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“Once I’ve figured some stuff out. I’m just going to do a little spying for now, I promise. But, if I’m right…” She swallowed, her expression haunted. “We’ll figure that out when we have to.”
“Nathaniel’s going to lose his mind.”
“He hasn’t ordered me not to go.”
So that’s how she’d get around it. She couldn’t defy Nathaniel’s orders, but he hadn’t specifically said,You will not go to Guatemala alone to spy on the bad guys.
“Not bad,” I admitted. “But I doubt it’ll hold up. He hasn’t ordered you because it wouldn’t occur to him that you’d run off to Guatemala alone. If we’re right, the cave where the demigod is trapped will be crawling with mages.”
“I know. That’s why I need your ring.”
I glanced down at my hand. Technically, it was Danica’s ring. Slipping it off my finger, I handed it over without a word. “Pleaselet me come with you.”
“If I need you, I’ll call. I promise. But I’m not planning on doing anything crazy. I just want to get the lay of the land. Then I’ll let you guys know what I found.”
“Nathaniel’s going to kill me,” I muttered sullenly.
“Use your pussy power.”
I glowered at her, and she grinned. “I’ll be fine, and as soon as I’m back, we’ll all figure it out together.”
I didn’t have to be a wolf to know she was lying. But Kyla was going to do what she thought she had to do. All I could do was support her.
Throwing my arms around her, I squeezed her tight.
“Go now, then. Before he notices you missing.”
She nodded. “See you soon.”
She was gone before I could tell her good luck.
“Evie.”
I turned to find Eachann glowering at me. “Why aren’t you talking to him?”
I glanced past him at where my father was talking to Finvarra.
“I…thought he might need some time…” It sounded stupid when I said it, and Eachann shook his head at me.
“He doesn’t need time. He needs the daughter who was stolen from him.”
Tears pricked my eyes. “What if… What if I’m not…”
Enough.What if I wasn’t enough?
Eachann shook his head. “When I was dumped in that cage, do you know what he said to me?”
“Probably something like ‘How the fuck were you stupid enough to get yourself kidnapped?’” I asked.
He gave me one of his rare grins. “Yes, pretty much word for word.”
“Howdidyou get yourself kidnapped, anyway?”
He scowled, his cheekbones flushing. “I thought I had a lead,” he muttered. “But it was a trap. That’s not the point. After we got reacquainted, your father told me the thought of you being out there somewhere and living your life was what kept himalive all these years. Just talk to him, Evie. Please.”
I sucked in a breath. “Okay.”
He let me go, and I turned, walking toward my father.
