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Sentinel’s wings spread beside me.
Scar moves.
Raze does too.
Malgrave doesn’t so much as fucking blink. “Refuse… and the investigation becomes an enforcement action.”
The fire in my chest holds. “Meaning?”
“The Hellwardens will take you into custody.”
“They can fucking try.”
“Carnage,” Raze warns.
I ignore him.
Malgrave’s expression never changes. “You will be removed from this club and held until the investigation is complete. Any supernatural who interferes with that removal will be considered to be obstructing Hellwarden authority.”
My eyes cut to Sentinel.
His wings are still spread and ready to fucking go.
Malgrave follows my look. “If the angel attacks a Hellwarden to prevent lawful seizure, he will be taken with you.”
Sentinel bares his teeth. “Still sounds worth it.”
“Shut the fuck up,” I warn.
His head snaps toward me. “Carnage.”
“I said shut up!”
I look past him at the brothers filling the hallway. Scar, Flux, Ruckus—every one of them ready to turn this place into a fucking war zone if Raze gives them so much as a look.
My family.
My club.
And that’s exactly why I can’t let them.
“How long?” Raze asks.
Malgrave turns to him. “Until the investigation is complete and the Hellwardens deliver their judgment.”
“And then he gets his voice back?”
He pauses… too-fucking-long.
“That will depend on what we find.”
My hellhound snarls beneath my skin. “So this trial of yours could end with me never getting it back.”
“Yes.”
Sentinel takes another step forward. “You said this was temporary!”
“The seizure is temporary. Judgment is not.”
