In Fury Lies Mischief

You know that feeling in your gut when you know that something bad is about to happen? Yeah, well that is basically my fucking constant right now, especially as Perse walks back to us without Sass beside her.

“Where’s Sass?”

Perse ignores me, looking straight at King. It’s a new thing she does whenever I’m in the vicinity of wherever she is. I’m almost certain it has to do with Saskia and the whole Callan thing. I know that Perse isn’t a fan of guys fucking with other chicks. She got enough of it from Val.

“Can someone remind me why Saskia got a house in New Orleans?” Her eyes twitched. She rubbed the palm of her hand against her legs.

She couldn’t look me in the eye.

I could fucking sniff the deflection that was seeping off her.

King clears his throat, his eyes coming to me, and then Kyrin and Keaton, before going back to her. “She’s a Dragavei.”

“Meaning…” Perse hurries him up with a wave of her hand.

“Meaning she’s a Dragavei. I’m not doing this with you right now, Little Bird. Did she go to bed?” King obviously picked up on the same thing I did. He and I are similar in that aspect.

I step closer, waiting to hear what she says next, just as Delila steps out from her RV, eyeballing us while wrapping her silk gown around her malnourished body. “Do I not work you all hard enough? Why are you making so much fucking noise?”

“Perse!” I growl when she doesn’t answer. “Where the fuck did she go?”

Her eyes come to mine. “Fine. She’s gone to see her godmother—okay? Leave her alone, Kill.”

I freeze.

My blood turns cold and my hands ball into fists. “What do you mean?” I pull out my phone and hit dial on her number, ignoring the photo I took of her back in Kiznitch when it’s ringing. She ignores the call.

“Wait!” Delila raises her hand. “Before you do anything drastic, Killian—”

“What are you both talking about?” Perse yelps in the background.

It’s my turn to bring my eyes to her now. “Saskia can’t be going to see her godmother.”

Perse massages her temples. “Oh, really, Killian? How do you know that?”

I smirk. “Because I killed her.”