but the silence in the car tells me he doesn't believe a word I said. Or maybe I am reading too much into it.

Chapter Sixty-Four

~Harlow~

Once home, we all climb out of the car and head inside. Thane heads straight to his office upstairs. Raidon and Leon go to the kitchen, while Rhen stares at me as I slip my heels off just inside the door.

"Maybe go take a nap. I will wake you when Raidon's mother gets here." His words confuse me. It’s almost as if he is trying to get rid of me.

"Is something wrong?" I ask, knowing that something definitely is.

"Thane is in an odd mood. Just let me speak with him—find out what is going on," he tells me.

That is a very vague answer, I think, but I decide not to argue. I head for the stairs. We’ve all been sleeping in Thane's room, so I intend to go there when he speaks up again.

"Maybe the Den. I need you to steer clear of Thane for a bit. Okay?"

"Why?" I ask.

"Because Thane detests liars, and he believes you are hiding something from him." I open my mouth to say something, but Rhen doesn’t give me a chance.

"I'll handle it; it will be fine. Just go," he tells me, and I nod, moving up the corridor along the stairs. I feel like I am being put in the naughty corner, grounded like a child. As I pass the kitchen, Raidon and Leon wave at me as I reach for the basement door.

"Where are you going?" Raidon asks, grabbing a drink from the fridge.

"Rhen wants me in the Den," I tell him. I have a sinking feeling settling over me. There were two documents in that envelope, and Thane only handed me one.

Raidon and Leon look at each other, confused.

"We’ll be down in a minute," Leon says, glancing toward the stairs. "I’ll go find out what is going on first," he says, walking off.

With a nod, I head downstairs, yet I have a strange feeling I shouldn't go down here with each step I take. That fight-or-flight instinct kicks in, telling me something is seriously wrong.

Sitting in the Den, I snuggle beneath the blankets. After half an hour down here alone, I am struggling to contain my panic. My mind is going over all the scenarios of what may have angered Thane, while I sit replaying the day's events over and over, picking apart whether I might have done something wrong.

Eventually, sleep takes me, and I drift off, only to be woken by the sounds of a woman yelling. Opening my eyes, I blink up at the ceiling. The woman's voice grows louder, before it stops at the top of the stairs, making me sit up.

"Mom, calm down. What are you talking about?" Raidon yells, and I hear frantic footsteps.

"Where is the little harlot?" the woman snarls. At her words, my body instantly goes from groggy to alert.

"Elaine, enough! Stop and explain. What is going on?" I hear Thane bellow, his aura so deadly, I can feel it from all the way down here. Elaine's anger, however, is unwavering.

"Check for yourself. Her blood results came back. I want blood, Thane. I don't give a fuck if you marked her. She deserves death after what she did," the woman snarls.