Page 123 of Broken Souls

“Why?” He frowns.

“Because I'm the luna and I'm telling you to.”

I have to know if he's alive. And if he is, I have to know why Axe lied.

“You were just here to see Ember. Now come on, time to go,” Levi says.

Why won't he let me through? I look to the other guards in the room and they avert their eyes.

“I want to go in.”

“I'll check with the alpha.”

“Why? I'm the luna.” I scowl.

I'm getting more frustrated. Is Axe hiding something from me? Why won't Levi let me through? Levi's eyes glaze over like what happens when you mind link. I cross my arms over my chest and impatiently tap my foot. Levi's eyes come back into focus.

“The alpha will be right over,” Levi tells me.

“Then I suggest all of you leave before you witness an alpha-luna showdown,” I state.

Axe gets here in record time so Dash must be looking after Cash. When Axe walks in, I glare at him, letting him know this will be an argument.

“All of you leave,” Axe demands.

The guards leave and so does Levi.

“Start talking,” I say.

“Tell me why you're angry first,” Axe says.

Is he kidding? He wants to find out what I know first in case he outs himself as a liar.

“You're not as smart as you think you are. Now spill.”

“Fine, I lied to you. Joel is alive,” Axe says simply.

“Why did you lie?”

“I knew if I told you he was dead, that would be the end of it. I'd no longer have to worry about him being a threat.”

“If you were so worried, why didn't you actually kill him?” I question.

“Because I lost my mate, okay? I'm not going to kill someone's mate no matter how much I want to,” he says angrily.

“For an alpha, you're insecure. I have your mark on my neck. What more can I do to show you I'm yours? No, forget the mark. I bore your child for fuck's sake.”

“I know you're mine, because I wouldn't let anyone take you from me,” Axe says possessively.

“What are you going to do with him now?”

“Nothing. Leave him in solitary and be done with it. Can you meet me halfway and not visit him again?”

“Let them all go. I'm sick of the back-and-forth insecurity bullshit with you. Give them a rogue sentence and then you know I won't see him again.”

I storm back through the metal door I came through and leave the prison. When I reach home, I go to Dash's and pound on his door. Dash opens it, looking confused.

“Give me my baby,” I say angrily.