The world tilted—
And everything went dark.
Chapter 43
Kieran
I took another blow to the stomach.
The air burst out of me as I dropped to my knees.
The guards hadn’t exactly appreciated our attempt to go after Seph.
Ash was thrown to the ground again, Ivan’s taser cracking against him until his back arched in pain.
Dev’s knives had been taken, his wrists bound.
The three of us had been dragged into a room down the hall and left to bleed on the floor.
It didn’t take long for Wild to make her entrance.
She stepped through the doorway, red lips twisted in disapproval, a guard flanking each side.
The door behind her stayed open — a light breeze drifting in, mocking how trapped we were.
“K, K, K.” Wild shook her head slowly. “Are you done making a scene yet?”
“Fuck off, Wild.”
I spat blood at her feet.
A guard stepped forward and struck me hard across the face. My head snapped sideways — but I just smiled, baring my teeth at the young male in front of me.
He blinked.
Just once.
Like he sensed something dangerous waking up.
Good.
Because I was going to rip his head off.
Ash let out a raw growl as the taser hit him again. For a moment I thought he’d gone limp — but he forced himself upright, rage smouldering behind his eyes.
Dev didn’t move.
Didn’t flinch.
He watched Wild with the dead-eyed calm of a man calculating exactly how to kill her even without a weapon.
“Delightful,” Wild said, clapping her hands lightly. “I believe we’ll just have to keep you boys here until the Governor is finished with Persephone. I can’t have you attacking council members on my school grounds, now can I?”
“What is he going to do with her, Wild?” Dev asked — calm, too calm.
“That is none of your concern, Mr Redgrave.” Wild snapped. “She is his daughter. He may do as he wishes.”
“That man is no goddamn father to her and we all know it,” I growled.
