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Once they were outside he pulled them to a stop and turned Kai to face him.
“What the hell was that?”
Kai scrunched up his face. “Sorry. I figured you wouldn’t have let me go if you knew he was a Briggs.”
“Fuck, no, I wouldn’t have.” He closed his eyes and counted to ten, pretending that it worked. He clenched his hands into fists and met Kai’s gaze. “What just happened?”
“I don’t know why he did it, but clearly, he’s got problems with his family. He’s the one who gave me all that evidence on them, remember?”
“And let me guess, there’s none on him?”
Kai shrugged. “He might’ve thrown his family under the bus, but why would he fuck himself over, too?”
Steel pulled in a breath and released it slowly, shaking his head.
“Just tell me it’s over?”
When Kai nodded, he wrapped his arms around him and lifted him off his feet. Kai’s laughter was like music to his ears. They were finally free.
Chapter Nineteen
Steel
HE HAD his arms wrapped tightly around Kai. He knew the man was awake. They hadn’t slept much. Not after the day they’d had. He was exhausted from everything that had happened the past month and yet he was wide awake.
“Austin,” he said.
Kai turned in his arms, his brows scrunched up in confusion.
“You wanna go to Austin?” Kai asked, his voice gravelly from sleep.
Steel felt his lips lift at the corners.
“No. That’s my name.”
Kai’s eyes got wide for a few seconds, then he blinked rapidly at Steel.
“Austin?” Kai whispered. He knew exactly what Steel was telling him. It wasn’t about the name. It was about trust, and he needed Kai to know that he trusted him. That Kai had earned that knowledge.
“Yes,” Steel said.
Kai nodded.
“Kaiser.”
Steel’s brows hit his hairline and a huff of laughter escaped him. He was pretty sure Kai had told him his full name before. He didn’t know how he could’ve forgotten a name like that.
“I get why you go by Kai.”
Kai rolled his eyes.
“It means ‘emperor’ in German.”
“And what does it mean in Greek?”
Kai gave him a sullen look, then sighed and said, “Something akin to ‘a head of hair.’”
Steel chuckled and when Kai ducked his head, hiding his face against Steel’s chest, he slid a hand into his hair and said with a smile, “I do like your hair.”
